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Audiences Graded Other Mommy a D-Plus and Made It No. 1 Anyway

Jessica Chastain's Other Mommy won its opening weekend with $27.5 million despite a D+ CinemaScore and 17% on Rotten Tomatoes, then fell about 70% in week two — and still turned profitable on an $18 million budget, while Aaron Sorkin's The Social Reckoning opened fifth with $5.5 million.

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Verity Opened at No. 1, Crossed $100 Million, and Still Took a Fall

Amazon MGM's Verity, released 2 October, debuted at No. 1 with $62.6 million worldwide on a $40 million budget, crossed $114.4 million in two weekends — and dropped 62.5% domestically in its second frame. Critics gave it 34%. Audiences came anyway.

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Elizabeth Holmes at TechCrunch Disrupt San Francisco 2014
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A Three-Hour Documentary Nearly Beat Street Fighter at the Box Office

Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim's You Can See Everything, a 174-minute documentary about Elizabeth Holmes, opened to 15 million dollars from just 855 theaters — the second-biggest documentary debut in box office history, behind only Fahrenheit 9/11.

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