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- Resident Evil reboot is projected for a $40M-$50M domestic debut and roughly $31M overseas, putting global opening near $80M on the high end
- Zach Cregger's Resident Evil holds a 96% certified fresh Rotten Tomatoes score, the franchise's best across its 24-year history; previous entries all scored rotten with critics
- Sony booked the $75M production at 3,000 domestic locations with 2 p.m. Thursday previews, and anything above $43.5M would set a new personal opening record for Cregger, surpassing last year's Weapons
- Previous Resident Evil films have collectively grossed more than $1.2B worldwide, with 2010's Afterlife holding the franchise's domestic opening record at $26.6M
- Sony International is releasing across 62 offshore markets — Constantin handles German-speaking territories and Metropolitan takes French-speaking; Japan opens October 9 and China at a later date
- 2016's Resident Evil: The Final Chapter grossed close to $160M in China, a historically strong territory the reboot has not yet locked a date for
- Practical Magic 2 opened last weekend to soft results, with 38% Rotten Tomatoes reviews keeping older female audiences away and Joey King and Maisie Williams failing to draw under-25s
Why it matters: A $40M-$50M domestic debut would nearly double the franchise's previous best ($26.6M for 2010's Afterlife), and Sony is betting Cregger's 96% fresh reboot expands beyond core game fans to cinephiles and horror audiences — the asterisk being that the director has publicly never seen any of the prior six films.
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