Street Fighter tops weekend box office with 31 million dollar debut

The video game adaptation Street Fighter became the top movie in North America this weekend, earning 31 million dollars in receipts. UPI, Polygon, and Variety all reported the opening weekend total after figures were released on Sunday by BoxOfficeMojo.com and Deadline. Street Fighter is a media franchise based on Capcom video games, the first of which was released in 1987. [1][4][5][10]

In second place, the documentary film You Can See Everything debuted with 15 million dollars, according to UPI and Variety. Variety reported that the project, directed by Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim, earned its total from 855 theaters. Polygon noted that Street Fighter generated about half of the 60 million dollar debut recorded by another Capcom video game adaptation, Resident Evil. [1][4][5]

According to UPI, the horror film Other Mommy finished third with 8.4 million dollars, followed by Whalefall in fourth with 8 million dollars and Sense and Sensibility in fifth with 7.3 million dollars. As FTMQ News reported earlier, Other Mommy had led the North American box office last weekend with 27.5 million dollars. [1][12]

UPI reported that Verity placed sixth with 6.2 million dollars, followed by Resident Evil in seventh with 5.5 million dollars. Heart of the Beast took eighth place with 4.8 million dollars, Jailer 2 earned 3.3 million dollars in ninth, and Forgotten Island finished tenth with 2.3 million dollars. studio co-founder Chris Prynoski told IndieWire that animation studio Titmouse crafted nineties anime-inspired flashback sequences for Street Fighter. [1][3]