Home video releases and television broadcasts were also profitable. The film was commercially successful, with a worldwide box office gross approximately three times its production costs. Bison (Julia), the military dictator and drug kingpin of Shadaloo City who aspires to conquer the world with an army of genetic supersoldiers, while enlisting the aid of street fighters Ryu (Mann) and Ken (Chapa) to infiltrate Bison's empire and help destroy it from within. The adaptation focuses on the efforts by Colonel Guile (Van Damme) to bring down General M. Distributed by Universal Pictures in the United States and Columbia TriStar Film Distributors International internationally, the film stars Jean-Claude Van Damme and Raul Julia (in his final theatrical film role) along with supporting performances by Byron Mann, Damian Chapa, Kylie Minogue, Ming-Na Wen and Wes Studi. It was one of two films released in 1994 specifically adapting Street Fighter II, following Street Fighter II: The Animated Movie.
de Souza, based on the video game series of the same name produced by Capcom. Street Fighter is a 1994 action film written and directed by Steven E.