Street fighter leads box office battle in opening weekend as part of Elizabeth Holmes documentary You can see everything attracts large crowds, while Whale fall struggles to make a splash.
Coming in on the lighter side of Paramount Pictures’ projected sum, Street fighter grossed $13 million Friday, including Thursday previews, and will open with an estimated $31 million domestically for the weekend at 3,575 North American theaters. Marking the first release in Paramount’s distribution deal with Legendary, the studio expected a debut of around $30 million for director Kitao Sakurai’s feature film adaptation of the Capcom video game. Noah Centineo, Andrew Koji and Callina Liang star in the $82 million film focused on a fighting tournament.
Street fighter earned a B-CinemaScore from audiences and struggled to win over critics, holding a 42 percent approval rating from critics on Rotten Tomatoes, as well as an audience score of 82. In its review for The Hollywood Reportercritic Frank Scheck called the film a “tonally confused mess” and “only sporadically entertaining”.
A24 has had an impressive start from 855 North American locations. You can see everythingwhile the documentary about Theranos founder Holmes’ life up to her prison sentence collected $5.5 million on Friday, including Thursday previews, as it opened with around $12 million. The studio is reporting about 750 sold-out weekend screenings and plenty of queues at theaters as the film heads to one of the best starts ever for a non-music documentary, surpassing the $7 million opening earlier this year that gave Melanie the biggest launch for a film in the category in over a decade.
You can see everything
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Directors Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim You can see everything is a strong draw to younger audiences, with turnout showing that 75 percent of ticket buyers in New York and Los Angeles are under 35. Critics and the general public marveled You can see everythingand it boasts a 99% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes from critics and audiences. It is the highest rated Letterboxd title of all time with a score of 4.8.
Universal images Other mom could be headed to third place with around $7.8 million, marking a steep drop of around 72 percent after earning a D+ CinemaScore in its debut last weekend. Jessica Chastain plays a sinister spirit appearing in a girl’s closet in Rob Savage’s horror film, which is now grossing an estimated $44.3 million domestically after opening at No. 1 a week ago.
Starting quietly is the priority of 20th century studios Whale fallwhich is expected to gross around $7 million from 3,065 North American theaters. That’s below the $11 million the studio anticipated for director Brian Duffield’s survival thriller, starring Austin Abrams as a diver swallowed by a sperm whale. Earn a B CinemaScore from audiences, Whale fall has a budget of $60 million for the feature film adaptation of Daniel Kraus’ 2023 novel.
Austin Abrams in Whale fall.
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Whale fall holds a 71 percent approval rating from critics on Rotten Tomatoes, with an audience score of 82. THR Chief film critic David Rooney wrote in his review that the film is “just not crazy enough to be much fun”.
Just below that on the chart is Focus Features. Senses and sensitivitywhich took in $3.2 million Friday, including previews Thursday, for an estimated $6.7 million opening in 2,545 North American theaters. Earning an A-CinemaScore, director Georgia Oakley’s adaptation of Jane Austen’s esteemed novel stars Daisy Edgar-Jones and Esmé Creed-Miles in the story of the Dashwood sisters navigating life after the death of their father.
Esmé Creed-Miles (left) and Daisy Edgar-Jones in Sense and sensitivity.
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With a budget of around $20 million, Senses and sensitivity holds a 75 percent approval from Rotten Tomatoes critics and an 89 audience rating. Rooney noted that the film “rarely steps out of the shadow of Ang Lee’s enchanting 1995 tale.”
Plus, Netflix releases an Oscar contender The Black Bola in four theaters, with this title marking the first time the streamer will publicly release box office returns.
Options hitting theaters next weekend include clay face, Wildwood, Klara and the sun, Ali G: Who am I? And Wicker.
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