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This image released by Sony Pictures shows Austin Abrams in a scene from “Resident Evil.” (Sony Pictures via AP)<\/p>\n
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This image released by Sony Pictures shows Austin Abrams in a scene from “Resident Evil.” (Sony Pictures via AP)<\/p>\n
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Austin Abrams, a cast member in “Resident Evil,” arrives at the premiere of the film on Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2026, in Los Angeles.<\/p>\n
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Zach Cregger, co-writer\/director of “Resident Evil,” arrives at the premiere of the film on Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2026, in Los Angeles.<\/p>\n
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Zach Cregger\u2019s \u201cResident Evil\u201d gave the North American box office a shot in the arm in its first weekend in theaters. The Sony Pictures release earned $60 million in ticket sales from 3,684 locations in the U.S. and Canada, according to studio estimates Sunday.<\/p>\n
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That\u2019s a best for the video game inspired franchise, of which there have been seven prior movies dating back to 2002, and for the filmmaker behind \u201cWeapons\u201d and \u201cBarbarian.\u201d It\u2019s also more than most of the previous films made in their entire domestic runs. The only exception is \u201cResident Evil: Afterlife,\u201d which was released in 2010 and netted out with $60.1 million, not accounting for inflation.<\/p>\n
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Cregger\u2019s \u201cResident Evil\u201d stars Austin Abrams (who also played a pivotal role in \u201cWeapons\u201d) as a medical courier whose last job of the night finds him battling infected creatures in Raccoon City. Reviews were overwhelmingly positive; it currently boasts a 95% on Rotten Tomatoes.<\/p>\n
The audience was primarily male (66%) and under 35 (75%), according to PostTrak exit polls, and gave it a B+ CinemaScore. Cregger\u2019s previous films have defied a lot of box office logic when it comes to horror movies, whose earnings tend to be front-loaded and drop sharply after the first weekend. \u201cBarbarian\u201d grossed over $46 million on a budget under $5 million. \u201cWeapons\u201d made $270 million on a $38 million budget.<\/p>\n
\u201cZach Cregger is a household name in the world of horror,\u201d said Paul Dergarabedian, the head of marketplace trends for Rentrak. \u201cThere are certain directors who become the star of the movie.\u201d<\/p>\n
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\u201cResident Evil\u201d cost a reported $75 million to produce, which does not include marketing and promotion expenses. Internationally, it earned $48.3 million, bringing its global launch to $108.3 million.<\/p>\n
\u201cZach Cregger plus big franchise equals big bucks,\u201d Dergarabedian said. \u201cAnd he made it feel fresh and new.\u201d<\/p>\n
According to Rentrak, horror movies this year, including hits like \u201cObsession\u201d and \u201cBackrooms,\u201d have generated over $1.1 billion at the domestic box office.<\/p>\n
Second place went to \u201cPractical Magic 2,\u201d which fell about 59% from its lackluster opening weekend with $12.2 million from 4,163 theaters in North America. An additional $7 million from international showings brings its running global total to $76.8 million.<\/p>\n
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\u201cSpider-Man: Brand New Day\u201d landed in third place with $6.5 million in its eighth weekend, pushing its domestic total to $944.5 million. \u201cThe Odyssey,\u201d in its 10th weekend in theaters, added another $4.9 million to take fourth place. \u201cCoyote vs. Acme\u201d rounded out the top five with $4.5 million.<\/p>\n
One notable limited release was \u201cThe History of Concrete,\u201d a documentary from comedian John Wilson, which earned $90,000 from one screen (the IFC Center in New York). The only film to make more in a single weekend at that venue was \u201cParasite,\u201d which made $119,407.<\/p>\n
Top 10 movies by domestic box office<\/p>\n
With final domestic figures being released Monday, this list factors in the estimated ticket sales for Friday through Sunday at U.S. and Canadian theaters, according to Rentrak:<\/p>\n
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1. \u201cResident Evil,\u201d $60 million.<\/p>\n
2. \u201cPractical Magic 2,\u201d $12.2 million.<\/p>\n
3. \u201cSpider-Man: Brand New Day,\u201d $6.5 million.<\/p>\n
4. \u201cThe Odyssey,\u201d $4.9 million.<\/p>\n
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5. \u201cCoyote vs. Acme,\u201d $4.5 million.<\/p>\n
6. \u201cRunner,\u201d $3.2 million.<\/p>\n
7. \u201cDaniel and the Fiery Furnace,\u201d $3.1 million.<\/p>\n
8. \u201cTransformers: The Movie\u201d (40th anniversary re-release), $3.1 million.<\/p>\n
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9. \u201cThe Weight,\u201d $2.3 million.<\/p>\n
10. \u201cBuddy,\u201d $1.9 million.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"This image released by Sony Pictures shows Austin Abrams in a scene from “Resident Evil.” (Sony Pictures via…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":442414,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[117711,18790,101102,23681,59373,93787,86083,59371,91639,91638,93705,61262,152957,82,84,83,152134],"class_list":["post-442413","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-antonio","tag-austin-abrams","tag-canada","tag-john-wilson","tag-package-100024-ap-online","tag-package-100373-mc-complete-state-national","tag-paul-dergarabedian","tag-product-30031-ap-california-state-news-no-weather","tag-product-30598-ap-national-news-report-a-wire","tag-product-31388-premium-entertainment","tag-product-33328-ap-premium-entertainment-other","tag-product-33330-ap-premium-entertainment-movies","tag-product-46986-ap-online-top-stories","tag-resident-evil-box-office","tag-san-antonio","tag-san-antonio-headlines","tag-san-antonio-news","tag-zach-cregger"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/442413","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=442413"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/442413\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/442414"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=442413"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=442413"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=442413"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}