UPDATE: Street Fighter super fan YouTuber Tyrone Magnus calls it “one of the worst movies” he has ever seen.
The Street Fighter walkout reports are adding up.
Following the reader comment on Deadline’s box office report claiming guys were leaving over the movie’s homoerotic scenes, Cosmic Book News now has firsthand accounts from opening night.
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Six Groups Out The Door
A friend of Cosmic Book News caught the movie and watched people leave before it was over.
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“I had a few groups walk out before the movie was over. About 6 [groups]. Probably 14 total tickets,” he tells us.
We received more details on what happened.
“First time I was in a movie where people walked out. First a dad and 2 boys halfway through,” he continued.
“Then the group next to me was another dad and 2 boys. The boys lost interest and were hanging out in the hall on their phones and the dad just told them they were gonna leave,” he added.
That’s one screening, and it matches what the Deadline commenter described at his.
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A Friday Night Showing Of One
I can add my own: at my 9:45 p.m. showing on opening night, I was the only person in the theater.
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Friday night, prime time, one ticket sold.
It fits the opening. The movie is coming in at the low end with $30 million, with a rotten critics’ score and an audience that got a very different movie than the one the trailers sold.
Walkouts and empty late shows are the opposite of word of mouth, and word of mouth is the only thing that saves a movie that started soft on an $82 million budget.
The weekend totals arrive Sunday.
My full Street Fighter review is coming this weekend. It’s complete garbage, and here’s why.
About Street Fighter
Street Fighter is now playing in theaters.
Kitao Sakurai directs from a screenplay by Dalan Musson, with Legendary Entertainment and Capcom producing and Paramount Pictures distributing. The movie was filmed for IMAX.
The cast includes Andrew Koji as Ryu, Noah Centineo as Ken Masters, Callina Liang as Chun-Li, Cody Rhodes as Guile, David Dastmalchian as M. Bison, Jason Momoa as Blanka, Joe “Roman Reigns” Anoa’i as Akuma, Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson as Balrog, Orville Peck as Vega, Vidyut Jammwal as Dhalsim, Hirooki Goto as E. Honda, Mel Jarnson as Cammy, Rayna Vallandingham as Juli, Alexander Volkanovski as Joe, Andrew Schulz as Dan Hibiki, Kyle Mooney as Marvin, and Eric André as tournament announcer Don Sauvage.
The official synopsis reads: “In 1993, estranged fighters Ryu and Ken Masters are thrown back into combat when the mysterious Chun-Li recruits them for the next World Warrior Tournament, a brutal clash of fists, fate, and fury. But behind this battle royale lies a deadly conspiracy that forces them to face off against each other and the demons of their past.”
Matt McGloin is the editor-in-chief and publisher of Cosmic Book News, the independent entertainment news site he founded in 2008. He covers movies, comics, TV, video games and pop culture and has reported major industry scoops over the years, including revealing the Avengers: Endgame title ahead of its official announcement. Through Cosmic Book News, he helped Marvel Comics promote Guardians of the Galaxy and Nova through exclusive previews, artwork, and interviews, with the site also quoted in solicitations and on comic covers. He also reported on Marvel’s Daredevil: Born Again retooling before it was later confirmed by the trades.