This weekend marks the release of "The Social Reckoning," a Sony Pictures film that dramatizes the 2021 Facebook whistleblower leak. The movie is projected to open to roughly $7 million domestically, according to CNBC.
The film is a follow-up to Aaron Sorkin's "The Social Network," which won three Academy Awards. Where the 2010 film chronicled Mark Zuckerberg's founding of Facebook, the new one focuses on Frances Haugen's release of internal documents from the tech giant.
The release comes amid a broader wave of Hollywood productions centered on tech figures such as Elon Musk and Sam Altman, reflecting growing public anxiety about artificial intelligence. Studios appear to be capitalizing on that unease as the industry turns real-world tech drama into box-office fare.