Resident Evil Loses 380 Theaters as Zach Cregger’s Reboot Closes In on $150 Million Domestic
Zach Cregger’s Resident Evil reboot is finally making room for newer titles after a record-breaking run. The R-rated horror film, which opened to near-unanimous praise and some of the best reviews Gamersuniverse has covered all year, has been pulled from roughly 380 theaters heading into its fifth weekend, dropping its total theater count from an opening-weekend high of 3,684 down to about 2,705 nationwide.
Still Earning Its Keep in a Shrinking Release
Even with hundreds of screens gone, Resident Evil isn’t finished yet. The film added an estimated $5 million domestically over its fifth weekend in theaters, a modest number on its own but a sign that the movie still has an audience left to reach before it moves to home video. Gamersuniverse has tracked this film’s box office run closely since its franchise-record opening weekend in September, and the pattern has held: steady legs, strong word of mouth, and a slow fade rather than a sudden collapse.
Resident Evil has lost roughly 380 theaters heading into its fifth weekend, but it’s still playing in over 2,700 locations nationwide.
A New High-Water Mark for the Franchise
The numbers behind that slow fade are still remarkable for a seven-film franchise that began 24 years ago. Resident Evil has now pulled in close to $150 million domestically and more than $360 million worldwide, which is enough to overtake Resident Evil: The Final Chapter’s $314 million global haul and make Cregger’s reboot the highest-grossing entry the series has ever produced. It also cleared the lifetime worldwide total of Cregger’s own previous film, Weapons, which closed its run at $270 million on a $38 million budget and later won Amy Madigan the Best Supporting Actress Oscar.
Critically, the film has held onto its 96 percent Certified Fresh score on Rotten Tomatoes, keeping it as both the best-reviewed Resident Evil movie ever made and the highest-rated video game adaptation in the aggregator’s history. That combination of critical and commercial success has pushed the film to roughly 13th place on the list of 2026’s highest-grossing movies worldwide, ahead of two high-profile Disney releases, the live-action Moana remake and The Mandalorian and Grogu.
Resident Evil is still playing in theaters for now, and Gamersuniverse will keep tracking its run as it approaches a home video release. For more on how it got here, catch up on our coverage of its first reviews and its full cast and story breakdown.
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