Jessica Chastain’s "Other Mommy" leads Italian box office

Other Mommy debuted at the top of the Italian box office. The psychological horror film, directed by Rob Savage and starring Jessica Chastain, is based on Josh Malerman’s novel Incidents Around the House. It grossed €1,982,148 during its first four days in theaters and attracted 233,281 viewers.

The film also topped the US box office, CE Report quotes ANSA.

Naza held second place. The film by Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor won the Special Jury Prize at the Venice Film Festival and explores the workings of Israel’s military system in the Gaza Strip. It grossed €846,790 over the weekend, bringing its total earnings after three weeks in Italian theaters to €4,512,240.

Completing the top three is another new release, The Stranger (L’Estranea), directed by Paolo Strippoli and selected as Italy’s official submission in the Best International Feature Film category for the 99th Academy Awards. During its first four days in Italian theaters, the film grossed €806,972 and attracted 112,214 viewers.

In fourth place is Heart of the Beast, starring Brad Pitt, which earned €565,288 over the weekend and €2,912,434 after three weeks in theaters.

Fifth place went to the psychological thriller Verity, starring Anne Hathaway and Dakota Johnson. It grossed €514,747 over the weekend, bringing its total after two weeks to €1,410,942.

In sixth place was Digger, co-written and co-produced by Alejandro González Iñárritu and starring Tom Cruise. The film earned €383,558 over the weekend, bringing its two-week total to €1,128,241.

Seventh and eighth place went to two new releases.

Queen Budapest, a documentary about Freddie Mercury’s band Queen performing behind the Iron Curtain, grossed €245,630 in five days.

In eighth place was The Social Reckoning, Aaron Sorkin’s highly anticipated follow-up to The Social Network, again focusing on Mark Zuckerberg. The film grossed €194,842 in its first four days in Italian theaters and attracted 26,278 viewers. In the United States, it debuted with just $6 million, finishing fifth at the North American weekend box office.

Rounding out the top 10 in ninth place was Resident Evil, which earned €172,044 over the weekend, bringing its total since September 17 to €3,635,499.

In tenth place was the animated film Forgotten Island (L’Isola dei ricordi), which grossed €144,288 over the weekend, bringing its total since September 24 to €819,319.

Overall, Italian box office revenue reached €7,068,388 over the weekend, an 18% increase compared with the previous seven days.

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