Street Fighter won the North American box office over the October 16 to 18 weekend, but a nearly three-hour Elizabeth Holmes documentary delivered the more unexpected opening.
Sunday’s studio estimates put the video game adaptation at $31 million domestically. A24’s You Can See Everything followed in second place with $15 million.
Directed by Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim, the documentary was made largely in secret over three years before a surprise premiere at the Telluride Film Festival brought it to public attention.
Paramount launched its action movie in 3,575 U.S. and Canadian theaters, while the documentary played at 855 locations.
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The Capcom adaptation collected another $20.1 million overseas, bringing its estimated worldwide opening to $51.1 million. IMAX contributed $7.7 million globally, according to Boxoffice Pro.
Kitao Sakurai directs the film, with Andrew Koji as Ryu, Noah Centineo as Ken Masters and Callina Liang as Chun-Li. Set in 1993, the story reunites the estranged fighters for the World Warrior Tournament. Jason Momoa plays Blanka, while Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson appears as Balrog.
Legendary and Capcom financed the production, which carried a reported $82 million budget before marketing. Paramount handled distribution. Ticket buyers were 69% male, and the film received a B-minus CinemaScore from opening-night audiences.
The Holmes Documentary Earned Twice as Much Per Theater
You Can See Everything averaged approximately $17,544 per theater, compared with $8,671 for Street Fighter. A24 reported more than 2,000 sold-out screenings, according to The Associated Press.
The film begins 34 days before Holmes reports to prison following her conviction for defrauding Theranos investors. Fielder, known for Nathan for You and The Rehearsal, gains access to her home and family, including partner Billy Evans and their two children.
The debut was the largest for a nonmusic documentary since Michael Moore’s Fahrenheit 9/11 in 2004. It also marked the strongest opening for any film playing in fewer than 1,000 theaters since Borat in 2006. Those historical comparisons use ticket revenue unadjusted for inflation.
The Opening Nearly Doubled Expectations
Before the weekend, You Can See Everything was targeting an opening of $7 million to $8 million, Variety reported. Its eventual estimate nearly doubled the upper end of that range.
By October 19, Rotten Tomatoes listed 98% positive reviews from 122 critics. PostTrak polling found that about nine in 10 surveyed moviegoers would definitely recommend the film.
The audience also skewed young, with roughly 70% of opening-weekend ticket buyers younger than 35. Box-office analyst Paul Dergarabedian told AP that Fielder’s following and Holmes’ extraordinary story helped explain the appeal.
AP reported production costs below $7 million and marketing expenses below $10 million. The film’s opening also exceeded the $7.1 million debut of Melania, another prominent documentary released this year, which began its run in 1,778 theaters.
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Jessica Chastain’s horror film Other Mommy finished third with an estimated $8.35 million. That represented a decline of about 70% from its opening weekend, whose total was revised to $27.8 million in Box Office Mojo’s figures.
Whalefall, starring Austin Abrams and Josh Brolin, opened fourth with $8 million domestically and another $9.5 million overseas. The survival thriller, about a diver swallowed by a sperm whale, reportedly cost $60 million to produce.
Fifth place went to Sense and Sensibility, starring Daisy Edgar-Jones. The Jane Austen adaptation earned approximately $7.25 million from 2,545 theaters and received an A-minus CinemaScore, the strongest grade among the weekend’s major new releases.
Verity, Resident Evil, Heart of the Beast, Jailer 2 and Forgotten Island completed the top 10. AP reported Rentrak’s Sunday estimate of $101.6 million for the overall North American weekend, up 45% from the comparable period in 2025.