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- Paramount/Legendary/Capcom's "Street Fighter" opened to an estimated $51.1M worldwide, with $31M from North America and $20.1M from 65 international markets, Deadline reported on October 18, 2026.
- Deadline characterized the worldwide debut as "lower than expected," noting that insiders had hoped for a $70M global opening.
- The Kitao Sakurai-directed film was shot for Imax and generated $7.7M from the Imax global network, broken down as $5.4M in North America (18% of the domestic weekend) and $2.3M from 471 overseas screens, according to Deadline.
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Read on for the full pictureA worldwide opening led by older fans
Paramount/Legendary/Capcom's "Street Fighter" opened to an estimated $51.1M worldwide, with $31M from North America and $20.1M from 65 international markets, Deadline reported on October 18, 2026. The film took the No. 1 spot globally for the weekend, driven largely by an older audience of established franchise fans rather than the broader family turnout Paramount and Legendary had hoped for with the PG-13 rating.
The opening represents a substantial jump over the previous "Street Fighter" theatrical release; the 1994 Jean-Claude Van Damme version opened to $6.8M domestic and finished at $33.4M domestic and $99.4M global on an unadjusted basis, according to Deadline.
Comparing the debut against recent video-game adaptations
Deadline characterized the worldwide debut as "lower than expected," noting that insiders had hoped for a $70M global opening. Industry sources indicated the $82M net production would still be viable after all ancillaries.
Against recent video-game-to-film titles, "Street Fighter's" $20.1M foreign start landed 4% ahead of "Mortal Kombat II" and 2% ahead of "Free Guy" on a like-for-like basis, Deadline reported. "Mortal Kombat II" had posted a reported $63M worldwide opening, with $23M from 78 territories on 31,000 screens.
Imax performance and top international markets
The Kitao Sakurai-directed film was shot for Imax and generated $7.7M from the Imax global network, broken down as $5.4M in North America (18% of the domestic weekend) and $2.3M from 471 overseas screens, according to Deadline.
Top international No. 1 markets were the United Kingdom with $3.3M at 593 sites, Mexico with $1.8M at 865 sites, Australia with $1.6M at 260 locations, Panama at $228K, Taiwan at $235K from 90 locations, and Indonesia at $384K from 480 theaters, Deadline reported. The Middle East region grossed a combined $1.4M.
Domestic context and weekend competition
The "Street Fighter" result comes as the Nathan Fielder and Elizabeth Holmes documentary craze is concentrated in North America, per Deadline, a market dynamic the publication framed as limiting domestic upside for the Paramount release.
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