ROUND ONE: FLOP! – Street Fighter Gets Humiliated by an Elizabeth Holmes Documentary

Box Office and Reception

Street Fighter won the weekend box office with a reported $31 million domestic opening, below Mortal Kombat 2’s $38 million. With an estimated $82 million production budget, plus marketing costs, the host doubts it will earn enough theatrically to break even.

The film has a critics’ score of roughly 66% and seems to have pleased some viewers. The host, however, found it forgettable and was largely indifferent to it.

The Film’s Tone

The host says the film’s challenge is balancing deliberately silly elements with sincerity. He argues that Guardians of the Galaxy handled that balance especially well, while the two recent fighting-game adaptations may blur together in viewers’ memories.

Elizabeth Holmes Documentary

Despite Street Fighter’s box-office win, the host says the weekend’s bigger conversation was a documentary about Elizabeth Holmes, titled You Can See Everything in the subtitles.

Having lived in the Bay Area during the scandal, the host describes Holmes as an eccentric figure whom people treated as a visionary before she had to deliver on her claims. He also argues that her roughly 10-year prison sentence would have been harsher if she were a man.

Theatrical Outlook

The host says theaters had a financially strong summer, though he considers many of its successful movies poor in quality. He expects a quieter stretch before the holiday releases and mentions upcoming films including Doomsday, Dune, Jumanji, Godzilla, Spaceballs 2, and David Fincher’s Cliff Booth film.

Presenters and Contributors

The host is not identified in the subtitles. Chris (surname not given) and reviewer Jeremy Jahns are mentioned, but are not clearly identified as participants in the video.