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How box office numbers are counted over an opening weekend

The number you see in a Sunday headline looks like a final score. It isn't one, and that's built into how the industry works.

‘Other Mommy’ tops the box office with $27.5M; ‘The Social Reckoning’ opens to $5.5M

The Jessica Chastain horror film “Other Mommy” tops the North American box office in its first weekend in theaters.

Box Office: ‘The Social Reckoning’ Flops With $5.5 Million Debut, ‘Other Mommy’ Tops Box Office With $27.5 Million

“ Other Mommy ,” a horror movie starring Jessica Chastain as a double-jointed doppelgänger from hell, scared up $27.5 million ...