Street Fighter takes $12.5M Friday; Fielder doc $5.5M

Paramount’s Street Fighter made an estimated $12.5 million US on Friday, including $4 million from Thursday previews, and is on pace for about $31 million over the weekend of Oct. 16 to 18, TheWrap reported on Oct. 17.

Updated Oct. 17, 2026. Weekend estimates are due Sunday, Oct. 18, and final figures follow on Monday.

That would be a No. 1 debut but a softer one than the $38.5 million opening of this year’s Mortal Kombat II, the comparison TheWrap drew. A24’s You Can See Everything, co-directed by Vancouver-born comedian Nathan Fielder, took $5.5 million on Friday and is headed for a second-place $12.5 million, which would be a rare result for a three-hour documentary.

Street Fighter is a $82 million co-production between Legendary and Capcom, TheWrap said. The film’s audience gave it a B- CinemaScore and an 80 per cent audience score on Rotten Tomatoes. Mortal Kombat II earned a B and 86 per cent. The 1994 Street Fighter film also received a B- CinemaScore, TheWrap said.

Roger Moore of Movie Nation, citing Deadline, put the Street Fighter opening day at “$12 million+” and the weekend at $30 million or slightly more. In his Oct. 17 column, Moore wrote that reviews “haven’t been awful” but “they haven’t been kind.” He said $30 million implies fewer than three million tickets sold.

TheWrap said Mortal Kombat II proved to be frontloaded, with most of its money coming early in the run, and that Street Fighter could follow the same pattern. That makes Saturday and Sunday the numbers to watch.

You Can See Everything, directed by Fielder and Lance Oppenheim, played on 855 screens. A24 kept the film secret for three years before its surprise premiere at the Telluride Film Festival in August, TheWrap said. Movie Nation has its weekend at about $13 million. The film made $1.75 million in Thursday previews, as we reported on Oct. 16.

TheWrap said a $12.5 million weekend would beat the $7.1 million opening of Amazon MGM’s Melania in February. It would also be the biggest documentary opening since One Direction: This Is Us ($15.5 million in 2013) if concert films are counted. The all-time documentary record is Fahrenheit 9/11, which opened to $23.9 million unadjusted in 2004.

The rest of the top five is tight. TheWrap estimated 20th Century Studios’ Whalefall at $7 million from 3,065 locations. Movie Nation said Universal’s Other Mommy, which opened to $27.5 million last weekend, could take third place if it earns more than $7.4 million.

For Canadian moviegoers, the box office totals used by trade outlets combine U.S. and Canadian ticket sales and are quoted in U.S. dollars. Neither TheWrap nor Movie Nation reported Canadian theatre figures for either film. Fielder, known for Nathan for You and The Rehearsal, is the highest-profile Canadian name on the weekend chart. Theatre chains are coming off a strong stretch, with Cineplex reporting a record $215.7 million in third-quarter box office.

Friday figures are studio estimates and can change when actuals are reported. Our earlier pre-release forecast of $25 million to $35 million held up so far. Via TheWrap and Movie Nation.

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