The other mom topped the box office with sales of 28 million dollars; The "social reckoning" began quietly

Rob Savage's horror film starring Jessica Chastain exceeded expectations in its opening weekend, but a poor audience rating could affect its future at the box office.

According to Ambassador Arjan, the film "The Other Mother" has topped the box office in the first weekend of its release. While the movie "Social Accounting" has had a less successful start than expected.

Universal Pictures released the movie "The Other Mom" in 3,200 theaters in North America. Including Thursday night previews, the horror film grossed $12.6 million on Friday and is projected to reach $28 million by the end of the weekend.

Director Rob Savage's film looks set to surpass the studio's initial projection of $20 million in opening sales. The production budget of this film is 19 million dollars and Jessica Chastain plays the role of a sinister creature that appears in the closet of a young girl's room.

However, the feedback from the audience will probably not be in favor of the film. "The Other Mother" has received a very weak grade of "D positive" in the CinemaScore poll of the audience; The lowest score a film has received since Francis Ford Coppola's Megalopolis was released in September 2024.

The reaction of critics has been equally negative. The film's approval rating from Rotten Tomatoes is only 19%, and its audience rating is 46%.

The Hollywood Reporter's critic Richard Lawson described the film in his review as "an engaging but mostly empty collection of sudden horror scenes and half-baked mythology".

"Social Accounting" starts poorly at the box office

The start of the release of the film "Social Reckoning" produced by Sony Pictures Company, has been even weaker than the predictions. The Aaron Sorkin-directed film, which focuses on the Facebook saga, took in $2.1 million on Friday, including Thursday night previews, and is expected to open around $6 million.

That's slightly below the studio's $7 million projection for the reality thriller. Mikey Madison, Jeremy Allen White and Jeremy Strong are the actors of this work.

The story is about a Facebook employee played by Madison who teams up with a journalist played by White to uncover disturbing facts about the company.

The production budget of this film is 30 million dollars and its screening has started in 2606 theaters in North America.

Sorkin, who won an Oscar for writing the screenplay for "The Social Network" in 2010, is replacing David Fincher in the director's chair in the new film. This work is made in continuation of the story of the previous film.

"The Social Network", starring Jesse Eisenberg as Mark Zuckerberg, focused on the early days of Facebook and was a huge success. This film opened in October 2010 with sales of 22.4 million dollars in the first place of the box office and finally its global sales reached 224 million dollars.

In the new film, Jeremy Strong plays Zuckerberg in an older age.

"The Social Network" has a 96 percent rating on the Rotten Tomatoes website, but critics' reactions to the sequel have been mixed. "Social Accounting" received a 54% approval rating from critics and a 71% rating from audiences.

The Hollywood Reporter's chief film critic, David Rooney, described the film as a "thrilling and engaging work of revelation" in his review.

Limited release of "Green Mist" starring Chris Rock

The movie "Green Fog" directed by Chris Rock also started its limited screening with E24. The film sold 27,000 dollars on Friday from six theaters in New York and Los Angeles.

Rosalyn Elizar, Adam Driver and Daniel Kaluuya have played roles in this film. David Rooney described this work as "the work of a mature director who knows what he wants to say".

Another special work that reached the cinemas was the documentary "Mask" by Alex Gibney about Elon Musk. The documentary, which is distributed by Bleecker Street, sold $28,000 on Friday in four screens.

The documentary "Barren" also began its theatrical release and earned $85,000 from screenings in 72 theaters in North America on Friday.

The Israeli-American Council held a protest outside the Lamel Noho 7 movie theater in North Hollywood on Friday. This gathering took place at the same time as the screening of a documentary that examines Israel's military operations in Gaza.

"Variety" on the way to second place

The movie "Variety", produced by Amazon MGM Studios, is expected to be in second place at the box office. This film, which is an adaptation of Colin Hoover's work, topped the box office last week.

"Variety" is expected to earn around $14.2 million in its second weekend, bringing its domestic total to $56.5 million. This figure shows a drop of about 56% compared to the first weekend of release.

Anne Hathaway, Dakota Johnson and Josh Hartnett star in this thriller directed by Michael Showalter. The story is about a woman who, after accepting a job to write a book under someone else's name, gets into a complicated situation beyond her control.

Continuing sales of "Resident Evil" and "Heart of the Monster"

Sony's Resident Evil is expected to earn another $8.2 million in its fourth weekend for a domestic total of $138.3 million.

Austin Abrams stars in Zack Kerger's remake of the series; A movie based on a series of video games.

Paramount's "Heart of the Monster" is also expected to earn another $6.7 million in its third weekend, bringing its domestic total to $49.3 million.

In this thriller directed by David Ayer, Brad Pitt plays the role of a special forces officer who gets into a difficult situation in the wild with his military dog.