Street Fighter tipped for No. 1 US box office opening of about $30M

Left · 1Paramount's video game adaptation "Street Fighter" is expected to open at No. 1 at the North American box office this weekend, with Variety projecting $25 million to $35 million from 3,500 theaters. 1 Mixed · 2Deadline expects a "high $30Ms" domestic start and a mid-$30 million international start, which would give a global opening near $70 million or more. Variety puts the overseas projection at roughly $35 million from 65 markets. 2 1 Mixed · 2Legendary and Capcom co-financed the PG-13 film for a net $82 million, and Paramount is handling distribution. Variety says the film carries the biggest budget of the four newcomers and needs staying power. Deadline says it is the first theatrical release under Legendary's new global distribution deal with Paramount. 1 2

Left · 1Kitao Sakurai directed the film, which stars Noah Centineo and Andrew Koji and is set in 1993. It is the third film based on the Capcom series, after the 1994 Jean-Claude Van Damme version (about $100 million worldwide) and the 2009 "Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li" ($12.8 million against a $50 million budget), according to Variety. 1 Centre · 1Deadline says the studio is avoiding comparisons with the R-rated "Mortal Kombat" films, which opened at $23.3 million in 2021 and $38.5 million in North America this summer. The PG-13 rating is meant to draw families and younger viewers. It also notes that the film has no China release, that it has a heavy Imax and premium-format footprint, and that Rotten Tomatoes scores were not yet available. Previews start Thursday. 2 Mixed · 2Disney's "Whalefall" is projected for second place with $10–12 million (Variety) or $11–12 million (Deadline) from about 3,000 theaters. The survival thriller cost $60 million, and Variety says reviews are mostly positive. 1 2

Mixed · 2A24's Elizabeth Holmes documentary "You Can See Everything", from Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim, is projected at $7–8 million (Variety) or high single digits (Deadline) from about 800 theaters. Deadline says it could pass $10 million if Gen Z audiences turn out. Both outlets compare it with "Melania", which opened to about $7 million and was the best documentary start in around a decade. The film has a 100% Rotten Tomatoes score. 1 2 Mixed · 2Focus Features' "Sense and Sensibility" remake, budgeted at about $25 million, is targeting $5–8 million from 2,436 screens as counterprogramming. Deadline reports reviews at 76% fresh. 1 2 Centre · 1Deadline presents the weekend as the first releases since the Paramount–Warner Bros merger. Street Fighter and a limited 4K re-release of "The Devils" are the first two. It puts the combined studios' domestic gross at $941.6 million for Jan. 1–Oct. 11, fourth behind Universal, Disney and Sony. 2

Mixed · 2Variety describes the October box office as uneven, with "Digger" and "The Social Reckoning" flopping and "Verity" and "Other Mommy" shaping up as modest wins. Deadline expects "Other Mommy" to fall 60–70% in its second weekend after a $27.8 million opening. 1 2