Meanwhile, Other Mommy is having an unexpected moment.
Meanwhile, Other Mommy is having an unexpected moment.
is a reporter focusing on film, TV, and pop culture. Before The Verge, he wrote about comic books, labor, race, and more at io9 and Gizmodo for almost five years.
are, the movie has been drastically underperforming at the box office. Per
only grossed a measly $5.5 million this past weekend against a budget that’s somewhere within the $30–42 million range. That would make it a certifiable flop that’s costing Columbia Pictures (and Sony) quite a bit of money — especially when you compare it to
This isn’t entirely surprising given how middling reviews for the film have been. It’s currently got a 55% rating on
and has widely been trashed on social media. All of this might be reflective of audiences hoping for a proper sequel to
, which won three Oscars for its screenplay (written by Sorkin), editing, and score. But it might speak to people not fully clicking with Mikey Madison’s performance as
reporter Jeff Horwitz. (Madison, for her part, indicated to
that it was Sorkin’s vision as director that kept from “authentically and faithfully represent[ing] a real person,” which she hopes to do in the future.) It also probably didn’t help that Jesse Eisenberg — who portrayed Mark Zuckerberg in
raked in an impressive $27.5 million this weekend, which likely suggests that
as opposed to reminders of how social media has made everyone’s lives worse.
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