Street Fighter Wins the Weekend, but Nathan Fielder’s Elizabeth Holmes Documentary Steals the Show

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Pictured: You Can See Everything co-director Nathan Fielder. Photo via Wikimedia Commons (author and license on file page).

The video-game adaptation Street Fighter knocked out the competition at the North American box office over October 16–18, opening at No. 1 with an estimated $31 million from 3,575 theaters, including $4 million from Thursday previews. Paramount released the film, which Legendary Pictures produced with Capcom and which stars Noah Centineo. Another $20.1 million from 65 international markets gave it a $51.1 million global start, according to Boxoffice Pro. Audiences gave it a B- CinemaScore, and its budget is reported to be under $100 million.

A documentary makes history

The weekend’s biggest surprise came in second place. You Can See Everything, A24’s roughly three-hour documentary from Nathan Fielder (Nathan for You, The Rehearsal) and Lance Oppenheim, took an estimated $15 million from just 855 screens, a per-screen average of about $17,500. The film follows Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes in her final days before reporting to prison.

Boxoffice Pro reported it is the second-biggest opening ever for a non-fiction film, behind only Fahrenheit 9/11‘s $23.9 million in 2004, and one of the largest debuts for any film playing on fewer than 1,000 screens. The film played more than 2,000 sold-out shows and earned a 4.8 average on Letterboxd, the highest the platform has recorded.

The rest of the top 10

Last weekend’s winner, Other Mommy, fell about 70% in its second weekend to $8.35 million, a steep drop that matches its D+ CinemaScore, though its total is already near $45 million on a budget of about $19 million. (Our report on its opening has more.) Two more new releases landed in the top five: 20th Century Studios’ Whalefall, starring Austin Abrams as a diver swallowed by a whale, with $8 million, and Focus Features’ new Sense and Sensibility, led by Daisy Edgar-Jones, with $7.25 million.

  1. Street Fighter: $31.0 million (new)
  2. You Can See Everything: $15.0 million (new)
  3. Other Mommy: $8.35 million (down 70%; $44.9 million total)
  4. Whalefall: $8.0 million (new)
  5. Sense and Sensibility: $7.25 million (new)
  6. Verity: $6.2 million ($66.1 million total)
  7. Resident Evil: $5.5 million ($148.5 million total)
  8. Heart of the Beast: $4.8 million ($58.3 million total)
  9. Jailer 2: $3.3 million (new)
  10. Forgotten Island: $2.25 million ($35.1 million total)

All films combined grossed about $102 million for the weekend, per The Numbers. Figures are studio estimates; final numbers come out Monday afternoon.

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