Jessica Chastain Horror Film Removed From 500 Theaters as It Nears $100 Million

After two full weeks of release, a poorly received horror movie starring Jessica Chastain looks set to pass the coveted $100 million mark at the global box office. The movie delivered a strong opening weekend haul, despite being roundly panned by critics. This past weekend, it hit what could be its final major domestic box-office milestone, after being removed from 500 theaters and facing fresh competition from DC's Clayface. Chastain has a solid track record in the horror genre, having starred in films such as Mama and It: Chapter Two. Her new movie hasn't turned out to be quite as successful as those films, but will likely find a larger audience when it hits the PVOD market.

Directed by Rob Savage, the film retained a top-10 spot this past weekend, while Clayface debuted at number one with $24 million. Incidentally, Chastain's movie opened to $27 million, even though it doesn't have a massive franchise to rely on and has attracted vicious reviews. Savage broke out with the pandemic-era hits Host and Dashcam, and made his Hollywood debut with The Boogeyman, which grossed more than $80 million worldwide. His new film has overtaken The Boogeyman in under three weeks of release, but will probably struggle to match the $148 million lifetime haul of Chastain's Mama, which was released in 2013.

Here's How Much the Movie Has Grossed at the Box Office So Far

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We're talking, of course, about Other Mommy. Produced on a reported budget of less than $20 million, the film has grossed $50 million domestically and $95 million worldwide. On the overall 2026 box-office chart, the film has out-grossed fellow horror releases such as Evil Dead Burn, Lee Cronin's The Mummy, and Send Help. It holds a 20% score on the aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, where the consensus reads, "Despite a valiant turn from Jessica Chastain as the spectral embodiment of a smothering parent, Other Mommy proves too silly for its intermittently effective jump scares to add up to a spooky whole." In its third weekend, Other Mommy's domestic theater count was reduced from around 3,300 to around 2,800.