Resident Evil Becomes a Billion Dollar Franchise, But Split Continues to Dominate the Box Office
Steve Barton
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It was a big weekend for horror in theaters as M. Night Shyamalan’s Split (review) continued to kick a copious amount of ass by holding on to the number 1 spot for the second week. Split took in $26.26 million, dropping just 34% since last week for a total of around $78 million in its first ten days domestically.
The other big story is Resident Evil: The Final Chapter (review). With this last addition to the long-running franchise, the RE flicks have become a billion dollar franchise. Its opening numbers weren’t stellar, however, as the flick came in third with $13.85 million from 3,104 domestic theaters. This is significant because it was the smallest opening for any film in the franchise since the original, which took in $17.7 million in its opening weekend. As expected, though, the flick did HUGE overseas business, taking in $64.5 million from 42 international markets.
Sony is reporting that with this latest film the Resident Evil franchise has topped $1 billion globally over six films.
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