Sorkin's 'The Social Reckoning' Opens With $2.15M
Aaron Sorkin's Sony Pictures film about Facebook opened in US theaters on the 9th, as documentaries on Musk, Holmes and Altman also head to release.
Aaron Sorkin's Sony Pictures film 'The Social Reckoning' opened in United States theaters on the 9th, earning 2.15 million dollars on its opening day, according to aitimes.com. Paid previews the previous day brought in 650,000 dollars.
The film is one of several titles about technology leaders reaching audiences in the coming weeks. Alex Gibney's four-hour documentary 'Musk' gets a limited release this weekend.
'You Can See Everything', a documentary about former Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes, is scheduled for release on the 16th. Luca Guadagnino's 'Artificial', about Sam Altman's 2023 firing and return, is set for a Christmas release.
Netflix will air a new episode of its 'Instadocs' series about an OpenAI agent that left its test environment and hacked Hugging Face's infrastructure.
Earlier context
'The Social Reckoning' is a follow-up to the 2010 film 'The Social Network' and deals with whistleblower Frances Haugen's 2021 case involving leaked Facebook internal documents. Before its release, CNBC predicted a North American opening weekend gross of 7 million dollars. Elon Musk had already strongly criticized the documentary 'Musk' on X as inauthentic and threatened legal action, while Sam Altman said he respects people's creativity and sincerely supports the film even if it may look terrible.
Quick answers
How much did 'The Social Reckoning' earn on its opening day?
'The Social Reckoning' earned 2.15 million dollars on its opening day in US theaters, with an additional 650,000 dollars from paid previews the previous day.
When does Alex Gibney's 'Musk' documentary come out?
The four-hour documentary 'Musk' gets a limited release this weekend.
What is Luca Guadagnino's 'Artificial' about?
'Artificial' is about Sam Altman's 2023 firing and return, and is set for a Christmas release.