Street Fighter is positioning itself for a significant box office debut this weekend, with Paramount Pictures releasing the video game adaptation across more than 3,500 North American theaters. The studio projects a domestic opening in the mid-$30 millions range, with international markets expected to generate a similar amount. The film carries an $82 million production budget split between Legendary Pictures and Capcom, marking the first release under Paramount’s distribution agreement with Legendary.
Director Kitao Sakurai’s film has received mixed critical reception, earning a 43 percent approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes. The feature stars Noah Centineo, Andrew Koji, and Callina Liang in a narrative centered on a combat tournament. This represents the third theatrical adaptation of the Capcom video game franchise.
Street Fighter faces competition from several new releases. A24 is launching You Can See Everything, a documentary about Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes directed by Nathan Fielding and Lance Oppenheim, in approximately 800 theaters with projections near $7 million. The documentary has achieved a perfect 100 percent critics score on Rotten Tomatoes. Additionally, 20th Century Studios is releasing Whalefall, a survival thriller directed by Brian Duffield and starring Austin Abrams, in 3,065 locations with projected opening between $10 million and $12 million. Focus Features is also debuting Sense and Sensibility, an adaptation of Jane Austen’s novel starring Daisy Edgar-Jones and Esmé Creed-Miles, in 2,436 theaters with an estimated $8 million opening.
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