GoKawiilSorkin's 'The Social Reckoning' opens to just $5.5M domestically
Aaron Sorkin's follow-up to 'The Social Network' debuted to an estimated $5.5 million at the domestic box office this weekend, falling short of the studio's own projection of $7-8 million. The film depicts whistleblower Frances Haugen's leak of internal Facebook documents, in contrast to the earlier film's $22 million opening and $97 million domestic total.
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The soft opening suggests audiences may be less drawn to a somber film about Senate hearings and algorithm policy than they were to the startup drama of the original, according to the report. It also arrives alongside a wave of other projects about tech-world scandals, including a Musk documentary, an Elizabeth Holmes film, and an FTX series on Netflix, making this weekend's results a possible early signal of how much appetite remains for stories centered on controversial tech figures.
- 'The Social Reckoning' opened to an estimated $5.5 million, below studio projections of $7-8 million
- The original 'The Social Network' opened to $22 million and earned $97 million domestically in 2010
- Several other tech-scandal projects, including films on Musk, Holmes and FTX, are releasing around the same period
Source: techcrunch.com — Anthony Ha, 2026-10-11
Published there as: “Aaron Sorkin’s ‘Social Reckoning’ is off to a weak start”
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