Horror movie 'Resident Evil' tops N. American box office

Horror movie ‘Resident Evil’ tops N. American box office

The Sony-distributed movie follows a medical courier battling mutant creatures to deliver a package to a remote hospital.

Horror movie 'Resident Evil' tops N. American box office

The Sony-distributed movie is directed by Zach Cregger and stars Austin Abrams, who plays a medical courier battling mutant creatures to deliver a package to a remote hospital. "Resident Evil" displaced last week's top performer, Warner Bros' "Practical Magic 2," a long-awaited sequel starring Sandra Bullock and Nicole Kidman, into a distant second place. The story of the modern-day witches, who face a curse that sees any man they fall in love w…

Box Office: ‘Resident Evil’ Opens with Fantastic $108M Global Debut, ‘Practical Magic 2’ Dips 59% in 2nd Weekend

Well, you can't do much to compete with horror nowadays, especially a (second) reboot stamped by a coming-of-the-modern-times director (see evidence with Barbarian and Weapons). Still, it only took so long for Resident Evil to truly flex its zombie, mutated muscles and earn worthwhile reviews and a solid box-office performance in its debut (and the…