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Everything the desk has filed on Other Mommy.
Other Mommy has made $30.7 million in four days in North America despite terrible reviews, putting it on the verge of entering Jessica Chastain's top 10 highest grossing films domestically.
Other Mommy’s $45.1 million global debut proves one thing: horror still wins, even when everyone hates it. Critics gave it 16% on Rotten Tomatoes. Audiences handed it a D+. Yet people paid. And kept coming. The secret? Jessica Chastain. The season. The fear of a mother who isn’t your mother.
The young star of Other Mommy is already thinking about space, aliens, and sci-fi sequels—while still finding time to scare audiences.
Other Mommy, Jessica Chastain's dual-role horror film, opened in theatres on 9 October 2026 to harsh reviews but a strong opening weekend.
The Jessica Chastain horror film Other Mommy has crossed $53.1 million globally, overtaking 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple and entering the top 50 grossers of 2026 — all while receiving a D+ CinemaScore and 19% Rotten Tomatoes rating.
Two new releases, two weak openings. The box office isn't just slowing — it's rejecting stories about today.
LaKeith Stanfield and Ben Mendelsohn will star in Molepeople, a tunnel-set horror movie from Other Mommy director Rob Savage, set for release on August 27, 2027.
Variety breaks down five major changes in 'Other Mommy,' including a violent death scene and a happier ending that contrasts with the novel’s grim fate for Bela. The film’s twist on the source material fuels debate over tone and horror execution.
Chastain didn’t use prosthetics or CGI for her role in Other Mommy. She created the terrifying expression from within—starting with the psychology of a mother who’s lost herself. The result? A performance so real, co-star Jay Duplass admitted he was scared watching it.
Jessica Chastain plays both mother and mimic in Rob Savage’s new horror, where a child says goodnight to someone who isn’t there. The film is based on a real-life anecdote — a brother’s tale of his kid saying 'goodnight to Other Mommy' — and it’s now streaming in theatres.
The Oscar winner debuted the dramatic change at the Los Angeles premiere of Other Mommy, her latest horror thriller, where she stepped out in a green mini dress and zeroed in on the audience with a stare that could freeze a scream mid-air.
Jessica Chastain's horror film Other Mommy opens to mostly negative reviews but strong box office expectations, with a short end-credits scene confirming the entity hasn't gone anywhere.
Jessica Chastain’s horror movie Other Mommy has drawn harsh reactions from early critics, who slam its pacing, jump scares, and confusing ending. The film, based on a novel by Bird Box’s Josh Malerman, stars Chastain as both mother and doppelgänger entity. Rotten Tomatoes remains blank as of Thursday.
Early reviews for 'Other Mommy' are harsh, with critics calling it a messy, laughable mess filled with ineffective jump scares and weak storytelling. The film stars Jessica Chastain in a dual role and is directed by Rob Savage.
Rotten Tomatoes’ Peter Gray posted, “#OtherMommy: Despite that trailer and one surprisingly gory sequence, this INSIDIOUS-lite supernatural “horror” flick is more silly than it is scary. Jessica Chastain commits but that isn’t enough to overcome the stupidity.”
Jessica Chastain's horror film Other Mommy is projected to open above $20 million across 3,200 North American screens on October 9, outpacing Sony's The Social Network follow-up The Social Reckoning, per early trade estimates.
Early tracking has Jessica Chastain's doppelganger horror film Other Mommy opening around $24 million, while Sony's Social Reckoning, a Social Network follow-up on Mark Zuckerberg, trails badly at the box office.
Jessica Chastain’s new horror film Other Mommy hits theatres this Friday — and the title is already sparking debate. Not because of the movie’s plot, but because of a single word: why ‘Mommy’ instead of ‘Mother’?
The film, directed by Rob Savage and based on Josh Malerman’s novel Incidents Around the House, is being released theatrically under the Blumhouse and Atomic Monster banner, with James Wan producing. Rob Savage, known for films including Host and The Boogeyman, directs a screenplay by Nathan Elston, based on Malerman’s bestselling novel Incidents Around the House. The book itself is told from Bela
Rob Savage’s Other Mommy is a horror where Jessica Chastain’s character remains unseen in full. The entity behind the smile is meant to be felt, not seen. The film opens October 9.
Jessica Chastain plays a mother and the thing that replaces her in Other Mommy, Josh Hartnett battles a sea creature in Netflix's Below, and Mike Flanagan has two different horror projects landing in October 2026.