North American movie theaters were flooded with new films this weekend, including a video game reboot, a big budget survival thriller and a Jane Austen adaptation.Paramount’s ‘Street Fighter’ took the first-place spot, earning USD 31 million from 3,575 theaters according to studio estimates on Sunday. The film topped the charts as expected with a USD 51 million global opening, including USD 20 million from international showings. The movie starring Callina Liang, Noah Centineo and Andrew Koji cost a reported $82 million to make, not accounting for marketing and promotion. Audiences were 69% male.
‘You Can See Everything’ had thousands of sellouts
most of the attention and cultural discourse was elsewhere: On the nearly three-hour Elizabeth Holmes documentary, ‘You Can See Everything’.Buzz and box office don’t always line up, but ‘You Can See Everything’ made an extraordinary USD 15 million from only 855 screens, with over 2,000 sellout showings over the weekend, according to A24. It also had the biggest opening for a film playing on under 1,000 screens since ‘Borat’ opened to USD 26.5 million in 2006, and the biggest nonmusic documentary opening in two decades, since ‘Fahrenheit 9/11’ made nearly USD 24 million from 868 theaters. Those numbers do not account for inflation.Like other hits this year, like the Gen-Z driven ‘Backrooms’ and ‘Obsession’, ticket sales for ‘You Can See Everything’ were driven by a largely younger audience. Over 70% of the opening weekend crowd was under 35.The film, directed by Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim, was made in secret over three years. Fielder spent over a month with the disgraced Theranos founder and her family, including two young children and partner Billy Evans, in her final days before reporting to federal prison. The reviews have been extremely positive, with 99% on Rotten Tomatoes and 99 on Metacritic. It also got an unprecedented 91% “definite recommend” from audiences, according to PostTrak exit polls.The film reportedly cost under $7 million to make and less than $10 million to market.
‘Street Fighter’ knocks out ‘Whalefall’
Both ‘Street Fighter’ and ‘You Can See Everything’ may have contributed to the relative failure of ‘Whalefall’ this weekend. The USD 60 million survival thriller starring Austin Abrams and Josh Brolin made USD 8 million from 3,065 locations in the U.S. and Canada, despite being better reviewed than ‘Street Fighter’. With USD 9.5 million from international showings, the Disney release had a USD 17.5 million global launch.‘Whalefall’ opened in fourth place, behind the Jessica Chastain horror ‘Other Mommy’. The Universal Pictures release added USD 8.4 million in its second weekend, bringing its domestic total to USD 44.9 million.
‘Sense and Sensibility ‘ off to USD 7.3 million start
Fifth place went to ‘Sense and Sensibility’, which earned an estimated USD 7.3 million from 2,545 theaters. The well-reviewed Austen adaptation starring Daisy Edgar-Jones drew a predominantly younger (58% between the ages of 14 and 18) and female crowd (84%). It also got the strongest CinemaScore of the week (A-).Warner Bros. Clockwork also released a restored presentation of Ken Russell’s 1971 film ‘The Devils’ in 350 locations, where it made USD 1.6 million. It’s the first release from the studio’s specialty label.
‘Musk’ documentary facing advertising blocks and Netflix shares box office for ‘La Bola Negra’
Alex Gibney’s Elon Musk documentary ‘Musk’ also expanded to 472 screens in the U.S. and Canada, where it made USD 306,702. The film, which runs nearly four hours, has faced issues advertising on major social media platforms including X, which Musk owns, and TikTok, according to distributor Bleecker Street, which said TikTok this weekend permanently suspended the film’s ad account.Netflix also shared ticket sales for the first time for the queer Spanish epic ‘La Bola Negra’, which made USD 277,500 from four locations this weekend. The streamer has not historically reported box office for its theatrical releases, but this film is breaking new ground as it’s being positioned as a possible best picture contender. It will be in theaters for 47 days before it will be available to watch on Netflix.According to Rentrak, the weekend overall generated about USD 101.6 million in ticket sales, up 45% from the same weekend last year. The year to date stands at USD 8.2 billion, which is up almost 20% from 2025.
Top 10 movies at the domestic box office
With final domestic figures being released Monday, this list factors in the estimated ticket sales for Friday through Sunday at U.S. and Canadian theaters, according to Rentrak:1. “Street Fighter,” $31 million.2. “You Can See Everything,” $15 million.3. “Other Mommy,” $8.4 million.4. “Whalefall,” $8 million.5. “Sense and Sensibility,” $7.3 million.6. “Verity,” $6.2 million.7. “Resident Evil,” $5.5 million.8. “Heart of the Beast,” $4.8 million.9. “Jailer 2,” $3.2 million.10. “Forgotten Island,” $2.3 million.
