Street Fighter Leads Thursday Previews With $4 Million

Street Fighter earned $4 million in Thursday preview screenings, leading the opening-day box office, while the documentary You Can See Everything drew unusually strong early interest ahead of its weekend debut. The preview figures offer an initial measure of demand, but final opening-weekend results were not yet available on Friday, October 16. Paramount Pictures projected Street Fighter would take in the mid-$30 millions domestically over its opening weekend and a similar amount internationally. Another report put its domestic opening estimate at $25 million to $35 million. Those are forecasts, not final grosses. The film, directed by Kitao Sakurai, is based on the Capcom video game series and carries a reported production budget of $82 million. Early reviews have been mixed to negative. Rotten Tomatoes scores reported on October 16 put critics’ approval between 43% and 46%, with the differences reflecting snapshots taken at different times and review counts. The audience score was reported at 82%. The film’s Thursday previews were below the $5.2 million reported for Mortal Kombat II and the $8.8 million for Resident Evil, though preview comparisons alone do not determine the...