Street Fighter opened in theaters on October 16 to $31 million domestic and $51 million globally against a budget of about $80 million, short of projections near $70 million. Tracking had pointed higher: NRG put the weekend at $43 million while Paramount projected the mid-30s. The film drew a 45 percent critic score and an 82 percent audience score on Rotten Tomatoes. The discussion has settled on the gap between the opening and those projections, with the box office figures the established fact and the path from here still open.