“Street Fighter” has been given a domestic release date of March 20, 2026 by Sony. The film, from Legendary, was co-developed and produced with Japanese game distributor Capcom.
Legendary acquired the film and television rights to the highly popular game series in 2023. Since the franchise launched in 1987, Street Fighter has sold more than 49 million copies worldwide, making it one of the best-known and most profitable video game franchises of all. time.
It also spawned other games, spin-offs and crossovers featuring characters such as Ryu, Ken, Chun-Li, Guile and M. Bison. Capcom is behind other popular games such as ‘Resident Evil’ and ‘Monster Hunter’.
This isn’t the first time “Street Fighter” has hit the big screen. Universal released an adaptation of the same name in 1994, starring Jean-Claude Van Damme, Kylie Minogue, Ming-Na Wen and Raul Julia. In 2009, 20th Century Fox co-released “Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li” with Kristin Kreuk. Both projects were critical and commercial failures.
While game adaptations have often been synonymous with box office failures, recent years have seen a slew of successes in the genre, including ‘Sonic the Hedgehog’ and its 2022 sequel, Tom Holland’s ‘Uncharted’, ‘Dungeons and Dragons: Honor Among Thieves ‘ and the “Super Mario Bros. Movie.” In the TV world, adaptations of ‘The Last of Us’ and ‘Fallout’ have also proven popular.
Legendary, which has a distribution deal with Sony, has experience with all kinds of adaptations, including novels, comic books and more with “Dune,” “Godzilla vs. Kong’, ‘Pokemon: Detective Pikachu’ and ‘Enola Holmes’. The company cut ties with Warner Bros., which released “Dune: Part Two” earlier this year.
