Resident Evil Reboot Tops U.S. Box Office With $60 Million Opening
The opening puts a second live-action reboot of the game franchise ahead of the 2021 reboot's domestic start for Sony, which also released the previous films.
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The new live-action Resident Evil film opened at number one in the United States with an estimated $60 million, according to Box Office Mojo figures. It earned an estimated $48.3 million overseas for a global total of $108.3 million. Austin Abrams stars, Zach Cregger directed, and Constantin Film and PlayStation Productions produced. It opens in Japan on October 9.
Sony released the previous live-action Resident Evil films, and this one drew interest from four studios before the rights settled. Constantin Film and PlayStation Productions produced the new film, with Zach Cregger directing from a screenplay he co-wrote with Shay Hatten. Austin Abrams leads the cast as Bryan, alongside Zach Cherry, Kali Reis, and Paul Walter Hauser.
The same weekend, a 4K re-release of The Transformers: The Movie for its 40th anniversary ranked eighth in the United States with an estimated $3.1 million.
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