Other Mommy knocks Munafik off No. 1 at the Malaysian box office, before Jailer 2 arrives

A Hollywood horror film has taken the top of the Malaysian box office from an Indonesian one. Other Mommy was No. 1 in local cinemas for 8 to 11 October, Malay Mail reported on 16 October, pushing Munafik: Melawan Iblis down to second after its run at the top. The paper noted that mixed reviews had not stopped it.

The top ten, 8 to 11 October

Malay Mail's chart, domestic and international films together, reads: Other Mommy, Munafik: Melawan Iblis, Resident Evil, V, Terbang, Avengers: Endgame Encore, Digger, Sihir Tanah Kubur, Heart of the Beast and The Nine Emperor Gods. Terbang, the Malay action film that opened on 17 September, is still in the top five in its fourth week.

The Numbers, which tracks international takings, recorded Other Mommy's Malaysian opening weekend at US$417,033. Malay Mail describes the film, adapted from Josh Malerman's 2024 novel Incidents Around the House, as the story of an eight-year-old girl terrorised by a shape-shifting entity that takes her mother's appearance, with Jessica Chastain starring.

Why this chart is already out of date

The chart stops at Sunday 11 October, and the week since has changed the picture. Jailer 2, Street Fighter and Whalefall opened on 15 October and Pemuja Syaitan on 16 October, and the chains have made room for them. This site's listings for Saturday 17 to Friday 23 October give Jailer 2 4,863 sessions at 130 cinemas and Street Fighter 2,906 at 120, against Other Mommy's 1,710 at 98. Munafik is down to 712 sessions, and Resident Evil, in its fifth week, to 533.

Session counts are not ticket sales, but they are the chains' own bet on what will sell, and on that measure Jailer 2 and Street Fighter are the films the next chart will be about.

What it means for a reader this weekend

Falling session counts are the practical news for anyone who has been meaning to catch the older films. Terbang has 198 sessions this week, Avengers: Endgame Encore 187 and The Nine Emperor Gods 90, at 34, 37 and 16 cinemas, so the choice of times and places for those three is already narrow.

Before you book

The Other Mommy page and the Munafik: Melawan Iblis page show where each is still on, and the showtimes page lists every film by cinema for whichever day you choose. Other Mommy is classified 16 and runs 92 minutes; Munafik is 16 and 105 minutes.