Resident Evil film by Zach Cregger passes $100 million in the US after second weekend
Zach Cregger’s Resident Evil film has topped $100 million in the US after two weekends and reached $196.5 million worldwide, per GameSpot.
For comparison, the previous domestic record in the series was $60 million for Resident Evil: Afterlife in 2010. GameSpot says Resident Evil: The Final Chapter remains the franchise’s biggest global hit at $312 million.
GameSpot also compares those figures with Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City from 2021, which reportedly made $17 million in the US. That means the new film has quickly put several franchise benchmarks under pressure at once.
What happened
GameSpot reports that Zach Cregger’s Resident Evil film had already set the franchise record for the biggest opening weekend, and then added a strong box office performance in its second weekend. As a result, the film has reportedly pushed the series to another new milestone. The report does not give an exact opening weekend total, but says the movie has reached a new high after two weekends.
According to the same report, the film has now made more than $100 million domestically. Its worldwide total is listed at $196.5 million, against a reported production budget of $75 million before marketing costs. That means the movie is already well above its production budget based on the figures provided, even before additional spending on promotion and distribution.
The source compares those numbers with earlier entries in the series. Resident Evil: Afterlife from 2010 is named as the previous domestic record holder with $60 million, while Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City from 2021 is said to have earned just $17 million in the US. In the same comparison, GameSpot identifies Resident Evil: The Final Chapter as the franchise’s biggest worldwide hit at $312 million.
The report also places the performance in the wider history of the franchise. GameSpot writes that Paul W.S. Anderson’s earlier run included six Resident Evil films starring Milla Jovovich. According to the source, those six films together made more than $1 billion worldwide. Cregger’s new film is therefore being positioned as the first recent theatrical release to give the franchise clear commercial momentum again.
Timeline
2010 — Resident Evil: Afterlife sets the previous domestic franchise record at $60 million, according to GameSpot, and remains the US benchmark for the series for years.
2021 — Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City hits theaters and is described by GameSpot as the least successful theatrical Resident Evil film, with $17 million domestically.
2026-09-28 — GameSpot reports that Zach Cregger’s Resident Evil film has earned more than $100 million in the US after two weekends and reached $196.5 million worldwide.
2026-09-28 — The same report cites a production budget of $75 million before marketing costs and places the film alongside earlier franchise hits.
2026-09-28 — GameSpot compares the new figures with Resident Evil: The Final Chapter, which the source says grossed $312 million worldwide and still stands as the franchise’s biggest hit.
Background
GameSpot says Paul W.S. Anderson directed six Resident Evil films starring Milla Jovovich. That run reportedly made more than $1 billion worldwide, with Resident Evil: The Final Chapter leading the pack at $312 million. The franchise therefore has a long commercial track record that new films are measured against.
The source also says rights holder Constantin put the franchise on hold after Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City underperformed commercially. That 2021 film is described in the report as the weakest theatrical entry in the series, with $17 million in the US. Against that backdrop, Cregger’s film carries extra weight, since GameSpot says the new release has already surpassed both the opening weekend record and the domestic total of earlier entries in a short time.
The report also cites a worldwide total of $196.5 million and a production budget of $75 million, excluding marketing costs. Those are concrete figures, but the source does not specify whether the worldwide total is final or still rising after publication. The exact domestic total is also not broken out beyond being above $100 million.
In the context of the franchise, it matters that the earlier Paul W.S. Anderson series ran for six films and, according to GameSpot, earned more than $1 billion worldwide combined. Cregger’s film is therefore being presented not just as a standalone success, but as a title that has reactivated Resident Evil’s commercial history after a period in which the series was on pause.