Resident Evil Passes $400 Million Worldwide as It Moves to Digital
Summary
Zach Cregger's $75 million reboot is the franchise's top grosser by a wide margin and hits premium video on demand today.
"Sony's Resident Evil, directed by Zach Cregger, has passed $400 million at the worldwide box office, Variety reported Monday, making it the highest-grossing of the eight live-action films in the series. Forbes, citing The Numbers, put the total at $399.999 million going into the week, including $157.4 million from North America. The previous franchise high was Resident Evil: The Final Chapter (2016) with $314.1 million.
Variety reported the film's production budget at $75 million before marketing. It opened to a franchise-record $60.1 million in North America in September and was still playing in 1,943 theaters there late last week. The film arrives on premium video on demand Tuesday on Prime Video, Apple TV, Fandango at Home and YouTube, at $24.99 to buy, Forbes reported.
The reboot is on track to pass Backrooms as 2026's second-biggest horror release, behind Obsession, according to Forbes. In China it held No. 1 for a fourth weekend, with about $71.3 million to date, according to a One Mann's Movies roundup of weekend estimates."
