‘Street Fighter’ hits $31M in box office debut as moviegoing jumps 48%

Robert Okine/Getty Images Entertainment Paramount’s (SKYD [https://seekingalpha.com/symbol/SKYD]) “Street Fighter” battled its way to the top of the North American box office over the weekend, collecting an estimated $31 million in ticket sales, while A24’s documentary “You Can See Everything” delivered a surprisingly strong $15 million opening in limited release, according to figures from Rentrak. The domestic box office generated an estimated $103.9 million over the Oct. 16-18 weekend, an increase of 48.2% from the comparable period a year earlier and 16.3% from the previous weekend. The top 10 films accounted for $91.6 million in ticket sales, according to the report prepared by Paul Dergarabedian, Rentrak’s head of marketplace trends.