Zach Cregger's Resident Evil reached $400 million worldwide in its seventh weekend, the biggest haul in the franchise and the director's career.
Zach Cregger's Resident Evil has passed $400 million at the worldwide box office, Variety reported on Sunday, Nov. 1, 2026. That makes Sony's reboot the highest-grossing film in the 24-year-old horror franchise and the biggest hit of Cregger's career.
What we know
According to Variety, the movie has earned $157.4 million in North America and $242.6 million overseas, for a worldwide total of $400 million. The previous franchise record belonged to 2016's Resident Evil: The Final Chapter, which finished with $312 million globally. Cregger's own Weapons reached $270 million last year, and Barbarian took in $46 million.
The film opened Sept. 18 with a series-best $60 million in the U.S. and Canada and $108 million worldwide, Variety said. It kept drawing crowds through October, a prime month for horror. Austin Abrams stars as a medical courier fighting through an outbreak in Raccoon City.
The numbers behind it
Deadline's Sunday update says the seventh weekend added about $10 million worldwide, including $2.5 million from 1,943 U.S. theaters. China remains the biggest overseas market at $71.4 million, followed by the U.K. at $19.4 million and Mexico at $12.7 million, according to both outlets.
Variety reports Sony produced the film for $75 million, so it should turn a healthy profit. Deadline notes the total now sits ahead of Sinners ($371.6 million) and The Nun ($366 million). It trails The Exorcist at $430 million, and it is about $600,000 shy of A24's Backrooms, which Deadline lists at $400.6 million.
What is not confirmed
Neither outlet says whether the film will keep earning after its seventh weekend, and numbers for the weekend are still estimates until final studio figures arrive. Sony has not announced a sequel in the reporting we reviewed, so any talk of one is speculation for now.
Why it matters for U.S. readers
This is a big win in a quiet stretch. Deadline says the domestic weekend was one of the weakest of 2026, with all films together grossing an estimated $62.2 million, so a movie that is still playing on nearly 2,000 theaters in its seventh week stands out. If you have not seen it, it is still in U.S. theaters.
Our take: Video game movies used to be a punchline, and Hollywood still treats them with suspicion. A reboot built on a director's reputation, with a modest $75 million budget, is a cleaner template than another expensive bet. We would expect studios to point at this number the next time a game adaptation gets pitched.
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