"Other Mommy" opens No. 1 with $27.5M; Sorkin's "Social Reckoning" flops at $5.5M
Universal's horror film "Other Mommy," starring Jessica Chastain, opened to an estimated $27.5 million despite a D+ CinemaScore, while Aaron Sorkin's Facebook drama "The Social Reckoning" debuted fifth with about $5.5 million, according to Sunday studio estimates.
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What happened
Universal's "Other Mommy" opened to an estimated $27.5 million in North America, Sunday studio estimates show, after a $12.6 million Friday including Thursday previews (The Hollywood Reporter). That beats Universal's own $20 million projection for a film with a reported $19 million budget. Rob Savage directed; Jessica Chastain stars as a sinister doppelgänger entity.
What’s next
These are Sunday studio estimates; Monday actuals can move figures by a million dollars or more. The key test for "Other Mommy" is next weekend's hold after the D+ grade.
More context
The catch: Audiences gave it a D+ CinemaScore, THR reported, the lowest grade for any film since "Megalopolis" in September 2024, and it held a 19% critics score on Rotten Tomatoes. Poor word of mouth usually means steep second-weekend drops.
Sorkin's miss: Sony's "The Social Reckoning," Aaron Sorkin's fact-based Facebook whistleblower drama with Mikey Madison, Jeremy Allen White and Jeremy Strong, debuted fifth with an estimated $5.5 million from 2,606 locations, below the $7 million to $8 million it was projected to open to, on a reported $30 million budget. It drew a B- CinemaScore, per Variety. For comparison, "The Social Network" opened at No. 1 with $22.4 million in October 2010.
Rest of the chart (Sunday estimates): "Verity" (Amazon MGM) about $11.4 million in its second weekend, $53 million total; "Resident Evil" (Sony) about $8.3 million, $138.5 million total; "Heart of the Beast" (Paramount) about $7.1 million, $49.7 million total, per Screen Rant citing The Numbers. Overall weekend business was an estimated $88 million to $90 million, down from about $100 million last weekend, TheWrap reported.
4 listed sources
- Variety, Oct. 11, 2026
- TheWrap, Oct. 11, 2026
- Screen Rant, Oct. 11, 2026
- The Hollywood Reporter, Oct. 10, 2026
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Editorial sourcing notes
ESTIMATES. Figures are Sunday, Oct. 11 studio weekend estimates as reported by Variety, TheWrap and Screen Rant (citing The Numbers and Sony). Monday actuals may differ. Hero is a 2023 file photo of Chastain, not from the film.
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