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Audiences chose fictional villains over villains this weekend. Other mom topped the domestic box office with $27.5 million, while The social balance sheet opened to a dismal $5.5 million. Other momThe bad reviews didn’t deter audiences, who just wanted to see Jessica Chastain make that weird face even more. And do it, she did it! Jeremy Strong not making any facial expressions like Mark Zuckerberg, on the other hand, was not intriguing enough to tempt viewers.
Second place this weekend was Truth, another critically maligned play starring an Oscar-winning actress. This added another $11.5 million to Colleen Hoover’s coffers. resident Evil came in at number 3 with $8.35 million domestically. The film returned to the top of the international box office, with its China release grossing an additional $62.7 million worldwide, for a global gross of $320.2 million. resident Evil has now become Zach Cregger’s biggest box office film to date. To recap: scary fiction is good, scary societies are bad, scary fictional societies are good.
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