Resident Evil approaches $400 million worldwide after seven weekends in cinemas
Resident Evil approaches $400 million worldwide after seven weekends in cinemas
Zach Cregger's Resident Evil has reached roughly $400 million in worldwide ticket sales after seven weekends in cinemas, according to the latest box-office reports and tracking data. ComingSoon reported the near-milestone late on 1 November in the US, while The Numbers and Box Office Mojo both showed totals just short of the threshold when checked early on 2 November in the UK.
The distinction is small but real. The Numbers listed $399,999,000 worldwide, while Box Office Mojo showed $399,998,502. Both put the international contribution at $242.6 million, with North America accounting for approximately $157.4 million. Those provisional figures support a rounded $400 million description, but do not yet establish that the film has definitively passed that exact amount.
Overseas audiences drive most of the total
Around 61% of the recorded worldwide takings come from outside the US and Canada. ComingSoon reported a further $10 million globally over the latest weekend, with the film playing across 66 markets. That international contribution has become central to the reboot's commercial performance as it moves further beyond its September launch.
For British readers, UK ticket sales sit within that international figure, not within the North American total commonly labelled domestic by US box-office services. The reported amounts are in US dollars. Individual country tables can also update at different times from worldwide estimates, so a new global total should not be read as a simultaneous final count for every territory.
The film remains in the North American chart despite its age. The Numbers recorded approximately $2.53 million for the weekend beginning 30 October, from 1,943 cinemas, and about $655,000 for Sunday alone. Its domestic opening weekend in September was approximately $60.15 million. The latest cumulative figure shows that the opening was followed by substantial additional business over the following weeks.
A franchise record already secured
The reboot is already the Resident Evil series' highest-grossing film worldwide in nominal dollars. The Numbers' franchise table puts the previous leader, Resident Evil: The Final Chapter, at approximately $314.1 million. Resident Evil: Afterlife sits lower, at roughly $295.9 million. These comparisons concern ticket revenue without adjusting for inflation, and the new film did not need to cross exactly $400 million to take the franchise lead.
The Numbers lists the new film's production budget at $75 million. Comparing that figure directly with ticket sales does not produce a profit calculation: cinema operators retain part of the box office, and a production budget does not capture every release expense. The meaningful result established by the figures is the size of the theatrical run, rather than a precise amount earned by the studio.
A new lead character and a different critical response
Sony's official description presents the film as a new story following Bryan, a medical courier played by Austin Abrams, whose working night becomes a fight for survival. Cregger directs and shares the writing credit with Shay Hatten. The cast also includes Zach Cherry, Kali Reis and Paul Walter Hauser. Sony dates the US theatrical release to 18 September, so this is a later box-office development rather than a new opening. In the US, the film carries an R rating for strong bloody violence, gore and language throughout.
The critical reception has included enthusiasm as well as reservations. Rotten Tomatoes' September review roundup highlighted praise for the film's pace, humour and relationship to the games. In a separate firsthand review, Time Out's Phil de Semlyen awarded it three stars out of five, finding an entertaining horror-comedy but less fear and narrative substance than he wanted. Those assessments describe the film; they do not prove why audiences bought tickets.
The next box-office updates will establish when the recorded total moves beyond $400 million. On the figures available now, the reboot has already set a new revenue benchmark for the series, with international cinemas contributing the larger share.