Sony’s The Social Reckoning is the widest new release in UK and Ireland cinemas this weekend as Universal horror Other Mommy also opens.
Aaron Sorkin’s Facebook sequel The Social Reckoning debuts in 607 locations. This is a much wider opening than its 2010 predecessor The Social Network which launched in 354 sites. That film, directed by David Fincher with a script from Sorkin, opened with £2.5m in an impressive £6,300 location average before eventually tallying up £10.7m across its run.
This is only the fourth film prolific screenwriter Sorkin has also directed and his second to be released theatrically following 2017’s Molly’s Game (£2.3m opening; £4.1m total).
In The Social Reckoning, a young Facebook engineer teams up with a journalist to expose the social network’s most guarded secrets. Jeremy Strong takes over the role of Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg from Jesse Eisenberg while Mikey Madison and Jeremy Allen White also star.
Universal opens Rob Savage’s Other Mommy in 523 venues. Jessica Chastain stars in the horror which centres on a young girl who has a sinister entity living in her closet that looks exactly like her own mother. Savage’s last feature was 2023’s The Boogeyman which opened on £780,000 for a £2.2m cume.
Peasants, Everest and Irish history
Andrew Garfield stars in The Uprising which Entertainment Film Distributors is opening in 486 sites. Paul Greengrass directs this Medieval-era drama dramatizing the Peasants’ Revolt in England. Further cast includes Tom Hollander, Jamie Bell, Cosmo Jarvis, Thomasin McKenzie and Katherine Waterson.
From the streamers, Apple is launching Everest drama Tenzing starring Genden Phuntsok, Tom Hiddleston, Willem Dafoe. Netflix is opening documentary The Disciple: A Wu-Tang Fable.
In event titles, Trafalgar Releasing is screening Queen Budapest in 350 cinemas over the weekend after opening on Wednesday (October 7). This remastered film shows iconic band Queen’s famous 1986 concert at the Nepstadion in Budapest as part of the Famed Magic tour.
Picturehouse is opening Galway award-winner The Lost Children Of Tuam in 38 venues across England, Scotland and Wales. Based on a New York Times article, Frank Berry’s film tells the real-life story of Catherine Corless, who discovered the possibility that 796 children may have been buried in unmarked graves at the Bon Secours Mother and Baby Home in Tuam, County Galway. Monica Dolan leads the cast with Andrew Bennett and Ian McElhinney, with a script by Rebecca Lenkiewicz.
French comedy Comedie Francaise is out in 31 locations via Tull Stories. Directed by Bertrand Usclat and Martin Darondeau, the film is set during the three hours leading up to the opening night of a performance of Macbeth.
Anime Ltd is screening a double bill of the Japanese sci-fi films Mobile Suit Gundam Hathaway in 20 venues. Further re-releases include Michael Winterbottom’s 2002 comedy 24 Hour Party People via Altitude, while Park Circus has James Bond title Casino Royale and the 1996 supernatural film The Craft.
Amazon MGM’s Verity and Sony’s Resident Evil will be the key holdover titles.
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