It is the best opening weekend for the "Resident Evil" film series and also director Zach Cregger's biggest opening, ahead of last year's "Weapons" opening of around 700 million kronor globally.
Outside the US, “Resident Evil” grossed $48.3 million - just over SEK 474 million, the most profitable global premiere for a horror film in 2026. The film has still not premiered in Thailand, Japan and China.
The premiere revenue surpasses the final result of the original film from 2002, which grossed around one billion kronor in total. The highest-grossing film in the series to date is “Resident Evil: The Final Chapter” from 2016, with a total of 312 million dollars - just over 3 billion kronor.
