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
The live-action "Resident Evil" movie has achieved the highest box office revenue of any "Resident Evil" film to date.
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