Jessica Chastain’s Horror Nightmare Officially Removed From Over 500 Theaters
*Other Mommy*, a horror film starring Jessica Chastain, is losing its place in 579 US cinemas in its third week after a sharp fall in ticket sales. The reduction marks a setback for the film, which opened strongly but has received poor reviews.
The film opened in more than 3,300 cinemas with nearly $28 million, then fell 70 per cent to $8 million in its second weekend, bringing its reported total to about $45 million. It has a 19 per cent Rotten Tomatoes score; director Rob Savage’s earlier horror film *The Boogeyman* earned around $80 million worldwide, while *Other Mommy* is projected to approach $100 million.
In short
- *Other Mommy* is leaving 579 US cinemas.
- Box office takings fell 70 per cent in week two.
- The film has a 19 per cent Rotten Tomatoes score.
Explained simply
Jessica Chastain is an American actor, and Rob Savage is a British director known for horror films. *Other Mommy* is a supernatural horror film about a family facing a frightening presence; it opened widely in US cinemas, where films compete for screen space based partly on audience demand.
Cinema bookings can change from week to week as ticket sales rise or fall and new films arrive. Reviews and box-office figures offer different measures of a film’s reception: critics’ scores do not directly determine how many people buy tickets, while a film’s financial performance can affect how widely cinemas continue to show it.