Director Zach Cregger's "Resident Evil" has reached a global box office total of $400 million, a milestone that places it above every other film in the 24-year-old horror franchise.
The reboot earned $157.399 million in North America and $242.6 million overseas, bringing the worldwide haul to exactly $400 million. It has become the highest-grossing entry in the series, overtaking 2016's "Resident Evil: The Final Chapter" which grossed $312 million globally. The figure also makes it Cregger's biggest film to date, surpassing 2022's low-budget success "Barbarian" ($46 million) and 2025's sleeper hit "Weapons" ($270 million worldwide).
"Resident Evil" opened in September with a record $60 million domestically and $108 million worldwide, a first for the franchise. The record previously belonged to 2010's "Resident Evil: Afterlife," which earned $26 million, not adjusted for inflation. Positive reviews and audience scores kept the film drawing crowds throughout October, a prime month for horror releases. Top overseas markets included China ($71.4 million), the United Kingdom ($19.4 million) and Mexico ($12.7 million).
The film stars Austin Abrams as a medical courier who battles a viral outbreak of infected monsters in Raccoon City, five years after the studio's last attempt to revive the property. That earlier effort, 2021's "Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City," was a critical and commercial failure, earning only $42 million worldwide against a $25 million budget. The Capcom video game was first adapted for the big screen in 2002's "Resident Evil," starring Milla Jovovich. She reprised her role as Alice, a former security specialist and covert operative, in five follow-up films in the 2000s and 2010s.
Sony produced this version of "Resident Evil" for $75 million, meaning the sci-fi horror film will turn a tidy profit for the studio. Sony followed up this success with the summer sensation "Spider-Man: Brand New Day," the third-biggest movie ever with $2.5 billion, and then released two underperforming titles. Aaron Sorkin's "The Social Reckoning" left theaters with a modest $9 million in North America and $17 million globally against a $30 million budget, while Taika Waititi's literary adaptation "Klara and Sun" has barely cracked $1 million domestically against a $20 million budget.
