Resident Evil North America Box Office: Aims For The Biggest Opening Weekend Of The Franchise, Could Even Hit The $50M Mark!
Resident Evil is an upcoming survival horror movie based on the popular game series of the same name. It is a reboot with Zach Cregger as director. The film is generating impressive buzz and is expected to open with record-breaking numbers for the franchise at the box office in North America. It could even hit a key milestone at the domestic box office in its opening weekend. Keep scrolling for the deets.
It is the eighth film in the overall franchise, including the original and the first reboot franchises. People have high hopes because of Cregger. The movie debuted with 97% on the popular aggregate site, Rotten Tomatoes. The film will undoubtedly open at #1 in the box office rankings in North America. For the unversed, it is set during events that parallel those of Resident Evil 2 but in a modern era.
How much is it expected to earn on its opening weekend at the North American box office?
According to Variety‘s report, Resident Evil is expected to earn between $40 million and $50 million at the domestic box office. However, if it lands well, it also has the potential to cross the $50 million mark and approach the $60 million mark in its opening weekend at the domestic box office.
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It will be the biggest opening weekend in the franchise’s history. Currently, Resident Evil: Afterlife holds this record, which it has held since 2010. The upcoming will break Afterlife’s 16-year-old record. This will give the Zach Cregger movie a solid edge and thus earn record numbers in its lifetime.
Check out the domestic opening weekends of the video game movies
- Resident Evil: Afterlife — $26.65 million
- Resident Evil: Apocalypse — $23.04 million
- Resident Evil: Extinction — $23.68 million
- Resident Evil: Retribution — $21.05 million
- Resident Evil — $17.71 million
- Resident Evil: The Final Chapter — $13.60 million
- Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City — $5.32 million
More about the movie
According to media reports, the upcoming survival horror is tracking to earn between $80 million and $100 million in its opening weekend at the worldwide box office. Zach Cregger’s movie follows Bryan (Austin Abrams), a medical courier who must fight through a viral outbreak of infected monsters in Raccoon City during a delivery. Resident Evil will be released on September 18.
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