Aaron Sorkin’s 'The Social Reckoning' brings whistleblower Frances Haugen's disclosures and internal Facebook document leaks to the big screen, tracking for a $5.5 million domestic opening.
Alongside new documentaries on Elon Musk and upcoming projects covering FTX and Elizabeth Holmes, big tech history is becoming a major cinematic staple.
In comparison, the previous film, “The Social Network,” opened with $22 million in 2010 and grossed $97 million domestically. The new film focuses on Frances Hogan’s decision to release internal Facebook documents, as well as the Senate hearings and algorithm changes.
New releases on technology
The film’s release coincides with the release of other tech-related projects. Alex Gibney’s four-hour documentary “Musk” also opened this weekend, grossing $69.000 in four theaters, with Meta announcing that it will run ads to promote it. Meanwhile, Nathan Fielder’s documentary “You Can See Everything,” about Elizabeth Holmes, opens next week, while “Artificial,” about the events at OpenAI’s board of directors, has found a new distributor after ending its partnership with Amazon.
On television, Netflix is preparing the series "The Altruists" for November, about Sam Bankman-Freed and the collapse of the FTX company.
