Other Mommy tops North American box office with 27.5 million dollars

The horror film Other Mommy topped the North American box office this weekend after earning 27.5 million dollars in receipts, according to BoxOfficeMojo announcements reported by UPI. Variety and the Hartford Courant also reported the 27.5 million dollar figure, though Seeking Alpha reported that the film earned 27 million dollars. Variety noted that the debut exceeded expectations. [1][2][4][5]

The new film The Social Reckoning debuted in fifth place with 5.5 million dollars, UPI and Variety reported, although Variety also stated in the same report that it placed sixth. UPI reported that Verity placed second with 11.5 million dollars, Resident Evil came in third with 8.4 million dollars, and Heart of the Beast finished fourth with 7.1 million dollars. [1][2]

The top ten was rounded out by Forgotten Island with 4.5 million dollars, Primetime with 4 million dollars, Digger with 3.2 million dollars, Angel and the Badman with 2.1 million dollars, and The Odyssey with 2 million dollars, according to UPI. As FTMQ News reported earlier, Amazon MGMs Verity led the box office last weekend with 33 million dollars, while Tom Cruises Digger opened to between 7.5 million and 8 million dollars. [1][9]

Other Mommy is a supernatural psychological horror film directed by Rob Savage and written by Nathan Elston, based on Josh Malermans 2024 novel Incidents Around the House. It stars Jessica Chastain as Ursula and Jay Duplass as Russ, alongside 10-year-old Arabella Olivia Clark as their daughter Bela, who is terrorized by an entity that resembles her mother. [2][3][7]