{
  "id": 15440253,
  "title": "‘Street Fighter’ Leads Box Office With $51 Million Global Opening as ‘Whalefall’ Gets Beached With $17.5 Million",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/18/street-fighter-leads-box-office-with-51-million-global-opening-as",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-10-18T15:32:17.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "TheWrap",
    "slug": "thewrap",
    "url": "https://www.thewrap.com/culture-lifestyle/culture/street-fighter-leads-box-office-51-million/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Paramount/Legendary's \"Street Fighter\" has taken the box office by storm with a $31 million domestic and $51 million global opening this weekend, marking a middling start for the $82 million co-production with Capcom. The video game film stands at a B- on CinemaScore, aligning with the 1994 \"Street Fighter\" starring Jean Claude Van Damme and the Rotten Tomatoes scores of 40% critics and 80% audience. \"Street Fighter\" is bracing for competition against Warner Bros./DC's \"Clayface\" the following weekend, which aims to attract both comic book fans and general horror enthusiasts. Vice, \"Whalefall,\" a survival thriller starring Austin Abrams as a scuba diver swallowed by a whale, has made a beached opening of $17.5 million worldwide and $8 million domestically, despite positive reviews. Possessing a B CinemaScore and Rotten Tomatoes scores of 71% critics and 81% audience, word-of-mouth may aid the film in overcoming its losses in the coming weeks. Currently, the second-highest opening film is A24's documentary \"You Can See Everything,\" which soared to $15 million from just 855 screens, marking the highest opening for a documentary in at least 13 years.",
  "summary": "Paramount/Legendary's video game film earns decent start, but 20th Century's survival thriller is getting left behind despite positive reception The post ‘Street Fighter’ Leads Box Office With $51 Million Global Opening as ‘Whalefall’ Gets Beached With $17.5 Million appeared first on TheWrap .",
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  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 5,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Variety",
        "title": "Box Office: ‘You Can See Everything’ Stuns With $15 Million Debut, ‘Street Fighter’ Leads With $31 Million",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/18/box-office-you-can-see-everything-stuns-with-15-million-debut-street",
        "published": "2026-10-18T15:05:10.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Polygon",
        "title": "Street Fighter Fails To Match Resident Evil's Opening Weekend Box Office Success",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/18/street-fighter-fails-to-match-resident-evils-opening-weekend-box",
        "published": "2026-10-18T16:14:05.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Deadline",
        "title": "‘Street Fighter’ Rings Up No. 1 $51M+ WW Opening, Largely Driven By Fans – Global Box Office Update",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/18/street-fighter-rings-up-no-1-51m-ww-opening-largely-driven-by-fans",
        "published": "2026-10-18T16:59:27.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "IGN",
        "title": "Street Fighter Tops the Box Office With $51 Million Opening Weekend Amid Lackluster Reviews",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/18/street-fighter-tops-the-box-office-with-51-million-opening-weekend",
        "published": "2026-10-18T18:17:45.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}