Street Fighter opened at No. 1 at the domestic box office this weekend with an estimated $31 million, but the bigger story is a documentary. A24's Elizabeth Holmes film You Can See Everything made an estimated $15 million on just 855 screens, the second-best documentary opening ever.
These are Sunday studio estimates; actual figures come out Monday.
Quick facts
- No. 1: Street Fighter (Paramount/Legendary), $31M, 3,575 theaters
- Breakout: You Can See Everything (A24), $15M, 855 theaters, ~$17,500 per theater
- Flop: Whalefall (20th Century Studios), $8M on a $60M budget
- Total weekend: about $107M, up 58% from a year ago
Weekend box office top 10 (October 16–18, 2026)
| # | Film (distributor) | Weekend | Theaters | Total | Week |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Street Fighter (Paramount) | $31.0M | 3,575 | $31.0M | 1 |
| 2 | You Can See Everything (A24) | $15.0M | 855 | $15.0M | 1 |
| 3 | Other Mommy (Universal) | $8.35M | 3,370 | $44.8M | 2 |
| 4 | Whalefall (20th Century) | $8.0M | 3,065 | $8.0M | 1 |
| 5 | Sense and Sensibility (Focus) | $7.25M | 2,545 | $7.25M | 1 |
| 6 | Verity (Amazon MGM) | $6.2M | 3,072 | $66.1M | 3 |
| 7 | Resident Evil (Sony) | $5.5M | 2,705 | $148.5M | 5 |
| 8 | Heart of the Beast (Paramount) | $4.83M | 3,049 | $58.6M | 4 |
| 9 | Jailer 2 (Shloka) | $3.25M | 420 | $5.3M | 1 |
| 10 | Forgotten Island (Universal) | $2.25M | 2,149 | $35.1M | 4 |
Sunday estimates, per Deadline. Ken Russell's The Devils re-release placed 11th with $1.64M.
How did Street Fighter do?
Fine, not great. The Kitao Sakurai-directed adaptation, starring Noah Centineo, Andrew Koji and Callina Liang, made about $13 million on Friday including previews, then $10.8 million Saturday and $7.2 million Sunday.
The $31 million start is about 19% behind Mortal Kombat II's $38.5 million in May, and Deadline says Paramount "was hoping for more." The film cost about $82 million, co-financed by Legendary and Capcom.
Audiences gave it a B- CinemaScore. Critics were rougher: The Hollywood Reporter's Frank Scheck called it a "jumbled tonal mess," and its Rotten Tomatoes critics score was about 42%.
Who showed up: men over 35 made up 45% of the audience, while parents and kids under 12 were only 11%. Premium large-format and IMAX screens accounted for 58% of the weekend, Deadline reports. It's the first release under Paramount's distribution deal with Legendary.
Why is You Can See Everything such a big deal?
Because documentaries almost never open like this. Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim's three-hour film about Elizabeth Holmes' last weeks before prison made $15 million from 855 screens. Deadline calls it:
- the second-best documentary opening ever, behind Fahrenheit 9/11's $23.9 million in 2004
- the biggest opening for any film on under 1,000 screens since Borat in 2006
It barely dropped from Friday ($5.5M) to Saturday ($5.2M). The film had more than 2,000 sellouts over the weekend, Deadline says, with lines around the block at New York's Village East and Nashville's Belcourt. Audiences were young: 62% were 18 to 34, and A24 says 70% were under 35.
It has no CinemaScore because it opened on fewer than 1,000 screens. On PostTrak it scored a 91% "definite recommend," and on Letterboxd a 4.8, which Deadline calls the highest the platform has ever recorded.
A24 plans to go wider next weekend. Read more about the film in our earlier story on Elizabeth Holmes and Nathan Fielder.
Did Whalefall flop?
Yes. 20th Century Studios' $60 million adaptation of Daniel Kraus's novel, starring Austin Abrams as a diver swallowed by a sperm whale, opened to about $8 million, below the studio's $11 million projection. It got a B CinemaScore.
Deadline's read: Street Fighter took the same older male audience. Sea thrillers have struggled for years; In the Heart of the Sea opened to $11 million in 2015.
The rest of the chart
Sense and Sensibility, Georgia Oakley's new Jane Austen adaptation starring Daisy Edgar-Jones, opened fifth with $7.25 million and an A- CinemaScore. It cost about $20 million before marketing, and 84% of its audience was female.
Other Mommy fell 70% in its second weekend but has made $44.8 million in 10 days. Resident Evil is up to $148.5 million after five weekends. Tom Cruise's Digger kept sliding, with about $710,000 in its third weekend.
Netflix, which has begun publicly reporting box office grosses, said Cannes winner La Bola Negra made $277,500 at four theaters, a $69,300 per-screen average.
What to watch
Monday's actuals. Deadline says You Can See Everything could land above $15 million.
The documentary's expansion next weekend, and whether it can chase Fahrenheit 9/11's total.
Street Fighter's second weekend, and how much its overseas run adds to the $31 million start.
Box office figures are Sunday studio estimates reported by Deadline on October 18, 2026, with additional details from The Hollywood Reporter and TheWrap. Final numbers are released Monday.
