While Aaron Sorkin's quasi-legacy sequel The Social Reckoning essentially flopped in its box-office debut this past weekend, another new release fared even worse. The Social Reckoning grossed only $5.5 million domestically against a reported budget of around $40 million. By comparison, The Social Network — David Fincher's modern masterpiece that won Sorkin an Oscar for his screenplay — made $22 million in its domestic debut in 2010 and eventually grossed around $230 million worldwide. The Social Reckoning claimed the fifth spot on this past weekend's domestic box-office chart, which was bookended by two other new releases. The number-one film was Other Mommy, the critically panned horror title that made $27 million over the weekend. The number-10 film, on the other hand, was a Western remake that tanked with just $2 million.
The Western stars Zachary Levi, Tommy Lee Jones, and Neal McDonough — each of whom has developed a solid following over the years. Levi, of course, played the titular character in the hit series Chuck, and more recently starred as Shazam in two DC Extended Universe films. Jones is an acting icon, with considerable experience in the Western genre. McDonough, on the other hand, has become an instantly recognizable personality in his own right, especially after he began appearing in hit Taylor Sheridan shows such as Yellowstone and Tulsa King. Interestingly, both Jones and McDonough played supporting roles in the MCU's Captain America: The First Avenger.
A 100-Year-Old Movie Is Back in Theaters
Their new movie with Levi is Angel and the Badman, a remake of a 1947 Western starring John Wayne. The new film opened to poor reviews and is now sitting at a 23% score on the aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes. It's being distributed domestically by Angel Studios, the outfit that carved a niche for itself with faith-based movies and is now attempting to break into the mainstream through genre films with religious undercurrents.
Angel debuted the new Western in more than 2,200 theaters nationwide, where the movie averaged $413, $297, and $225 per-theater on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, respectively. Interestingly, this was lower than the per-theater average of a 100-year-old classic that has been in re-release for over a month and a half. F.W. Murnau's German Expressionist classic Faust delivered a $524 per-theater average in its sixth weekend back, having peaked at a per-theater average of $3,143 in mid-September.
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