From TechCrunch · Anthony Ha · · 1m 40s
Sorkin's Facebook sequel stumbles at box office
Aaron Sorkin's 'The Social Reckoning' opens to just $5.5 million, far below studio projections and a fraction of 'The Social Network's' $22 million debut.
In brief
Aaron Sorkin's 'The Social Reckoning' opens to just $5.5 million, far below studio projections and a fraction of 'The Social Network's' $22 million debut. Aaron Sorkin's 'The Social Reckoning' opened to five point five million dollars domestically, missing studio expectations and signalling weak audience interest in…
Sorkin's sequel opens weak
Aaron Sorkin's The Social Reckoning is on track to make only five point five million dollars at the domestic box office this weekend, according to Sunday estimates.
Well below studio hopes
The five point five million dollar total falls below the studio's already underwhelming projection of seven to eight million dollars, making a Social Network-sized hit unlikely.
Original film was a hit
The Social Network had a twenty two million dollar opening weekend and made ninety seven million dollars domestically at two thousand ten ticket prices. It won Sorkin an Oscar.
Darker story this time
Where the first film focused on Facebook's early excitement and drama, the sequel is darker and heavier, centred on whistleblower Frances Haugen's decision to leak the Facebook files.
Reviews aren't helping
The new movie's reviews just aren't very good. The film is overloaded with Sorkin's trademark speechifying, and audiences may find critiquing Facebook less urgent than worrying about AI.
Part of a tech CEO trend
The Social Reckoning opens alongside Alex Gibney's four hour documentary Musk. Nathan Fielder's Elizabeth Holmes documentary You Can See Everything arrives next weekend.
More tech stories coming
OpenAI boardroom drama Artificial has a new distributor after Amazon dropped it. Netflix has a series called The Altruists coming in November about Sam Bankman-Fried and FTX's collapse.
The bottom line
Aaron Sorkin's 'The Social Reckoning' opened to five point five million dollars domestically, missing studio expectations and signalling weak audience interest in tech CEO stories.
