Resident Evil Reboot Nears $140M Domestic — It Just Keeps Coming Back
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You can’t keep a good franchise down — and apparently, you can’t keep this one down at all. The Resident Evil reboot is holding like a vice grip, eyeing roughly $8 million in its fourth frame for a domestic total near $138 million, per weekend box office roundups. It’s now pacing toward $160 million. In a horror-crammed October. As a reboot. Let that sink in, fiends.
The Sleeper Story of the Season
While bigger titles came and went, this one just… kept… coming. No gimmicks, no controversy — just legs. Genuine, old-fashioned, word-of-mouth legs, the kind horror used to be famous for before everything became a three-weekend sprint.
Why We’re Grinning
Franchise horror with real staying power is good for all of us — it means studios keep betting on the genre. And with a wiki’s worth of lore behind it, there’s plenty to dig into while the numbers climb.
It just keeps coming back. They always do. Stay scared out there.
