Zach Cregger’s Resident Evil film acquired stable critiques and is making some huge cash on the field workplace, however the place does it rank on the record of highest-grossing Resident Evil motion pictures? It isn’t on the prime, but it surely’s fairly shut.
Director Paul W.S. Anderson made six earlier Resident Evil motion pictures, starring his spouse, Milla Jovovich, and 2016’s The Remaining Chapter at present ranks No. 1 when it comes to cash on the field workplace. Anderson’s motion pictures didn’t fare very effectively with critics, however had devoted followers who stored going to see them. Collectively, Anderson’s six motion pictures made greater than $1 billion.
Cregger’s Resident Evil film at present ranks No. 3 with about $250 million worldwide. It might want to add greater than $60 million extra to surpass The Remaining Chapter ($312 million worldwide). It is also nonetheless behind 2010’s Resident Evil: Afterlife, which made about $300 million globally.
The brand new Resident Evil film simply got here to China, and the franchise could be very well-liked there. If it performs to expectation in China, the film might attain $280 million quickly to turn out to be Cregger’s highest-grossing film ever, surpassing Weapons.
Beneath you’ll be able to see a rundown of the highest-grossing live-action Resident Evil motion pictures ever, together with home, worldwide, and world figures. Along with Cregger and Anderson, director Johannes Roberts labored on the sequence for 2021’s Welcome to Raccoon Metropolis, the lowest-performing Resident Evil live-action film ever.
Whereas Cregger’s Resident Evil film nonetheless has work to do to turn out to be No. 1 globally, it is already No. 1 domestically. The truth is, it is the one live-action Resident Evil film ever to carry out higher domestically than internationally, although which will change when the ultimate numbers from China are added in.
The Resident Evil motion pictures are produced by Constantin Movies, which purchased the rights again within the ’90s and has retained them ever since. After Welcome to Raccoon Metropolis flopped, Constantin deliberate to place the movie franchise on ice … till Cregger confirmed up with a pitch.
Whereas Cregger has mentioned he has concepts for an additional Resident Evil film, he is accomplished with franchise motion pictures and is as an alternative making an authentic film, The Flood, subsequent.
Highest-grossing Resident Evil motion pictures
8: Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon Metropolis (2021)
- Home: $17,000,612
- Worldwide: $24,914,303
- Worldwide: $41,914,915
7: Resident Evil (2002)
- Home: $40,119,709
- Worldwide: $62,865,153
- Worldwide: $102,984,862
6: Resident Evil: Apocalypse (2004)
- Home: $51,201,453
- Worldwide: $78,141,316
- Worldwide: $129,342,769
5: Resident Evil: Extinction (2007)
- Home: $50,648,679
- Worldwide: $97,069,154
- Worldwide: $147,717,833
4: Resident Evil: Retribution (2012)
- Home: $42,345,531
- Worldwide: $197,813,724
- Worldwide: $240,159,255
3: Resident Evil (2026)
- Home: $127,881,769
- Worldwide: $121,404,309
- Worldwide: $249,286,078
2: Resident Evil: Afterlife (2010)
- Home: $60,128,566
- Worldwide: $240,099,518
- Worldwide: $300,228,084
1: Resident Evil: The Remaining Chapter (2016)
- Home: $26,830,068
- Worldwide: $285,412,558
- Worldwide: $312,242,626