AMERICANALMANAC (Sadie Smith) - Zach Cregger’s “Resident Evil” claims No. 1 with record $60 million debut
Zach Cregger’s “Resident Evil” opened with an estimated $60 million, delivering the franchise’s strongest debut and a clear win for Sony Pictures. The horror film collected that total from 3,684 theaters across the United States and Canada from Friday through Sunday. The figure remained an estimate, with final domestic numbers expected Monday. The opening matters […] The post Zach Cregger’s “Resident Evil” claims No. 1 with record $60 million debut appeared first on American Almanac .
Zach Cregger’s “Resident Evil” opened with an estimated $60 million, delivering the franchise’s strongest debut and a clear win for Sony Pictures. The horror film collected that total from 3,684 theaters across the United States and Canada from Friday through Sunday. The figure remained an estimate, with final domestic numbers expected Monday. The opening matters because “Resident Evil” did more than lead the weekend box office. It surpassed the opening weekends of seven earlier movies in a franchise dating to 2002. One comparison shows the size of the result. “Resident Evil: Afterlife” earned $60.1 million during its entire domestic run, before any adjustment for inflation. The new movie nearly matched that sum in one…Open