Capcom's Street Fighter movie spun up $51.1 million in its opening weekend, securing its place atop the global box office despite some not-so-great reviews.

Ryu (Andrew Koji), Ken (Noah Centineo), and the rest of the film's massive cast grappled with an estimated $31 million domestically and $20.1 million internationally in its theatrical debut. That's a figure that landed it a comfortable first place worldwide, even if it's not a perfect victory across the board.

As audiences turned up for performances – including Callina Liang's Chun-Li, David Dastmalchian's M. Bison, and Jason Momoa's Blanka – not everyone was so happy with how director Kitao Sakurai brought Capcom's classic fighting game franchise to the big screen. In its first few days in the public's gaze, Street Fighter has amassed a critics' score of 44 on IMDb and 41% on Rotten Tomatoes. IGN gave it a 6/10.

That's serviceable as far as gaming adaptations go and sub-par in the grand scheme. Generally, fans are feeling pretty positive about what they've seen thanks to some crisp animation and fight sequences. "Dumb fun" is one phrase floating around for the film, which doesn't seem to be for everyone but has still pulled in 79% positivity from audiences, according to Rotten Tomatoes.

5 million domestically in its post-lockdown-era debut . Mortal Kombat 2 , which continued that story earlier this year, opened to $63 million globally, coming in second place behind The Devil Wears Prada 2.

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