That's not a huge start for this $82 million movie made together by Legendary and Capcom, the company that owns the "Street Fighter" video game.
The film is now playing at Paramount under a new deal with Legendary.The main question is whether it will be able to get people who aren't already fans of fighting games to watch it, or if it will only do well right at the start like the previous "Mortal Kombat II" movie earlier this year.
There are some signs it might be the latter.
The film has a B rating on CinemaScore, the same as the 1994 "Street Fighter" movie with Jean-Claude Van Damme, and it has Rotten Tomatoes scores of 40% from critics and 80% from audiences.For comparison, "Mortal Kombat II" had a B rating and 86% from audiences.
That might not be enough for "Street Fighter" as it faces off next weekend against Warner Bros./DC's "Clayface," which is hoping to attract both comic book fans and general horror fans.
There's been strong buzz on social media from advance screenings, which gives hope for DC after their big-budget failure with "Supergirl."
At least "Street Fighter" had a solid opening.
The same can't be said for 20th Century Studios' survival thriller "Whalefall," which stars "Resident Evil" actor Austin Abrams as a scuba diver who gets swallowed by a whale.Although it was mostly well-received, it's opening to just $17.5 million worldwide with $8 million in the U.S.against a reported net budget of $60 million.
"Whalefall" has a B CinemaScore and Rotten Tomatoes scores of 71% from critics and 81% from audiences, so word-of-mouth might help it recover in the coming weeks.
But this movie might join Warner Bros.' "Digger" and Sony's "The Social Reckoning" on the list of box office flops this month, though Disney can afford any losses thanks to the success of Marvel's "Avengers: Doomsday" this December.
Instead of "Whalefall," the second movie on the charts this weekend is A24's "You Can See Everything," which has the highest opening for a documentary in at least 13 years with $15 million from just 855 screens.
With over 2,000 sellout screenings, Lance Oppenheim and Nathan Fielder's thought-provoking look into the life of convicted fraudster Elizabeth Holmes has broken through a tough market for documentaries and is set to be a major indie hit for A24 with a combined budget of less than $10 million.
In the third spot is Universal/Blumhouse-Atomic Monster's "Other Mommy," which made $8.3 million in its second weekend.
After it received poor reviews, "Other Mommy" dropped 70% from its $27 million opening.But it's still a moderate success with a $44.8 million domestic total over 10 days against a reported budget of $19 million.
Completing the top 5 is Focus Features' "Sense and Sensibility," Georgia Oakley's adaptation of Jane Austen's classic novel, which opened with $7.25 million from 2,545 locations.
The movie has received very positive feedback from a mainly female audience with an A- CinemaScore and a 90% audience score on Rotten Tomatoes.
Outside the top 5, Sony/TriStar's "Resident Evil" is close to hitting $150 million domestically after earning $5.5 million in its fifth weekend.
It now stands at $361 million globally, setting a new career high for director Zach Cregger.
The success of "Resident Evil" will help Sony's other movie in theaters, "The Social Reckoning," which is already dropping by 73% to just $1.5 million in its second weekend.
That leaves it with a total of $14.2 million worldwide after two weekends, which is far below its $30 million budget that was shared with Alcon.
Warner Bros.' "Digger" is quickly leaving theaters, having lost more screens than any other wide release in the 21st century.
It has lost 2,535 locations and earned only $920,000 from 786 locations in its third weekend.The $160 million comedy starring Tom Cruise has made just $17 million in the US so far.
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