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Zach Cregger’s Resident Evil is having a golden run at the box office. The film exceeded expectations at the box office in its debut weekend. It maintained the #1 position at the US box office during the opening weekend. The film has now made franchise history with its first-weekend collection.
On its opening day, Zach Cregger’s adaptation surpassed the 3-day weekend box office of its previous installment. In its opening weekend, the film has surpassed the domestic box office collections of its previous installments.
Resident Evil North America Box Office
On its opening day, Resident Evil debuted at #1 with a record collection of $26.3 million. The R-rated game adaptation’s opening-day collection also includes Thursday previews. Even though the film saw a decline in collection on Days 2 and 3, it managed to soar past $60 million on its debut weekend.
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The 2026 film has beaten the lifetime domestic collection of all other franchise films. It has beaten the record of Afterlife, which had earned $60.12 million during its lifetime run at the USA box office.
Resident Evil Franchise At The US Box Office:
- Resident Evil (2026) – $60.152 million
- Afterlife – $60.12 million
- Apocalypse – $51.2 million
- Extinction – $50 million
- Retribution – $42 million
- Resident Evil (2002) – $40 million
- The Final Chapter – $26 million
- Welcome To Raccoon City – $17 million
Where It Stands In September Releases
The R-rated game adaptation grossed 60.2M and has become #7 biggest 3-day opening weekend of all time for a September release. It is also the 8th-biggest debut for video game adaptations ever, beating Sonic: The Hedgehog ($58 million) and Pokémon: Detective Pikachu ($54.5 million).
Top 10 Biggest Debuts of All Time for September releases:
- IT-123.4M
- Beetlejuice- $111M
- IT Chapter Two- $91.1M
- The Conjuring Last Rites- $84M
- Shang Chi- $75.4M
- Demon Slayer: Infinity Castle- $70.6M
- Resident Evil- $60.2M
- The Nun- $53.8M
- Hotel Transylvania 2- $48.5M
- Hotel Transylvania- $ 42.5M
More About Resident Evil
Directed by Zach Cregger, the film brings back age-old horror. The movie follows the protagonist, Austin Abrams, who plays Bryan. According to the synopsis, “The film follows a hapless courier tasked with delivering a package to a remote hospital. He soon finds himself caught in the middle of an outbreak and must fight through hordes of mutated creatures to survive.”
The outing also stars Paul Walter Hauser as Carl, with Zach Cherry as Dave. Joining these big names from the Hollywood film industry are Kali Reis, who will play Pauline, and Johnno Wilson, in an undisclosed role.
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