Street Fighter Opens to $13 Million, Eyes $31 Million Weekend as Holmes Doc Beats Forecasts
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Updated · Variety · Oct 17
Street Fighter Opens to $13 Million, Eyes $31 Million Weekend as Holmes Doc Beats Forecasts
3 articles · Updated · Variety · Oct 17
Summary
$13 million from 3,575 theaters put Paramount’s “Street Fighter” atop Friday’s North American box office, with the video-game adaptation projected to reach $31 million by Sunday.
A24’s Elizabeth Holmes documentary “You Can See Everything” opened stronger than expected with $5.54 million Friday from 855 theaters and is tracking for $12.45 million, above early $7 million-$8 million estimates.
$3.3 million for Focus Features’ “Sense and Sensibility” and $3 million for Disney’s “Whalefall” placed the two new releases third and fourth on Friday, with weekend totals seen at $6.7 million and $7 million.
$2.5 million on Friday kept Universal’s “Other Mommy” in fifth, but the horror holdover is still headed for a $44.35 million domestic total by Sunday.
The launch gives “Street Fighter” a far better start than 2009’s “The Legend of Chun-Li,” which finished with $12.8 million total, though still far from the 1994 film’s $100 million run.
Will the spoof-like nostalgia of the new Street Fighter movie overcome its poor critical reviews to launch a successful global franchise?
How did a three-hour meta-documentary about convicted fraudster Elizabeth Holmes manage to shatter box office expectations against massive studio blockbusters?
Why are audiences suddenly flocking to claustrophobic theatrical experiences like a life-sized whale stomach and a demonic mother mimicking reality?