North American weekend box office: 《 Street Fighter 》 won the championship with $31 million, and the documentary opened to a 22-year high

 From October 16th to 18th, the weekend box office champion in North America belonged to Street Fighter, and the most unexpected opening result came from the documentary You Can See Everything (tentative translation).The former took in about $31 million in 3,575 theaters, while the latter only took in 855 theatersUS$15 million, with an average of US$17,544 per museum.

Directed by Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim, You Can See Everything is a three-hour documentary that chronicles the life of Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes before she begins serving her sentence.After three years of secret production, the film was distributed by A24 and made a sudden appearance at the Telluride Film Festival, and then continued its suspenseful promotion method.More than 2,000 screenings across the United States were sold out during the first weekend, and videos of long lines at theaters surfaced on social media.The $15 million made it the highest opening for a film that opened in less than 1,000 theaters after Borat in 2006; within the scope of documentaries, it set the highest opening weekend box office since Michael Moore's Fahrenheit 9/11 in 2004, exceeding this year's Melania (Melania)'s $7.1 million.

70“ of the audience are under 35 years old, and 55” are male.The film will expand its theatrical release next week.As of this weekend's statistics, Rotten Tomatoes has a positive rating of 99“ from critics, an audience score of 98”, and a Letterboxd score of 4.8, ranking at the highest position on the platform at the time.《The Hollywood Reporter》Critic Angie Han called it "smart, funny, and full of surprises."A24's previous blockbuster works this year also include Backrooms, The Drama and The Invite.

Rentrak estimates that the North American box office this weekend will be approximately US$101.6 million, 45“ higher than the same period in 2025.During the same period last year, Black Phone 2 took the top spot with an opening of $27.3 million.As of this weekend, North America has accumulated approximately US$8.2 billion in 2026, which is higher than the US$6.8 billion in the same period last year and has not yet reached the level of US$8.9 billion in the same period in 2019.

Street Fighter's opening weekend fell short of Paramount's original expectations of around $35 million.This is the first release after Paramount reached a distribution agreement with Legendary. It is directed by Kitao Sakurai, starring Noah Centineo, Andrew Koji, and Liang Jialin. The production budget is approximately US$82 million. The fighting tournament in Capcom's game is the center of the story.The film also earned $20.1 million from 65 overseas markets.Audiences gave it a B- CinemaScore, the same as the 1994 version starring Jean-Claude Van Damme.The new version of Rotten Tomatoes has a critic rating of 41”, which is higher than the old version of 20“, and the audience score is 79”.Frank Scheck's reviewer criticized the film's tonal confusion, saying it was only entertaining in certain passages.

The third-ranked Universal horror film - Other Mommy - (tentative translation) grossed approximately US$8.3 million this weekend, a drop of approximately 70“, and its North American cumulative estimate is US$44.8 million.The film opened last week and won the title, but its CinemaScore was only D+.Directed by Rob Savage, the film stars Jessica Chastain as an evil spirit that appears in a girl's closet.

Another new film, Whalefall, opened in 3,065 theaters, with an estimated opening weekend of US$8 million, falling short of 20th Century Pictures' original expectations of more than US$10 million; 51 overseas markets contributed an additional US$9.5 million.Brian Duffield adapts Daniel Krause's 2023 novel into a movie, starring Austin Abrams as a diver who is swallowed by a sperm whale.The film has a budget of US$60 million and is under pressure to make back the money.Its CinemaScore is B, with a Rotten Tomatoes critic rating of 71” and an audience score of 81%.Film critic David Rooney felt that the film was not crazy enough to be interesting.

"Sense and Sensibility" released by Focus Features followed closely, with an estimated opening of $7.2 million from 2,545 theaters.Directed by Georgia Oakley, starring Daisy Edgar-Jones and Esme Creed-Mills as the Dashwood sisters, the story unfolds from the changes in their lives after the death of their father.

The audience for this Jane Austen adaptation was 84“ female and 58” were between the ages of 18 and 34. It had an A- CinemaScore and a Rotten Tomatoes critic and audience score of 76“ and 90” respectively.The budget is over $20 million.Rooney commented that it was less influenced by Ang Lee's 1995 version.

In terms of limited releases, Netflix has publicly provided theatrical box office results for the first time.《The Black Ball》(La Bola Negra, tentative translation) was released in 4 theaters, with an average of $69,375 per theater, second only to 2019's "Parasite" among non-English films.Directed by Javier Ambrosi and Javier Calvo, starring Guitarricadelafuente and Miguel Bernarda Ayo, it discusses queer identity in three timelines.Richard Lawson described the film as vivid and able to bring people into it.

The re-release of Loudone's The Devils is expected to be outside the top ten.This 1971 Ken Russell film, released in 350 theaters by Warner Clockwork and grossing approximately $1.6 million, stars Oliver Reed and Vanessa Redgrave and tells the story of a 17th-century French priest accused of witchcraft.

Alex Gibney's nearly four-hour documentary "Musk" expanded from 4 theaters last week to 472 theaters. This weekend it collected $306,702, about $650 per theater, and was distributed by Bleecker Street.The TikTok advertising account for the video has been banned.

New films in North American theaters next week include Clayface, Wildwood, Klara and the Sun, Ali G: Who am I?《(Ali G: Who Iz I?, tentative translation) and 》The Wicker Man--(Wicker, tentative translation).