Zach Cregger’s Resident Evil nears box-office milestone as China debut boosts earnings

Zach Cregger's Resident Evil movie got solid reviews and is making a lot of money at the box office, but where does it rank on the list of highest-grossing Resident Evil movies? It's not at the top, but it's pretty close. Director Paul W.S. Anderson made six previous Resident Evil movies, starring his wife, Milla Jovovich, and 2016's The Final Chapter currently ranks No. 1 in terms of money at the box office. Anderson's movies did not fare very well with critics, but had dedicated fans who kept going to see them. Together, Anderson's six movies made more than $1 billion. Cregger's Resident Evil movie currently ranks No. 3 with about $250 million worldwide. It will need to add more than $60 million more to surpass The Final Chapter ($312 million worldwide). It's also still behind 2010's Resident Evil: Afterlife, which made about $300 million globally. The new Resident Evil movie just came to China, and the franchise is very popular there. If it performs to expectation in China, the movie could reach $280 million soon to become Cregger's highest-grossing movie ever, surpassing Weapons. Below you can see a rundown of the highest-grossing live-action Resident Evil movies ever, including domestic, international, and global figures. In addition to Cregger and Anderson, director Johannes Roberts worked on the series for 2021's Welcome to Raccoon City, the lowest-performing Resident Evil live-action movie ever. While Cregger's Resident Evil movie still has work to do to become No. 1 globally, it's already No. 1 domestically. In fact, it's the only live-action Resident Evil movie ever to perform better domestically than internationally, though that may change when the final numbers from China are added in. The Resident Evil movies are produced by Constantin Films, which bought the rights back in the '90s and has retained them ever since. After Welcome to Raccoon City flopped, Constantin planned to put the film franchise on ice ... until Cregger showed up with a pitch. While Cregger has said he has ideas for another Resident Evil movie, he's done with franchise movies and is instead making an original movie, The Flood, next. Highest-grossing Resident Evil movies 8: Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City (2021) Domestic: $17,000,612 International: $24,914,303 Worldwide: $41,914,915 7: Resident Evil (2002) Domestic: $40,119,709 International: $62,865,153 Worldwide: $102,984,862 6: Resident Evil: Apocalypse (2004) Domestic: $51,201,453 International: $78,141,316 Worldwide: $129,342,769 5: Resident Evil: Extinction (2007) Domestic: $50,648,679 International: $97,069,154 Worldwide: $147,717,833 4: Resident Evil: Retribution (2012) Domestic: $42,345,531 International: $197,813,724 Worldwide: $240,159,255 3: Resident Evil (2026) Domestic: $127,881,769 International: $121,404,309 Worldwide: $249,286,078 2: Resident Evil: Afterlife (2010) Domestic: $60,128,566 International: $240,099,518 Worldwide: $300,228,084 1: Resident Evil: The Final Chapter (2016) Domestic: $26,830,068 International: $285,412,558 Worldwide: $312,242,626

Zach Cregger has another hit on his hands with Resident Evil, and it's set to become his biggest movie ever by revenue at the box office. According to Deadline, Resident Evil is expected to surpass his current biggest movie, Weapons ($270 million worldwide), by the end of this week or sooner. It currently stands at $247.6 million worldwide. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mNd1gb19A-c What's propelling Resident Evil higher was its release in China this week--it debuted there on October 5, and it's expected to make $35 million in China for its first week. If this comes to fruition, Resident Evil should pass $280 million globally this week. The previous Resident Evil movies from director Paul W.S. Anderson also performed phenomenally in China. The last one, 2016's The Final Chapter, made $159.5 million in China alone, making up more than 51% of the movie's worldwide gross of $312.2 million. It's the highest-grossing Resident Evil movie ever. Cregger's Resident Evil still has work to do to catch up. Cregger's earlier movie, 2022's Barbarian, made $46 million worldwide. Long before that, Cregger made Miss March, and it earned $4.6 million worldwide. In terms of all video game movies, Resident Evil ranks No. 17, but if it does indeed reach $280 million, it will pass 2018's Tomb Raider ($274.6 million worldwide). Resident Evil is doing great commercially and scored solid reviews from critics, so people might expect a sequel. That could happen, but Cregger has said he's finished with franchise movies, even though he does have ideas for more stories. Cregger's next movie is The Flood, a deep-space sci-fi movie starring Jennifer Lawrence. It has nothing to do with Halo, despite bearing a name with ties to Halo.

EXCLUSIVE: By the end of this week or sooner, Sony/Constantin’s Resident Evil, will become Zach Cregger’s highest grossing movie ever at the box office, surpassing his previous high, New Line’s Weapons which ended its run at $270M WW. This all comes with the theatrical release of Resident Evil in China on Monday. Through Monday and […]