Paramount's Street Fighter steps into the ring tomorrow — and the odds are slipping.
The reboot is now tracking for a $22–25 million domestic opening this weekend (Oct 16), per MovieHub — a steep drop from Boxoffice Pro's $30–40 million long-range forecast last month. Against a reported $120 million budget, that's a rough round one. Prediction markets have Rotten Tomatoes pegged at around 43%, and early reactions are split: some call it a fan-service spectacle with 100+ Easter eggs, others say it feels like half a movie.
The star power is undeniable, though — Andrew Koji as Ryu, Noah Centineo as Ken, Callina Liang as Chun-Li, David Dastmalchian as M. Bison, Jason Momoa as Blanka, Roman Reigns as Akuma, Cody Rhodes as Guile, and 50 Cent as Balrog. Wrestling and MMA muscle all over this card.
The DAOS take: the 1994 original is a cult classic precisely because it didn't care. If this one's got the Bloodsport energy the early reactions promise, the built-in fanbase could still carry it past the tracking. Every underdog's dangerous.
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Sources: Fiction Horizon
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