{"id":80480,"date":"2026-08-29T13:55:03","date_gmt":"2026-08-29T05:55:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=80480"},"modified":"2026-08-29T13:55:03","modified_gmt":"2026-08-29T05:55:03","slug":"zach-creggers-resident-evil-movie-on-track-to-have-biggest-opening-weekend-for-any-re-film","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=80480","title":{"rendered":"Zach Cregger&#8217;s Resident Evil Movie On Track to Have Biggest Opening Weekend for Any RE Film"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">Zach Cregger\u2019s Resident Evil movie is on track to have the most profitable opening weekend out of any film adaptation of Capcom\u2019s flagship horror franchise.<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">Stats aggregated by Box Office Pro, a business-to-business trade magazine and the <u>official publication<\/u> of the National Association of Theater Owners, are giving optimistic predictions for Cregger\u2019s Resident Evil.<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">The zombie flick is <u>projected to earn<\/u> $40M \u2013 $50M during its opening weekend this September \u2014 an amount that would make it the most financially successful opening weekend for any Resident Evil movie ever released in theaters.<\/p>\n<p><output class=\"box-wrapper jsx-2673806401\" data-cy=\"article-slideshow\"><button type=\"button\" style=\"display:none\" class=\"jsx-2228525885\"\/><span data-cy=\"slideshow-view-trigger\"><\/p>\n<div data-cy=\"slideshow-preview\" class=\"jsx-1711207865 slideshow-preview\">\n<h3 class=\"title5 jsx-62124236 jsx-1085005187\" data-cy=\"slideshow-preview-title\">Resident Evil Movie Trailer Slideshow<\/h3>\n<div data-cy=\"slideshow-images-container\" class=\"jsx-1711207865 images-container\"><button type=\"button\" data-cy=\"hero-image\" aria-label=\"Open Slideshow\" class=\"jsx-1711207865 hero-image\"><img alt=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\" decoding=\"async\" role=\"presentation\" class=\"progressive-image jsx-2896921488 image aspect-ratio aspect-ratio-16-9 jsx-2605834259 jsx-2338608387 hover-opacity\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-cy=\"progressive-image\"\/><span class=\"button-text jsx-729543028 button button--primary jsx-3027214138 jsx-4266531355 row-pagination-button next contained centered round large\" data-cy=\"paginate next\" title=\"Open Slideshow\"><span class=\"ign-icon right-chevron jsx-2750866048 jsx-2919720488\" role=\"presentation\" aria-hidden=\"true\" data-cy=\"right-chevron\" style=\"mask:url(https:\/\/kraken.ignimgs.com\/_next\/static\/media\/RightChevron.272be43c.svg?cors=1) no-repeat center center \/ contain;background:currentColor\"\/><\/span><\/button><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/output><\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">For comparison, the <u>highest amount earned<\/u> during an opening weekend for a Resident Evil movie was for Resident Evil: Afterlife, which netted $26,650,26 when it opened in 2010.<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">Resident Evil: Apocalypse and Resident Evil: Extinction both earned around $23 million during their opening weekends. The original RE movie, released in 2002, scored $17.7 million for its opening weekend, with the lowest amount going to 2021\u2019s Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City. (That\u2019s not too surprising; the film was widely panned by fans and critics alike, with IGN giving it a <u>6 out of 10<\/u> at the time.)<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">Enthusiasm for Cregger\u2019s take on the series is at an all-time high, even though the famous filmmaker has publicly eschewed the idea of creating a 1:1 adaptation of the games. Rather than trying to live up to what fans have already played, Cregger follows an average Joe who gets caught up in the Racoon City Incident \u2014 and so far, it\u2019s looking pretty solid.<\/p>\n<p><output class=\"box-wrapper jsx-2673806401\" data-cy=\"article-video\"\/><\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">Cregger has included more than a few cheeky references to the games (the main character scrambling for ammo, Heavy Field shotgun shells from Resident Evil 4, first-person action sequences, a typewriter and the mention of Umbrella), and considering his impressive resume of highly-lauded horror films (Barbarian, Weapons), this fresh take on the beloved video game franchise experiencing a good about of hype.<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">Speaking with IGN at San Diego Comic Con, Cregger explained why he chose to pursue a different approach than most fans likely expected, admitting that he \u201ctook liberties\u201d with the source material.<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">\u201cI am not trying to adapt a video game,\u201d he told us. I&#8217;m not using the characters from the games. I&#8217;m not telling a story that the games tell because I&#8217;m not going to be able to do it better than the games. The games are so well executed, and to me, Leon and Claire and these characters, they exist so perfectly in the games that anyone I cast and any difference that I do with them would be, probably, to the detriment of what I was trying to do.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><output class=\"box-wrapper jsx-2673806401\" data-cy=\"article-video\"\/><\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">Cregger\u2019s Resident Evil has been described as an &#8220;all gas, no brakes&#8221; thrill ride and the &#8220;Fury Road of horror.&#8221; At one hour and 35 minutes long, we\u2019d expect nothing less, and we\u2019re keen to see if box office predictions line up when September 18 finally rolls around.<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\"><em>Image credit: CFOTO\/Future Publishing via Getty Images<\/em><\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\"><em>Virginia (she\/her) is IGN\u2019s News Editor. With ten years of experience reporting on games and entertainment, she\u2019s got a storied background in the fighting game community, influencer news, and viral online trends. Find her on Twitter at <\/em><em>@TheeMissGlaze<\/em><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<center><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ign.com\/articles\/zach-creggers-resident-evil-on-track-to-have-biggest-opening-weekend-of-any-re-movie-in-history\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article At Source <\/a><br \/>\n<center\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Zach Cregger\u2019s Resident Evil movie is on track to have the most profitable opening weekend out of any film adaptation of Capcom\u2019s flagship horror franchise&#8230;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":80481,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[978,26589,503,1900,1543,3446,4418,674,1666,16241],"class_list":["post-80480","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tech-gadgets-reviews","tag-biggest","tag-creggers","tag-evil","tag-film","tag-movie","tag-opening","tag-resident","tag-track","tag-weekend","tag-zach","wpcat-32-id"],"brizy_media":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80480","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=80480"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80480\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/80481"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=80480"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=80480"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=80480"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}