Weekend Box Office Estimates: Street Fighter Leads With About $31 Million in Record Franchise Debut; Whalefall at $10–12 Million
LOS ANGELES — Paramount's video-game adaptation Street Fighter is projected to top the North American box office for the October 16–18 weekend with about $31 million, according to Deadline's Saturday-morning estimates, the best opening in the franchise's history. Playing in 3,575 theaters, the film took in roughly $13 million on its opening day including $4 million from Thursday previews, received a B- CinemaScore and an audience score of about 80 percent on Rotten Tomatoes, and carries a reported production budget of $82 million. The 1994 Street Fighter opened to $6.9 million and 2009's Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li to $4.7 million, a combined $11.5 million.
Among the weekend's other new releases, the survival thriller Whalefall opened in 3,065 theaters and is projected at $10 million to $12 million, while Focus Features' new Sense and Sensibility adaptation is estimated at about $6.7 million for fifth place.
All figures are weekend estimates; final totals will follow full theater reporting.
Sources: Deadline Saturday estimates via Screen Rant, October 17, 2026; Twisted Voxel; Business Today box office preview
Source: GSM · USA (original Chinese edition)
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