Connect with us

We Speak Entertainment

‘Street Fighter’ Rules the Weekend Box Office With $31 Million Debut

Published

on

Street Fighter, from Paramount Pictures

Paramount’s Street Fighter fought its way to the top of the North American box office this past weekend (October 16–18), debuting at No. 1 with $31 million from 3,575 theaters and a worldwide start of $51.1 million.

Starring Noah Centineo and Andrew Koji as two estranged fighters brought together for a world tournament, the video-game adaptation — produced with Legendary and Capcom on a reported $82 million budget — gave theaters a fresh commercial winner heading deeper into October, succeeding where the 2009 Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li famously fell short.

The weekend’s biggest story, though, may have been in second place. A24’s Elizabeth Holmes documentary You Can See Everything, from Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim, opened to $15.6 million from just 855 theaters — the biggest opening for a non-music documentary in two decades, powered by more than 2,000 sold-out screenings.

Rounding out the top five: the Jessica Chastain horror film Other Mommy took $8.35 million in its second weekend (its domestic total now stands near $45 million), the survival thriller Whalefall opened at No. 4 with $8 million, and Focus Features’ new Sense and Sensibility, starring Daisy Edgar-Jones and Esmé Creed-Miles, debuted with $7.25 million. In all, the weekend generated roughly $101.6 million domestically — up about 45% on the same frame last year.

We Speak Entertainment

Beth de Araújo Wins Breakthrough Director Award at Montclair for ‘Josephine’

Published

on

Director Beth de Araújo

The Montclair Film Festival has named Beth de Araújo its 2026 Breakthrough Director, honoring the filmmaker on Sunday, October 18 at The Bellevue Theatre following a screening of her new film, Josephine.

In presenting the award, the festival praised de Araújo’s “compassionate and deeply felt exploration of trauma, humanity, and the responsibilities that bind us to one another” — the qualities that have marked her rise as one of the most closely watched American directors of her generation.

De Araújo first drew major attention as the writer and director of Soft & Quiet, her blistering debut feature, which premiered at SXSW and earned her a place on year-end lists and awards ballots for breakthrough filmmaking. Josephine is her second feature, and the Montclair honor — part of the festival’s annual Honors program, which this year also salutes Ava DuVernay and Tony Gilroy — confirms her standing as a director whose work travels.

The 14th Montclair Film Festival runs October 16–25 in Montclair, New Jersey.

Continue Reading

Trending