Other Mommy Opens at No. 1 With $27.5M Despite a D+ CinemaScore
Summary
Universal and Blumhouse-Atomic Monster's $19 million horror film led a hurricane-dampened weekend, while Neon's Palme d'Or winner Fjord posted the best per-screen average in the country.
"Other Mommy, Rob Savage's horror film starring Jessica Chastain, opened to $27.5 million from 3,365 theaters, according to studio estimates reported by the Associated Press and TheWrap. The Universal and Blumhouse-Atomic Monster release cost a reported $19 million and added $17.6 million from 50 overseas markets for a roughly $45 million global start, despite a D+ CinemaScore, the lowest audience grade since Megalopolis.
Verity fell 64% in its second weekend to $11.5 million and $53.8 million domestic, with Amazon MGM pointing to Hurricane Isaias, which kept audiences in the Southeast home Friday and Saturday. Resident Evil placed third with about $8.4 million ($138.5 million domestic) and Heart of the Beast fourth with $7.1 million.
Aaron Sorkin's The Social Reckoning opened fifth with $5.5 million from 2,606 theaters on a reported $30 million budget, with a B- CinemaScore and mixed reviews. The Social Network opened to $22.6 million in 2010. TheWrap pointed to trailers that never caught on social media and a story that felt both too soon and too late.
In limited release, Cristian Mungiu's Fjord, Neon's seventh consecutive Palme d'Or winner, opened to $124,000 on four screens in New York and Los Angeles, a $31,000 average. Alex Gibney's Musk took $68,900 from four locations and Chris Rock's Misty Green grossed $85,716 from six. The domestic year to date passed $8 billion on Friday, up more than 19% from last year, according to Rentrak."