Aimed for a trilogy, but risk being knocked out after round one — actor who played Zangief revealed plans of “Street Fighter” creators
Translated with AI from the Russian original.
The box office receipts for the new Street Fighter adaptation do not inspire optimism so far.
It seems the creators of the new Street Fighter adaptation were counting on a sequel from the very beginning. Olivier Richters, who played Zangief, revealed this in the YouTube comments under a video whose creator expressed dissatisfaction with the character getting too little screen time:
“When I was offered the role of Zangief, everything was explained right away. The goal was simple: to show a little bit of Zangief and his strength so that everyone would want more. All the actors, including myself, signed contracts for three films. ‘If a sequel is made, Zangief will get his moment in the spotlight’ — that’s what I was promised. Besides, you can’t expect every character to be fully developed in the first movie when it’s a two-hour film with so many characters. But either way, thank you for wanting to see more of Zangief!”
The actor’s words also explain the film’s open ending, which sets the stage for a continuation. However, multi-picture deals still do not guarantee that a sequel will be greenlit. In ten days, Street Fighter has earned around $79.6 million worldwide against a production budget of approximately $82 million, and in its second weekend, box office receipts in the US and Canada plummeted by 72.1% — the movie is still far from breaking even.
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