New Delhi: Aaron Sorkin’s The Social Reckoning, the follow-up to David Fincher’s 2010 film The Social Network, has been removed from 1,987 theatres across North America after a disappointing box-office performance. The film’s theatrical footprint has shrunk from 2,606 locations to 619 in its third weekend, marking a reduction of approximately 76 per cent.
Directed and written by Sorkin, the film was released on 9 October 2026. The 112-minute drama stars Mikey Madison as Frances Haugen, a former Facebook employee who became a whistleblower, Jeremy Allen White as Wall Street Journal reporter Jeff Horwitz, and Jeremy Strong as Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg. The cast also includes Wunmi Mosaku, Betty Gilpin, Billy Magnussen and Bill Burr.
The film follows Haugen as she works with Horwitz to expose Facebook’s internal practices. Its story draws on the 2021 disclosures of internal company documents that brought renewed scrutiny to the social media platform.
According to The Numbers, the film earned approximately $5 million during its opening weekend in North America. Its collections fell by 72 per cent in the second weekend, bringing in around $1.4 million. Its worldwide box-office collection reached approximately $14.9 million.
The film serves as a companion to The Social Network, which chronicled Facebook’s creation and the legal disputes surrounding Zuckerberg and his associates. Released in 2010, the original starred Jesse Eisenberg as Zuckerberg, Andrew Garfield as Eduardo Saverin and Justin Timberlake as Sean Parker.
The original film earned approximately $224 million worldwide and won three Academy Awards, including Best Adapted Screenplay for Sorkin. Unlike its predecessor, the follow-up has received a mixed response from critics and audiences. It reportedly holds a 54 per cent critics’ score on Rotten Tomatoes and received a B-CinemaScore from audiences.
The film was produced and distributed by Sony Pictures, with a reported production budget of $30 million before marketing costs.
(Edited by Insha Jalil Waziri)