Paramount and Capcom’s video game reboot Street Fighter punch-kicked its way to the top of the domestic box office this weekend. Indeed, the video game adaptation opened with an estimated $31 million debut. However, the real story of the weekend belongs to indie powerhouse A24. The studio’s three-hour documentary You Can See Everything shattered expectations, claiming the No. 2 spot with a massive $15 million.
Playing across 3,575 locations, Street Fighter landed right in line with industry projections. The live-action action-comedy added $20.1 million internationally for a $51.1 million global launch, putting the mid-budget studio feature on a comfortable path toward profitability. Still, its opening weekend lands in similar territory to recent mid-tier IP revivals, trailing slightly behind last year’s Mortal Kombat II ($38.5M).
While Hadoukens conquered the sheer volume game, cinephiles created a theatrical frenzy for You Can See Everything. The documentary collaboration between Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim posted an extraordinary $17,543 per-theater average across just 855 screens, driving over 2,000 sold-out showtimes nationwide. Marking the biggest documentary opening weekend in well over a decade, the film delivers one of the most surprising specialty releases of the post-pandemic era.
Rounding Out the Top Five
- Universal and Blumhouse’s Other Mommy dropped -70% in its sophomore frame to take $8.35 million (bringing its domestic tally to $44.8 million). Seat42F
- 20th Century Studios’ sci-fi thriller Whalefall debuted in fourth place with $8.0 million from 3,065 locations.
- Focus Features’ literary adaptation Sense and Sensibility finished fifth, pulling in $7.25 million across 2,545 screens.
In specialty news, Netflix scored a staggering $69,375 per-theater average for La bola negra. That picked up $277,500 in a hyper-limited four-screen engagement. Meanwhile, Sony’s long-running blockbuster Spider-Man: Brand New Day added another $700,000 in its 12th weekend. That latest Spidey film nudged its monumental domestic run to $958.3 million.
