'Street Fighter' Punches $4M In US Previews, 'You Can See Everything' $2M - Box Office Update

EXCLUSIVE: Paramount/Legendary's PG-13 take on Capcom's Street Fighter video game got off to a good start tonight with about $4M after showtimes starting at 2pm (with a fan-time slot at 7pm). The fisticuffs feature is expected to open north of $30 million. The pic cost $82 million nett, financed by Legendary and Capcom. […]

According to sources, Street Fighter's preview estimate is just under $5.2 million, made by New Line's R-rated Mortal Kombat 2 based on Midway's video game. One of the main differences between the two martial arts video games is that Street Fighter was released in 1987, while Mortal Kombat followed in 1992 in pizzerias and arcades. Mortal Kombat 2 , which debuted in mid-May, had previews starting at 3:00 PM with a first Friday of $16.8 million and $3.5 million. A mid-fall break is currently underway, which will hopefully bring some traffic to Street Fighter: Rentrak reports that 21% of K-12 schools and 7% of colleges are closed. Previews for Street Fighter are also ahead of Paramount's 2020 Sonic the Hedgehog , which had a $3 million opening and a $20.9 million 3-day opening for $58 million, though the pic played in the President's Day holiday frame and received a PG rating. Critics scored Street Fighter a 47% on Rotten Tomatoes. RELATED NEWS: 'Street Fighter' review: The action-packed reboot has a cast that should be a must-see for fans looking for a '90s revival, 'Street Fighter' with $70m global debut and 'Demons' is Paramount's debut and Warner Bros. Pictures' opening. Post-merger - Preview

A24's 3-hour documentary You Can See Everything , which is out of the gate due to awkwardness, is about $2 million in previews that started at 3 p.m. By comparison, the last documentary to post the decade's best start at the domestic box office was Amazon MGM Studios' Melania , which bowed to $7.1 million without previews. Lance Oppenheim directed You Can See Everything with documentary filmmaker Nathan Fielder, who follows slain Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes before her time in federal prison. Oppenheim's previous film, also his first feature film, primetime this fall, posted $2.7 million in previews starting at 4 p.m., turning into an $18.8 million opening. Conservative estimates heading into the weekend suggest you could see the whole thing in the high single digits, however, there's confidence the critically acclaimed 100% freshman with a 98% RT audience rating could top $10 million, surpassing Melania's previous domestic opening record for a documentary. You can see the whole thing was shot over four years and cost less than $10 million with a marketing budget of less than $10 million. Watch on Deadline

Focus Features' Sense & Sensibility and 20th Century Studios' Whalefall also held previews today, both starting at 2 p.m. Sources estimate it to be around $1 million each. Tomorrow morning we will have the official figures reported by the studio. Sense & Sensibility is expected to open around $8 million, while Whalefall, based on the Daniel Krauss thriller, is looking at $11 million Friday through Sunday. Sense & Sensibility is 76% fresh with critics, while Whalefall is 70% fresh.

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