Resident Evil Rotten Tomatoes Score: Earns Zach Cregger His Biggest Critics Score Ever
Resident Evil Rotten Tomatoes Score: Earns Zach Cregger His Biggest Critics Score Ever (Photo Credit – Sony Pictures)

Resident Evil debuts with a solid score from the critics, registering Zach Cregger’s highest ever. The film has also been received well when its first thirty minutes were shown. The movie is tracking to open with winning numbers at the box office, setting a new franchise record. Scroll below to find out how it stacks up against Cregger’s previous films and the franchise as a whole. Keep scrolling for the deets.

Resident Evil debuts with a solid score from the critics

The movie debuted with a huge 96% score from critics on Rotten Tomatoes. The audience rating is also very encouraging, at over 90%. The audience loves the new video game adaptation, giving it 91% on the aggregate site’s Popcornmeter. It is reportedly the highest-rated video game movie ever, with 96% critics’ score. The #1 spot was previously held by Sonic the Hedgehog 3 with 86% critics’ score.

How does it stack up against the previous Resident Evil movies?

Based on the aggregate site, none of the previous films in this video game adaptation franchise earned even 40% from the critics. Therefore, it is the highest-rated entry in the film series.

At the time of writing, the film holds a solid critics’ score of 93% on Rotten Tomatoes. Now, let’s take a look at how the critics rate the other movies in the franchise on the review aggregator.

  1. Resident Evil (2026) — 96%
  2. Resident Evil: The Final Chapter (2016) — 39%
  3. Resident Evil (2002) — 36%
  4. Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City (2021) — 30%
  5. Resident Evil: Extinction (2007) — 24%
  6. Resident Evil: Extinction (2007) — 24%
  7. Resident Evil: Afterlife (2010) — 21%
  8. Resident Evil: Apocalypse (2004) — 18%

How does it stack up against Zach Cregger’s other films?

Weapons released in 2025 had the highest critic rating among Zach Cregger‘s movies. It received 93% from critics, and Resident Evil has now surpassed that with a 96% score, becoming his highest-rated directorial work.

  1. Miss March – 5%
  2. Barbarian – 92%
  3. Weapons – 93%
  4. Resident Evil – 96%

More about the movie

The survival horror follows Brian, a medical courier, who must fight through a viral outbreak of infected monsters in Raccoon City during a delivery. The movie was released on September 18, and you can check out our review here. 

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