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GenreAction, Fantasy & Martial Arts
RatedPG-13
Runtime2 hr
ReleasedOctober 16, 2026
StreamingIn theaters now
DirectorKitao Sakurai
StarringNoah Centineo, Andrew Koji, Callina Liang
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Street Fighter (2026)
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| Street Fighter's Details | |
| Genre | Action, Fantasy & Martial Arts |
| Rated | PG-13 (violence/action, bloody images, strong language, sexual references, partial nudity, brief smoking) |
| Released | 10/16/2026 (U.S.), premiere 10/12/2026 at Grauman's Chinese Theatre |
| Streaming | Theaters only for now. Paramount+ usually follows in a few months. |
| Running Time | 2 hr |
| Budget | $82 million (reported), co-financed by Legendary and Capcom |
| Box Office | Opened this weekend. Tracking at $25 to $40 million domestic. |
| Based On | Capcom's Street Fighter games. Third live-action try, after 1994 and 2009. |
| Country | United States, Japan |
| Language | English |
| Street Fighter's Interests | |
| General | Hadoukens, quarter-circle forward, perfect rounds, Blanka being Jason Momoa. |
| Music | Leo Birenberg and Zach Robinson. Yes, the Guile theme goes with everything. |
| Movies | Mortal Kombat II (2026). The rival arcade cabinet. Street Fighter (1994). Raul Julia forever. |
| Television | Whatever WWE show Roman Reigns and Cody Rhodes are feuding on this week. |
| Heroes | Anyone who beat M. Bison on one quarter. |
| Street Fighter's Crew | |
| Director | Kitao Sakurai |
| Writers | T. J. Fixman, Kitao Sakurai (screenplay); Dalan Musson, Gary Dauberman (story) |
| Producers | Mary Parent, Cale Boyter, Jason Momoa, Takayuki Nakayama, Stefan Makhoul |
| Cinematography | Ken Seng |
| Music | Leo Birenberg, Zach Robinson |
| Edited By | Luke Lynch |
| Production | Legendary Pictures, Capcom |
| Distributed By | Paramount Pictures |
Roman Reigns plays Akuma. Cody Rhodes plays Guile. Jason Momoa plays Blanka, the electric jungle guy from the arcade. David Dastmalchian, who usually plays the weird guy in the corner, is now M. Bison, the dictator in the big hat. On paper that’s either genius or a cry for help, and critics landed closer to help: 41% on Rotten Tomatoes and a 44 on Metacritic. The movie gets two hours to juggle a tournament, a Ryu and Ken friendship falling apart and a whole arcade’s worth of fighters, which is a lot of plot for a game whose story used to fit on the side of the cabinet. The early IMDb crowd is kinder at 6.2, but that’s only 2,789 votes so far. Callina Liang’s Chun-Li is the one recruiting everybody, which feels exactly right. A 4.4 because the casting is a fun idea and the scores say the movie can’t keep up with it. $874 says you dig up an old controller this weekend and lose to your little cousin.
What works: The casting swings big, with wrestlers, Jason Momoa and David Dastmalchian all playing arcade legends.
What doesn’t: Two hours is not enough room for a tournament, a broken friendship and a full roster of fighters, and critics noticed.
Who it’s for: Anyone who spent their allowance on the arcade cabinet and wants to see Guile and Akuma in the flesh.
Chun-Li (Callina Liang) rounds up Ryu (Andrew Koji) and Ken (Noah Centineo) for the second World Warrior tournament, run by M. Bison (David Dastmalchian), who is a dictator because of course he is. Ryu's dark side wakes up Akuma (Roman Reigns), the old friends end up on opposite sides, and Jason Momoa plays Blanka, which is green. Two hours, eighteen fighters, one Guile theme.
Anyone who can do a Shoryuken on a real controller. Bring quarters.
| Noah Centineo | Ken Masters |
| Andrew Koji | Ryu / Evil Ryu |
| Callina Liang | Chun-Li |
| Joe "Roman Reigns" Anoa'i | Akuma |
| David Dastmalchian | M. Bison |
| Cody Rhodes | Guile |
| Andrew Schulz | Dan Hibiki |
| Eric André | Don Sauvage |
| Vidyut Jammwal | Dhalsim |
| Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson | Balrog |
| Jason Momoa | Blanka |
| Don Lee | Gouken (voice) |
| Orville Peck | Vega |
| Olivier Richters | Zangief |
| Hirooki Goto | E. Honda |
| Mel Jarnson | Cammy |
| Rayna Vallandingham | Juli |
| Alexander Volkanovski | Joe |
- (cur | prev) 14:30, 18 October 2026 DataBot +280 Numbers refreshed: Worldwide box office $13M; Domestic box office $13M; Profit / loss (est.) -$116.5M; Rotten Tomatoes 41% → 40%; box office chart updated; Rotten Tomatoes critics 41% (94 reviews) → 40% (97 reviews); IMDb users 6.2 / 10 (2,789 votes) → 6.2 / 10 (5,653 votes).
- (cur | prev) 14:30, 17 October 2026 DataBot +80 Numbers refreshed: Rotten Tomatoes 42% → 41%; RT 42% (92 reviews) → 41% (94 reviews).
- (cur | prev) 14:30, 16 October 2026 DataBot +40 Numbers refreshed: score credits updated.
- (cur | prev) 14:30, 15 October 2026 DataBot +80 Numbers refreshed: Rotten Tomatoes 44% → 45%; RT 44% (55 reviews) → 45% (58 reviews).
- (cur | prev) 11:20, 15 October 2026 DataBot +2,310 Cast and crew added. Details, interests, crew and performance tiles filled in. Box office is tracking only; opened 16 October. Scores: RT critics 44%, Metacritic 45.
- (cur | prev) 11:05, 15 October 2026 movie guru +980 Profile created. Not reviewed yet; score and TLDR to come.