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Other Mommy Opens No. 1 Despite Abysmal Audience Scores

Weak reviews and a rare D+ CinemaScore make a steep second-week decline likely for the low-budget Blumhouse horror.

Overview

  • This weekend Other Mommy earned an estimated $27.5 million in North America and about $45 million worldwide, topping the box office despite poor reviews.
  • Audiences gave the film a D+ on CinemaScore, one of the lowest grades on record, and critics placed it in the high-teens on Rotten Tomatoes, signaling hostile word-of-mouth.
  • Produced for roughly $18–19 million, the film’s opening should push it toward breakeven even if ticket sales fall sharply in coming weeks.
  • Aaron Sorkin’s The Social Reckoning underperformed with about $5.5–6 million and a B- CinemaScore, showing limited audience appetite for topical prestige films right now.
  • Analysts say the D+ grade, heavy Halloween horror competition and regional disruptions like Hurricane Isaias could trigger a steep second-week drop and shape studio decisions on future theatrical runs and streaming windows.