Street Fighter Leads Opening Weekend Box Office, While Documentary on Elizabeth Holmes Draws Strong Audiences
Paramount's Street Fighter topped the domestic box office with an estimated $31 million opening weekend, while A24's documentary You Can See Everything about Elizabeth Holmes earned about $12 million.
Paramount Pictures' video-game adaptation Street Fighter opened in 3,575 North American theaters and is projected to earn roughly $31 million domestically this weekend, after a $13 million Friday that included Thursday previews. The film, directed by Kitao Sakurai and starring Noah Centineo, Andrew Koji and Callina Liang, was produced on an $82 million budget and marks the first release under Paramount’s distribution partnership with Legendary. Audience surveys gave the movie a B-grade CinemaScore, while Rotten Tomatoes shows a 42 percent critic approval and an 82 percent audience rating. > "The film is a jumbled tonal mess and only sporadically entertaining," wrote critic Frank Scheck.
A24’s documentary You Can See Everything, focusing on former Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes, opened from 855 locations and is expected to bring in about $12 million, with $5.5 million recorded on Friday including previews. The film, directed by Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim, attracted large crowds, especially among viewers under 35, and has earned a 99 percent approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes and a 4.8 score on Letterboxd, the highest ever on the platform.
Universal Pictures' horror title Other Mommy earned an estimated $7.8 million, down sharply from its debut, and received a D+ CinemaScore. Jessica Chastain leads the film as a sinister spirit in a girl’s closet.
20th Century Studios' survival thriller Whalefall, starring Austin Abrams, is projected to make around $7 million from 3,065 theaters, below the studio’s $11 million expectation. The movie holds a B CinemaScore and a 71 percent critic approval on Rotten Tomatoes. > "The film is just not bat-shit crazy enough to be much fun," wrote critic David Rooney.
Focus Features' adaptation Sense and Sensibility opened in 2,545 theaters with an estimated $6.7 million weekend gross. The period drama received an A-grade CinemaScore, a 75 percent critic rating and an 89 percent audience score on Rotten Tomatoes. Rooney noted the film “seldom steps out from the long shadow of Ang Lee’s enchanting 1995 retelling.”
Netflix released its Oscar-contender La Bola Negra in four theaters, marking the streaming service’s first public box-office reporting. Upcoming releases for the following weekend include Clayface, Wildwood, Klara and the Sun, Ali G: Who Iz I? and Wicker.