The October 16 to 18 weekend has one wide release that was always going to open big and one that nobody expected to matter. Paramount and Legendary’s Street Fighter is the clear number one in pre-release tracking; A24’s You Can See Everything, a documentary about Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes directed by Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim, is the weekend’s real story.
Street Fighter
The third live-action adaptation of the video game series is directed by Kitao Sakurai and carries a large ensemble: Noah Centineo, Andrew Koji, Callina Liang, Joe “Roman Reigns” Anoa’i, David Dastmalchian, Cody Rhodes, Andrew Schulz, Eric André, Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson and Jason Momoa among them. It opened in 3,575 locations with IMAX screens and Thursday previews from 2 p.m.
Reviews have been mixed and more negative than positive, but the film is likely critic-proof over its opening weekend given the built-in audience. BoxOfficeReport projected a $32 million debut, placing it between this year’s Mortal Kombat II ($38.5 million opening in May) and Masters of the Universe ($29.44 million in June).
You Can See Everything
The A24 documentary about Elizabeth Holmes has come out of nowhere in the past month on the strength of intriguing trailers, a loyal A24 audience and reviews still sitting at 100% positive on Rotten Tomatoes at the time of the projection. Fielder directs and appears in the film.
The constraint on its box office is structural rather than commercial: it opened in only 855 locations, and a 174-minute runtime limits how many showtimes each theatre can offer. Projections put it around $9 million for the weekend, with a per-location average above $10,000 looking plausible in major metropolitan markets.
The rest of the frame
- Other Mommy (Universal/Blumhouse) is in its second weekend after a $27.81 million debut. Critical reviews were poor and the CinemaScore was a D+, and it is expected to fall sharply to roughly $8.8 million.
- Whalefall (Disney/20th Century), a survival thriller starring Austin Abrams with Josh Brolin and Elisabeth Shue, opened in 3,065 locations with good but not rapturous reviews, tracking near $8.7 million.
- Verity (Amazon MGM) is in its third weekend and projected around $5.8 million, which would take it past $65 million domestic.
- Resident Evil (Sony) has held unusually well and is projected near $5.7 million in its fifth weekend, closing on $149 million domestic.
- Sense and Sensibility (Focus), Georgia Oakley’s adaptation with Daisy Edgar-Jones and CaitrÃona Balfe, opened in 2,545 locations and is tracking around $5.4 million after grossing $8 million internationally in seven territories.
How to read these numbers
Everything above is a projection published before the weekend closed, not a result. Box office estimates routinely move by several million dollars once Sunday actuals are reported, and international performance can change the commercial verdict entirely. Treat these figures as the state of play on Friday, not as final grosses.
Sources
- BoxOfficeReport weekend predictions, October 16-18, 2026: http://www.boxofficereport.com/predictions/predictions20261015.html
- Box Office Mojo weekend data: https://www.boxofficemojo.com/weekend/
- Deadline box office report on Street Fighter and You Can See Everything: https://deadline.com/2026/10/box-office-street-fighter-you-can-see-everything-1237159320/
- Screendollars box office results: https://screendollars.com/box-office/results/
