WHILE YOU WERE OUT
🗳️ Midterms are Nov. 3. Minnesota ballot guide · Get the free printable ballot cheat sheet →
Briefings · Monday, October 19, 2026
🔥 7:30 PM · Trending today

Trending today: Street Fighter, the Chiefs and the Orionid meteor shower

Street Fighter opens at No. 1 at the box office with Nathan Fielder's documentary close behind, the Chiefs beat the Chargers 22-6, and the Orionid meteor shower from Halley's Comet peaks this week.

Get this free by email at 6 AM & 5 PM CT

STORY 1

Street Fighter opens at No. 1 at the box officeconfirmed

The Street Fighter movie, based on the Capcom video game, opened at No. 1 in North America with about $31 million and about $51 million worldwide, below an original global estimate of about $70 million. Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim's A24 documentary You Can See Everything was No. 2 with about $15 million, on a budget of around $7 million.

Sources (4)
STORY 3

Orionid meteor shower from Halley's Comet peaks this weekconfirmed

The Orionid meteor shower, made of debris from Halley's Comet, peaks around Oct. 21-22, 2026, with about 10 to 20 meteors per hour under dark skies. The best viewing is in the hours before dawn, after the waxing gibbous moon sets. The meteors enter the atmosphere at about 41 miles per second.

Sources (2)

Spot an error? Email [email protected] — see our corrections log and standards.

Free · twice a day

Get the catch-up in your inbox

The same fact-checked briefing, sources included, at 6 AM and 5 PM Central. No spin, no spam — unsubscribe anytime.

We only use your email to send the briefing.