Directed by Zach Cregger · Masters of Horror profile
A medical courier has one delivery to make in Raccoon City on the night of the outbreak. Cregger's reboot became the franchise's biggest film at $400 million worldwide and the best-reviewed video game movie ever.
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2026's No. 3 horror film · The franchise's biggest ever
One night, one delivery, and the best-reviewed video game movie ever made.
Bryan Hodukavich, a medical courier, has one package to deliver to Raccoon City General Hospital. He picks the worst possible night, as an outbreak turns the city into a maze of infected monsters.
Constantin Film begins planning a reboot of the series. Wikipedia
Zach Cregger, fresh from Barbarian, signs on to write and direct. PlayStation Productions joins. Wikipedia
Sony Pictures wins a bidding war for distribution rights. Wikipedia
Cameras roll in Prague on October 10. The shoot wraps January 22, 2026. Wikipedia
World premiere at the United Theater on Broadway in Los Angeles, then Fantastic Fest on September 17. Wikipedia
Opens in 3,684 theaters with $60.1 million in the U.S. and Canada and $108.3 million worldwide. The franchise's previous best U.S. opening was Resident Evil: Afterlife's $26.6 million. Yahoo Entertainment, Variety
Passes Weapons to become Cregger's highest-grossing film, at $320.2 million worldwide. IGN
Reaches $400 million, $157.4 million at home and $242.6 million overseas, passing The Final Chapter as the biggest Resident Evil film. China leads international markets at $71.4 million. Variety, iHorror
Arrives on digital to buy or rent. Yahoo Entertainment
Directed by Zach Cregger from a screenplay he wrote with Shay Hatten. Produced by Robert Kulzer, Zach Cregger, Roy Lee, Miri Yoon, Victor Hadida, Carter Swan and Asad Qizilbash for Columbia Pictures, Constantin Film, Davis Films, Subconscious, Vertigo Entertainment and PlayStation Productions. Released by Sony Pictures. 94 minutes.
Resident Evil is 2026's third-biggest horror film, just behind Backrooms and Obsession. It tops Cregger's earlier films Barbarian and Weapons, and brings the zombie lineage of Night of the Living Dead and 28 Days Later back to the top of the box office. See horror in 2026.
Sources: Wikipedia, Variety, Variety, Yahoo Entertainment, IGN, iHorror, Wikipedia: highest-grossing horror films, The Numbers. Figures as reported through November 3, 2026.
Cregger's next horror film.
About $400 million worldwide, including $157.4 million in the U.S. and Canada and $242.6 million overseas, on a $75 million budget. It is the highest-grossing Resident Evil film ever and the third-biggest horror film of 2026.
It opened in theaters on September 18, 2026, and arrived on digital on November 3, 2026, to buy or rent on Prime Video, Apple TV, Fandango at Home and YouTube. A subscription streaming date has not been announced.
Zach Cregger, the director of Barbarian (2022) and Weapons (2025). He wrote the screenplay with Shay Hatten. Austin Abrams, who also appeared in Weapons, stars as the medical courier Bryan.
Critics think so. It holds 96% on Rotten Tomatoes and 79 on Metacritic, making it the highest-rated film based on a video game on both sites, and audiences gave it a B+ CinemaScore, the franchise's best.
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