Street Fighter Box Office Shatters All-Time Franchise Record

Published Nov 13, 2026, 10:06 AM EST

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Street Fighter has achieved a huge victory in its box office bracket.

2026's Street Fighter is the third live-action theatrical movie adapting the fighting video game franchise of the same name. The first installment, which has the same title and starred Jean-Claude Van Damme, debuted in 1994, followed by the 2009 spinoff The Legend of Chun-Li. The new installment, which was directed and co-written by Kitao Sakurai, stars Andrew Koji as Ryu, Noah Centineo as Ken Masters, and Callina Liang as Chun-Li. After premiering on October 16, it earned a domestic debut of $30.8 million that was more than the previous two movies' debuts combined.

Per Box Office Mojo, 2026's Street Fighter has officially hit a cumulative global gross of $99.5 million during its fourth full week in theaters, comprising $57.8 million from domestic theaters and an additional $41.7 million from international markets. As it draws close to the $100 million milestone, it has inched past the all-time global gross of 1994's Street Fighter ($99.4 million) to officially become the highest-grossing movie in the franchise.

It has long since broken the domestic box office record for the Street Fighter movies, surpassing the 1994 installment's $33.4 million after just five days in theaters. However, the majority of the original movie's worldwide box office haul came from international theaters (66.4% of its total, compared to the new movie's current 41.9%), making it a much more formidable opponent on the global scale. Below, see a breakdown of the box office performance of all three movies:

Title	Domestic Box Office	Worldwide Box Office
Street Fighter (1994)	$33.4 million	$99.4 million
Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li (2009)	$8.7 million	$12.8 million
Street Fighter (2026)	$57.8 million	$99.5 million

Because the original movie came out more than 30 years ago, inflation is a factor that should also be factored in. When adjusted for inflation, it technically earned $224.1 million, which is more than double the current total of the 2026 installment. While the new movie has officially outgrossed Chun-Li by any metric, considering the fact that the 2009 flop's inflation-adjusted total is $20.4 million, it seems very unlikely that the 2026 movie will be able to become the highest-grossing installment in the franchise on the inflation-adjusted chart.

While Street Fighter reviews are mixed (critics have given it 42% on Rotten Tomatoes while verified audience members have given it 78%), its box office trajectory has slowed down significantly since its sophomore weekend, when it dropped a whopping 72.1%. Since then, it has been removed from more than 1,800 theaters and faces stiff competition from successful new releases such as You Can See Everything and Godzilla Minus Zero.

Choose the movie with the higher Rotten Tomatoes score.

Overall, it also seems unlikely that Street Fighter will be able to turn a profit in theaters. While its exact break-even point is unknown, its substantial reported budget of $82 million could mean that it needs to earn more than $200 million in theaters in order to end up in the black. While it has broken the all-time franchise record when it comes to the raw numbers, it is still poised to be a theatrical disappointment, which could jeopardize the possible sequel that was teased at the end of the movie.

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