Street Fighter movie opens to $51.1M with mixed critic reviews
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The new live-action Street Fighter movie opened to an estimated $51.1 million worldwide in its opening weekend, Nintendo Life reports. Nintendo Life's critic round-up records a 41% critic score on Rotten Tomatoes and an average of 44/100 on Metacritic. The article says audience scores were higher on those sites, reporting a 79% audience score on Rotten Tomatoes and 6.7/10 on Metacritic. Nintendo Life also noted the film's opening is below Mortal Kombat 2's reported $63 million opening earlier this year and included individual reviews such as IGN's 6/10.
- What happened: Nintendo Life reports the live-action Street Fighter movie debuted in cinemas last week and banked $51.1 million in its opening weekend, and lists aggregator scores of 41% (Rotten Tomatoes critics), 44/100 (Metacritic critics), 79% (Rotten Tomatoes audience) and 6.7/10 (Metacritic audience).
- Why it matters: Nintendo Life compares that opening weekend figure to Mortal Kombat 2, which the article reports opened to $63 million worldwide earlier this year.
- Context: Nintendo Life describes its piece as a critic review round-up and cites both aggregator averages and individual outlets, including an IGN score of 6/10, saying critic reviews are "rolling in" after the film's cinema debut.
- What next: The evidence does not confirm any future box office trajectory, longer-term commercial performance, or whether the critical consensus will change; further updates are not provided in the cited report.
What changed
- Nintendo Life reports the live-action Street Fighter movie opened in cinemas last week and earned an estimated $51.1 million worldwide in its opening weekend.
- The same Nintendo Life round-up lists aggregator scores: 41% (Rotten Tomatoes critics) and 44/100 (Metacritic critics), with audience averages of 79% on Rotten Tomatoes and 6.7/10 on Metacritic.
Availability
- The article states the film made its debut in cinemas last week (no specific release date is provided in the cited text).
Before and after
- Nintendo Life contrasts the Street Fighter opening with Mortal Kombat 2, which it reports opened to $63 million worldwide earlier this year.
Limits
- The cited article is a critic round-up and does not provide subsequent box office updates, long-term performance figures, or confirmation that critical or audience scores will change.