Zach Cregger's "Resident Evil" Reboot Premieres, Tops Franchise Box Office with $60M Opening
Last week marked the debut of Zach Cregger's "Resident Evil," which earned sixty million dollars in its opening weekend in the U.S., making it the franchise's highest-grossing installment. This film pays tribute to survival-horror games and centers on Bryan (Austin Abrams), an N.P.C. on a mission to deliver an antidote for a virus. He traverses a monster-infested wasteland, armed with a shotgun and searching for ammunition. Both GQ and Esquire praised it as the finest adaptation of a video game. The "Resident Evil" franchise boasts over thirty titles and holds the record for the most live-action films derived from a video game series. Cregger previously directed "Barbarian" (2022) and "Weapons" (2025). The film has a runtime of ninety-five minutes, leading to a gripping finale.
Key facts
- Zach Cregger's "Resident Evil" premiered last week and grossed sixty million dollars domestically in its opening weekend.
- The film is on track to become the most profitable movie in the entire "Resident Evil" series.
- Austin Abrams plays Bryan, an organ-delivery courier described as an N.P.C., or non-player character.
- GQ and Esquire declared the film the best video-game adaptation ever.
- The franchise spans thirty-odd games and holds the record for the most live-action films based on a video-game series.
- Paul W. S. Anderson created the films' protagonist Alice, played by Milla Jovovich, his wife.
- Cregger's previous films are "Barbarian" (2022) and "Weapons" (2025), the latter featuring seventeen children who vanish on the same night.
- The film runs ninety-five minutes and includes a scene in which Bryan shoots a mutating young girl in the face.
Entities
Artists
- Zach Cregger
- Austin Abrams
- Paul W. S. Anderson
- Milla Jovovich
- George Romero
- Roger Ebert
- Jordan Peele
- Ari Aster
- Gavin de Becker
- Amy Madigan
- Josh Brolin
- Jordan Bassett
- Doug Jamieson
- Alastair Ryder
- Paul WS Anderson
Institutions
- Resident Evil
- HBO
- Prime Video
- The Last of Us
- Fallout
- Salon
- GQ
- Esquire
- The New Yorker
- Capcom
- Sony PlayStation
- Constantin Film
- Netflix
- NME
- The Jam Report
- Looper
- BBC Newsbeat
Locations
- Parkland
- United States
- Raccoon City
- Japan
- Germany