Resident Evil Overtakes Weapons as Zach Cregger's Highest-Grossing Film, The Social Reckoning Bombs
- Director Zach Cregger's Resident Evil reached $320.2 million worldwide, becoming his highest-grossing film and surpassing the $270 million record previously held by his Oscar-winning film Weapons.
- Propelled by its premiere in China, the film's global box office reached $62.7 million in its fourth weekend, with China contributing $40.6 million to that total.
- Jessica Chastain's horror film Other Mommy secured second place globally with a $45.1 million opening, earning $27.5 million domestically and $17.6 million internationally across 51 territories.
- The Social Reckoning, starring Jeremy Allen White and Mikey Madison, opened in seventh place with just $9 million in its debut weekend.
- Box office competition intensifies on Tuesday, October 16, 2026, when Capcom's live-action Street Fighter movie and Nathan Fielder's You Can See Everything arrive in theaters.
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China Box Office: ‘Resident Evil’ Dethrones ‘Traces of Justice’ to Claim Top Spot as Post-Holiday Market Cools
Constantin Film and Sony Pictures’ horror reboot “Resident Evil” took the crown at the mainland China box office during the Oct. 9–11 weekend, pulling in RMB81.2 million ($12.1 million) across the three-day frame, according to data from Artisan Gateway. Following its rollout on Monday, Oct. 5 in the latter stretch of the Golden Week holiday, the video game adaptation has generated a cumulative haul of $40.7 million. New Classics Pictures’ cr…
Box Office Global: 'Resident Evil' No. 1, Zach Cregger Record
The China release of Sony/Constantin’s Resident Evil propelled the move not only to the top of the global weekend box office in its fourth frame with an overall $62.7M WW, but the pic also became Zach Cregger’s highest grossing movie ever (as we first told) with $320.2M. That beats the previous high of his Oscar winning Weapons ($270M WW) last year. China delivered $40.6M, which repped the best opening for a horror film in the last two years. …
The figures that the film has achieved greatly improve the result of the last incursions of the franchise into the cinema
Zach Cregger's 'Resident Evil' Becomes the Highest-Grossing Film in the Franchise: Can It Keep Climbing?
Video game adaptations have a long, rocky history at the box office, and few franchises have lived that curse as visibly as ‘Resident Evil.’ The series spent years limping between modest hits and outright stumbles, which made a full-scale comeback feel unlikely. This fall, Zach Cregger’s reboot has rewritten the story in a way few...
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