So far, the year’s box-office returns have been horrific.
Oh, the returns themselves have been strong: As noted a couple of weeks ago, the box office had its most lucrative summer on record, and Hollywood has been on a tear. But a big reason for that turnaround has been the surprising success of horror movies.
Resident Evil joins the cast of chilling overachievers. The much-lauded reboot directed by Zach Cregger (the same guy behind the Oscar-nominated horror flick Weapons) earned an estimated $60 million in North America, surpassing expectations and setting a new bar for the franchise itself. (The highest debut for a Resident Evil movie previously was $26.6 million, set by 2010’s Resident Evil: Afterlife.)
Resident Evil scared up $48.3 million overseas as well, pushing its global gross to a terrifying $108.3 million.
A bevy of holdovers fill out the remainder of the top five.
Last week’s champ, Practical Magic 2, conjured up another $12.2 million to take second place. The film has now earned about $50 million stateside and $76.8 million worldwide.
Spider-Man: Brand New Day—the brand-new owner of the top spot on the box office’s all-time list—padded its webby bank accounts with an additional $6.5 million. Spidey and company have now earned $944.5 million, which pushes it past Star Wars: Episode VII—The Force Awakens ($936.7 million) on the all-time list. Its worldwide tally now stands at just under $2.5 billion.
Brand New Day and The Odyssey have been practically joined at Tom Holland’s armored hip in the box-office standings since both were released, and that remains the case. The Odyssey finished fourth with $4.9 million. Over its 10-week-and-counting run, The Odyssey has banked $609.8 million in North America and $1.7 billion worldwide. That should be enough to patch up that poor cyclops’ eye, methinks. Or at least buy the guy a nice, sophisticated monocle.
Coyote vs. Acme continues to display some serious staying power, banking $4.5 million to push its domestic gross to $54.8 million and $79.8 million globally. It locked down fifth place.
A new Christian film, Daniel and the Fiery Furnace, comported itself pretty well this weekend, finishing seventh with $3.1 million. The same cannot be said for Shaun the Sheep: The Beast of Mossy Bottom. Despite an impressive 98% freshness rating on Rotten Tomatoes, Mossy Bottom hit rock bottom, fleecing just $1.9 million from domestic moviegoers to finish 11th.
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