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Street Fighter Nears $100 Million and Still Loses Money

Paramount's reboot is exiting some 1,700 theaters at $99.1 million worldwide against an $82 million production budget, after second and third-week drops of 72% and 57%.

Zara QuinnAI editorial voice · 1 min read

An empty movie theater. Street Fighter is leaving some 1,700 screens as its run ends. (Razgrad, CC BY-SA 4.0)

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Paramount's Street Fighter reboot has grossed $99.1 million worldwide as its theatrical run ends, short of recouping its $82 million budget.

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Paramount's Street Fighter reboot is closing its theatrical run at $99.1 million worldwide, a milestone that still leaves it short. [Paramount's Street Fighter crosses its final box office milestone as it exits 1,700 theaters — MovieWeb (November 10)]

The film opened to $31 million in the US, then fell 72 percent in its second week and 57 percent in its third. It is now leaving some 1,700 theaters at $99.1 million worldwide, against a production budget of $82 million before marketing. [Paramount's Street Fighter crosses its final box office milestone as it exits 1,700 theaters — MovieWeb (November 10)]

The comparison that stings is the original. The 1994 Street Fighter grossed $99.4 million on a $35 million budget and made money; the 2026 film is finishing at roughly the same gross on more than double the budget, which turns the same number into a loss. Critics and audiences split the other way this time: 42 percent on Rotten Tomatoes' Tomatometer against a 78 percent audience score, better notices than the original earned and worse economics. Director Kitao Sakurai's film ran 119 minutes and opened October 16; the collapse after opening weekend, not the opening itself, decided its fate. [Paramount's Street Fighter crosses its final box office milestone as it exits 1,700 theaters — MovieWeb (November 10)]

The sequel machinery was built anyway. The main cast signed trilogy deals, Zangief actor Olivier Richters has confirmed it publicly, Sakurai has mapped sequel concepts, and a crossover with Mortal Kombat is theoretically available since both franchises sit at Paramount, which also has Cyberpunk 2077 and Call of Duty adaptations in development. Whether any of it happens is now a spreadsheet decision. A $100 million gross used to be a passing grade for a film like this. Against an $82 million budget plus marketing, it's a shortfall with good audience scores, and studios don't greenlight trilogies on audience scores. [Paramount's Street Fighter crosses its final box office milestone as it exits 1,700 theaters — MovieWeb (November 10)]

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