As the New Street Fighter Movie Releases, How Will It Do on Rotten Tomatoes?

Zachary Roberts Published 19/10/2026

A brand-new Street Fighter movie has just hit movie theaters. This isn’t the first attempt to adapt this particular game. In 1994, there was a poorly received attempt, much like other attempts at adapting video games during that era.

That movie got an abysmal 20% critic score. Astonishingly, the fans agreed at 20%, which rarely happens. This movie, in other words, was enjoyed by very few. Will the new adaptation fare any better with audiences?

Polymarket traders predict Rotten Tomatoes for new Street Fighter

Polymarket traders know that the movie world has been burned by a Street Fighter adaptation before. Famously, it’s not a story game. It’s a fighting game that has thin characters and no plot. That doesn’t exactly make it ripe for adaptation.

So, on Polymarket, the overwhelming majority believe the score on Rotten Tomatoes for the new movie won’t be high, much like the recent Digger movie release. Here’s how it breaks down:

30+: 95%
40+: 92%
50+: 70%
60+: 42%
70+: 21%
80+: 9%

So, traders believe the movie won’t be a catastrophic flop like the original, but they’re not at all convinced Street Fighter will end up with a fresh (60% or higher) rating on the Tomatometer.

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A very small percentage of people believe Street Fighter will end up in the territory most would perceive as good. A 70 or higher would be almost unprecedented for video game movies. It doesn’t look like this is going to be a rare entry.

The problem

How will Street Fighter fare on Rotten Tomatoes?

Photo via Paramount

Video game movies now are much better than they used to be. We just got Resident Evil, the highest-rated video game movie on Rotten Tomatoes of all time. Not long ago, the previous record-holder came out (Sonic the Hedgehog 3).

Still, there are problems whenever adapting games. Unless it’s ridiculously narrative-heavy like The Last of Us, there are going to be gaps that a movie will have to fill in. Taking on a game without a story at all is a risk.

The Super Mario Bros. Movie and The Super Mario Galaxy Movie are based on games with thin stories, but stories nonetheless. Neither one exceeds 60% on Rotten Tomatoes, so it’s hard to pull off.

The best comparison would probably be Mortal Kombat. The first Mortal Kombat got 55%, and the sequel in 2026 just snuck into fresh territory at 63%. That feels like the absolute best-case scenario for Street Fighter.

☑️ My Take

The marketing for Street Fighter implies that the movie will lean into some of the camp of the games, which should help it perform a little better. Still, it’s hard to make a movie out of something like this, and the track record is wobbly.

There are, unfortunately, not a lot of creatives working on this movie with top-notch work, which doesn’t help. There are quite a lot of things working against this movie. Ultimately, there seems to be enough going for it based on the trailers that it should avoid being a disaster. But only barely. It will probably end up in the 50s, as a majority of traders believe.

Cover photo via Paramount

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Zachary Roberts is an avid gamer and writer that loves to merge those things. He’s been featured on VideoGamer, ComicBook, New Leaf, Esports.net, and Sportskeeda as well as the On SI network of Sports Illustrated and Sporting News.

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