Zach Cregger's 'Resident Evil' Opens to $53M-$60M, Revitalizing Struggling Franchise

A franchise once written off as creatively spent has returned with unexpected force. Director Zach Cregger's reimagining of 'Resident Evil' opened to $26 million on its first day, with weekend projections reaching as high as $60 million — numbers that speak not just to curiosity, but to genuine audience investment. Critics have gone further still, placing the film among the finest video game adaptations ever made, suggesting that what Cregger found in the material was something previous filmmakers had overlooked or abandoned. In a cultural moment when Hollywood's relationship with game propert