“Weapons” director Zach Cregger has electrified the box office again, this time with his take on “Resident Evil.” His reboot of the ’90s zombie video game has collected $60 million in its opening weekend. Those ticket sales are way above expectations, and they register as the largest debut in the 24-year-old franchise. Previously, 2010’s “Resident
First launched in 1996 on the original Sony PlayStation by Japanese developer Capcom, Resident Evil was a sensation. Rather than casting players as super-powered characters, as was the case with most video games in the 90s, it forced them to survive with limited resources. Thanks to smart reinventions and remakes, the series has managed to
SPOILER ALERT: This article contains major spoilers for “Resident Evil,” now playing in theaters. “Resident Evil” is one of the longest-running horror video game series, and for a time it was the highest-grossing film series based on a game (until Universal’s “Super Mario” movies dethroned them). The games started out as scary, third-person shooters that
Paul Walter Hauser spoke out about the Epstein files with a pin he wore to the “Resident Evil” premiere on Tuesday night in Los Angeles. The numbers on the pin affixed to his black T-shirt were the coordinates of the Zorro Ranch in New Mexico. “It was at one point owned by Jeffrey Epstein,” Hauser
Movie theater operators are counting on “Resident Evil” to scare some life into the early fall box office. Sony’s horror-comedy reboot of the zombie-infested property is targeting a strong $40 million to $50 million in its domestic debut. With strong reviews and glowing word-of-mouth, rivals and independent tracking services believe that initial ticket sales will
When Paul W.S. Anderson’s Resident Evil hit theaters in 2002, video game movies were largely seen as a niche. Films like Mortal Kombat and Tomb Raider had proven that big-screen game adaptations could be successful, but the commercial and critical failure of projects like the 1993 Super Mario Bros. still cast a long shadow. And
