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Street Fighter Wins Weekend Box Office While A24 Documentary Breaks Out

Weekend results force studios to reassess whether big openings, international sales or surprise niche hits will drive profit and franchise plans.

Overview

  • Street Fighter opened No. 1 with an estimated $31 million domestic and roughly $51 million worldwide from the Oct. 16–18 weekend, drawing a mostly male audience and a B‑ CinemaScore that suggests the run could be frontloaded.
  • A24’s three‑hour documentary You Can See Everything delivered an unexpected box‑office smash with about $15 million from roughly 855 screens and more than 2,000 sellouts, giving the film an unusually high per‑screen return for a low‑budget doc.
  • 20th Century’s Whalefall underperformed, debuting to about $8 million domestic and $17.5 million global against a reported $60 million production cost, leaving its break‑even prospects dependent on overseas hold and ancillary revenue.
  • Other Mommy plunged roughly 70% in its second weekend but still sits near $44.8 million domestic after 10 days, while Resident Evil continues a strong run with about $148–150 million domestic and $361 million worldwide to date.
  • Studios will now watch next weekend drops, international box office and streaming/ancillary windows to judge franchise viability for Street Fighter and to decide whether to widen or replicate A24’s limited, high‑ROI rollout model.