“Local Mischief: How a $60 Million Ticket Bonanza Made Box Offices Do the Cha-Cha!”

Breathe in deep, horror hounds! Box Office Mojo just dropped some bombshells hotter than a zombie’s morning breath. Sony Pictures, with a caffeine-fueled enthusiasm typically reserved for an all-you-can-eat buffet, got a lil’ frisky with the live-action reboot of CAPCOM ‘s wildly popular (and completely insane) Resident Evil franchise, raking in a jaw-dropping $60 million over its opening weekend! Seriously, that’s more cash than I have on various suspicious subscriptions. Check your bank account—I’ll be here, patiently judging!

This horror flick didn’t tiptoe into the box office; it stomped in like it owned the place! Friday kicked off with a delightful $26,550,000—like a zombie buffet on Black Friday. Saturday? It ratcheted up the crazy with another $20,250,000, and by Sunday, it was the hangover we never knew we needed, closing the weekend with an extra $13,200,000. And don’t you dare forget about the international scene, where it apparently gave the world a huge “how are ya?” with a spine-tingling $48,300,000 for a US$ 108,300,000 global total! Zombified chaos never looked this good.

But wait—like a stubborn zombie that just won’t quit—there’s more! The 40th-anniversary re-release of The Transformers: The Movie flexed its muscles too, squeezing out $3,103,922 to claim the #8 spot in the weekend box office. Sure, it didn’t break the bank like our favorite undead, but at least it tried to show up at the party!

The Resident Evil brigade is poised to descend upon Japan on October 9. Because clearly, nothing says “dinner party” quite like a horde of flesh-eating zombies.

If you’ve been living under a rock (congrats on avoiding spoilers!), here’s the 411: the movie stars the dashing Austin Abrams —who may or may not have dabbled in zombie wrangling before. And the cast? A real smorgasbord featuring Zach Cherry , Kali Reis , and the delightfully unhitched Paul Walter Hauser —it’s like a chaotic zombie cocktail party where no one remembers the punchline.

behind the camera is Zach Cregger , fresh off the success of Barbarian —and, let’s be honest, probably comes equipped with copious amounts of chaos. “This project is brought to you by two powerhouses: Constantin Film and PlayStation Productions ,” because who wouldn’t want to throw horror at a dual joystick?

This cinematic gem marks the eighth live-action foray into the Resident Evil rabbit hole—and if that’s not a wild ride, I don’t know what is! Sony’s been squeezing this franchise like a zombie chef at a notorious soup kitchen, so let’s just say they know how to milk a cow… or in this case, a zombie.

Let’s take a wild detour through the trash bin: the first six films featuring queen bee Milla Jovovich giving us nightmares from 2002 to 2017. Who could forget the cringe-worthy 2021 reboot, Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City ? Followed closely by an animated flick, Resident Evil: Death Island , that had us slicing and dicing back to the big screen just this past July—but no one even got a decent slice of pizza!

And listen up, it’s time to get amped! The Resident Evil video game just dropped on consoles this year, selling like hotcakes, boasting over six million units sold worldwide! It feels like a high-stakes game of “who’s the King of the Zombies?” so watch out, contenders!

In case you’re still trying to figure out how to breathe with all this excitement, Box Office Mojo has all your weekend gossip right here!