Box office: 'Street Fighter' opens with $31 million; 'You Can See Everything' takes $15 million from 855 cinemas

Paramount, Legendary and Capcom’s “Street Fighter” led the North American box office this weekend with an estimated $US31 million from 3,575 cinemas, according to studio estimates reported on Sunday (US time) by Deadline and Box Office Mojo. Actual figures are due on Monday, US time.

Deadline reported that the film took more than $51 million worldwide in its opening weekend. Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave it a B- grade, below the B+ for 2021’s “Mortal Kombat” and the B for this year’s “Mortal Kombat II”, which opened with $38.5 million, Deadline said.

A24’s “You Can See Everything”, a three-hour documentary about Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes directed by Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim, was second with an estimated $15 million from 855 cinemas, an average of $17,543 per venue. Deadline said it was the second-biggest opening for a documentary after “Fahrenheit 9/11” ($23.9 million in 2004), and the biggest opening for any film in fewer than 1,000 cinemas since “Borat” in 2006. It reported more than 2,000 sold-out screenings over the weekend and said A24 plans to expand the film to more cinemas next weekend.

Universal’s “Other Mommy” was third in its second weekend with $8.35 million, down 70%, for a total of $44.8 million. Disney’s 20th Century Studios release “Whalefall” opened fourth with $8 million; Deadline reported its budget at a net $60 million. Focus Features’ “Sense and Sensibility” opened fifth with $7.25 million and an A- CinemaScore.

The rest of the top 10 was Amazon MGM’s “Verity” ($6.2 million), Sony’s “Resident Evil” ($5.5 million, total $148.5 million), Paramount’s “The Heart of the Beast” ($4.83 million), “Jailer 2” ($3.25 million) and Universal’s “Forgotten Island” ($2.25 million), according to Deadline.

Netflix reported box office takings for the first time, Deadline said: $277,500 from four cinemas in New York and Los Angeles for the Cannes prize-winner “La Bola Negra”.

Deadline estimated total weekend takings at about $107 million, 58% more than the same weekend last year.