Street Fighter to lead crowded box office weekend
Paramount's Street Fighter is expected to top the North American box office in its opening weekend starting 16 October.
Paramount projects a mid-$30 million domestic opening for the film in more than 3,500 theatres, with a similar mid-$30 million start internationally, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Domestic means the United States and Canada. The film is expected to lead fellow newcomers in its first three days.
Directed by Kitao Sakurai, the film stars Noah Centineo, Andrew Koji and Callina Liang. It is the third feature based on the Capcom video game that launched in 1987. It carries an $82 million production budget, split evenly between Legendary Pictures and Capcom, and is the first release under Paramount's distribution deal with Legendary, according to The Hollywood Reporter. It holds a 43 percent approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes.
Chasing it is Whalefall from 20th Century Studios. The studio is opening the film in 3,065 North American locations and projects a $10 million to $12 million debut, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Directed by Brian Duffield, the $60 million survival drama adapts author Daniel Kraus' 2023 novel about a scuba diver swallowed whole by a giant sperm whale. It holds a 70 percent critics approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes.
Two smaller releases complete the slate. Focus Features is opening Sense and Sensibility in 2,436 locations with an $8 million domestic opening projected. Directed by Georgia Oakley, it is a new adaptation of Jane Austen's work. A24 is releasing You Can See Everything in around 800 theatres with around a $7 million opening projected on a $5 million budget, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Directed by Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim, it follows Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes in the lead-up to the start of her prison sentence. It holds a 100 percent critics score on Rotten Tomatoes.
What makes this stand out is range. One weekend offers a video game fight film, a sea survival story, a period romance and a low budget docu-comedy. Four different bets. One box office table.
