Trending today: Street Fighter, VisionQuest and Rafael Jodar
The Street Fighter movie opens with $4 million in previews, Marvel's VisionQuest brings Paul Bettany back as Vision, and 20-year-old Rafael Jodar makes Shanghai Masters history.
Paramount and Legendary's Street Fighter, the live-action video game movie, opened in U.S. theaters Friday, Oct. 16, after earning $4 million in Thursday previews, according to Deadline. Deadline expects an opening above $30 million; Boxoffice Pro forecast $25 million to $35 million. Deadline reports a 47% Rotten Tomatoes score. The 2009 film Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li earned about $12.8 million worldwide.
Marvel Television's VisionQuest premiered Oct. 14 on Disney+, with Paul Bettany returning as Vision and James Spader as Ultron. The eight-episode series from showrunner Terry Matalas is the final chapter of the WandaVision trilogy, after WandaVision and Agatha All Along. Ruaridh Mollica plays Thomas Shepherd. Reviews are mixed: RogerEbert.com calls it never boring, while Variety's review says it struggles to connect emotionally.
Spain's Rafael Jodar, 20, beat Casper Ruud 4-6, 6-4, 6-3 in the Shanghai Masters quarterfinals on Oct. 16 to become the youngest semifinalist in the tournament's history, AP and Reuters report. It was his fourth straight comeback from a set down at the event, and he broke Ruud's serve five times in the last two sets. He plays former champion Daniil Medvedev next.
