Other Mommy Opens to $27.5M, Beating Reviews to Lead Domestic Box Office
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Updated · Deadline · Oct 10
Other Mommy Opens to $27.5M, Beating Reviews to Lead Domestic Box Office
3 articles · Updated · Deadline · Oct 10
Summary
$27.5 million would give Universal’s "Other Mommy" the No. 1 domestic opening weekend, above earlier mid-$20 million expectations after a $3.6 million Thursday and $12.3 million Friday.
The $19 million Jessica Chastain horror film benefited from Halloween-season demand, with preview and opening-weekend comps running ahead of similar Universal genre titles including "The Black Phone" and "The Exorcist: Believer."
"The Social Reckoning" lagged at No. 5 with a projected $6 million debut from 2,606 locations after just $650,000 in previews and a $2.3 million Friday, below initial forecasts near $7 million.
Among holdovers, "Verity" was set for second with $13.3 million in its second weekend, while Sony’s "Resident Evil" and Paramount’s "Heart of the Beast" followed as no new tentpole challenged the horror release.