Street Fighter leads box office with $30M opening

Street Fighter earns $12.5 million on Friday

The Street Fighter adaptation earned $12.5 million on Friday, including previews, across 3,575 theaters. This opening included $4 million from previews and represents the first Legendary title released under the new agreement with Paramount.

The film has a PG-13 rating and a net production cost of $82 million, which was co-financed by Legendary and Capcom. Social media reach for the film totalled 920.6 million across TikTok, YouTube, Instagram, Facebook, and X, according to RelishMix. On Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an 80 percent audience score and a 47 percent critic score.

You Can See Everything sets documentary opening record

The documentary You Can See Everything earned $5.3 million on Friday including previews across 885 theaters. The film is now projected to earn $12 million over the weekend.

This debut would surpass the $7.1 million opening of Melania, which was previously the best documentary opening in ten years. It ranks among the strongest documentary debuts in the past 17 years, excluding concert films.

The film holds a 99 percent audience score on Rotten Tomatoes. It recorded $2 million in previews and received strong early audience responses.

92 percent of viewers said they would recommend the film. Preview exits also reported a 100 percent positive score.

Elizabeth Holmes documentary details

Directed by Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim, the three-hour documentary follows former Theranos chief executive Elizabeth Holmes and her partner, Billy Evans. The narrative focuses on the period leading up to Holmes's federal prison sentence.

The film recorded a 50-50 split between male and female viewers. In Los Angeles and New York, 75 percent of the audience was under the age of 35. The documentary currently holds a 4.7 rating on the social platform Letterboxd.

Whalefall and Sense & Sensibility debut in theaters

Whalefall and Sense & Sensibility are notable newcomers entering theaters this weekend. 20th Century Studios' Whalefall earned $2.6 million on Friday including previews.

The film is projected to open between $6 million and $7 million. This result falls short of the initial $11 million tracking projection.

Focus Features' revival of Sense & Sensibility earned $3 million on Friday at 2,545 sites. The film is projected to earn $6 million over the three-day weekend.

Other Mommy and Musk box office updates

Universal horror film Other Mommy is expected to earn $7.4 million in its second weekend, reaching a cumulative domestic total of $43.9 million. The film is projected to reach a total of $27.5 million, while the release The Social Reckoning is reportedly stumbling at the box office. Alex Gibney’s documentary Musk is expanding nationwide from Bleecker Street following a four-theater start that grossed $68,900.

Street Fighter 1994 film comparison

The 1994 Street Fighter film, which was released by Universal and starred Jean-Claude Van Damme, earned $33.4 million in its final domestic run after an opening of $6.8 million. Current projections for the new Street Fighter adaptation suggest an opening close to the $33.4 million total earned by the original 1994 film.

Industry projections for weekend earnings

Paramount Pictures projects Street Fighter will earn in the mid-$30 millions both domestically and internationally. The Numbers model predicts an opening of about $31.0 million for the film. For the documentary You Can See Everything, The Numbers projects earnings of $14.3 million from 855 theaters. GoldDerby reports the documentary is tracking between $7 million and $12 million from roughly 800 theaters.

Street Fighter previews outperform Sonic the Hedgehog

Street Fighter previews are currently ahead of the $3 million earned by Paramount’s 2020 film Sonic the Hedgehog.