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RESIDENT EVIL NEWS

Everything that moved the franchise in 2026, in one dated file: a movie that just became the highest-grossing Resident Evil film ever and dated its digital release, a ninth mainline game that finally ceded one sales crown, a story DLC surfacing from a writer's interview, and a remake cycle that now reaches past the numbered entries. Every figure is attributed to the source that stated it, and estimates are labelled as estimates.

$384.5M FILM RECORD DIGITAL NOV 3 VERONICA 2027

SECTION 01

01Film — the 2026 Movie Is Now the Franchise Record

Zach Cregger's reboot — Resident Evil: Noche Cero in Spanish-speaking markets — opened September 18, 2026 and has now passed every previous live-action entry. The film's business spiked in its fourth frame on the back of a China release that delivered the best horror opening in that market in two years. Full guide, cast and ending on the Movie 2026 page.

Worldwide

$384.5M

Box Office Mojo title page, Oct 26 read ($153.7M DOM / $230.8M intl) — The Numbers' Oct 14 read was $323M; cutoffs differ

Digital release

NOV 3

PVOD/EST storefronts, 46 days after theatrical (MovieWeb, Oct 22)

North America

$153.7M

40.0% of the worldwide total (BOM) — still the franchise's highest DOM share

International

$230.8M

UK $18.2M, Mexico $11.2M, France $8.5M, Germany $8.1M, Spain $7.6M lead

OCT 26

Box Office Mojo read: $384.5M worldwide — the record keeps stretching

Box Office Mojo's title page now reads $384,480,532 worldwide — $153.7M domestic (40.0%) and $230.8M international (60.0%). The weekend bump: the film's sixth frame (Oct 23–25) added $3.0M domestic at a -45.5% hold, 11th place in North America, while the international total climbed from $213.0M to $230.8M on the continued China and Japan runs. Every previous franchise benchmark now trails by $70M+. Full run, market-by-market, on the Movie 2026 page.

Source: Box Office Mojo title page and Weekend 43 chart (retrieved Oct 26, 2026)

OCT 24

Box Office Mojo read: $363.7M worldwide — the record keeps stretching

Box Office Mojo's title page read $363,694,196 worldwide — $150.7M domestic (41.4%) and $213.0M international (58.6%). That was roughly $40M added in the ten days since The Numbers' October 14 read ($323M), carried by the ongoing China run and Japan's roll-out. Full run, market-by-market, on the Movie 2026 page.

Source: Box Office Mojo title page (retrieved Oct 24, 2026)

OCT 22

Digital release dated: Resident Evil hits storefronts November 3

Sony has dated the PVOD/EST window: November 3, 2026, 46 days after the September 18 theatrical opening. MovieWeb's report notes the theatrical run had already turned a profit against the $75M budget, so the digital drop is a victory lap, not an early exit. A physical (Blu-ray/4K) date is still unannounced.

Source: MovieWeb (Oct 22, 2026)

OCT 14

The Numbers' read: $323M worldwide — and North America is finally carrying its share

The Numbers put the run at $322,990,216 through October 14 — call it $323M — from $141.3M domestic and $181.7M international. The structural headline is domestic: at a 44% North American share, this is the highest domestic share any Resident Evil film has logged, where The Final Chapter drew just 8.5% ($26.8M of its $314.1M, per ScreenRant's comparison table). The figures differ by cutoff, not by dispute.

Source: The Numbers via FilmoFilia (Oct 14, 2026); cross-checked against Box Office Mojo and ScreenRant's franchise comparison table

OCT 12

Franchise record: past The Final Chapter and past Weapons

A $62.7M global fourth weekend — nearly two-thirds of it from China's $40.6M opening — lifted the reboot to $320.2M worldwide, past The Final Chapter's $312.2M to become the top-grossing Resident Evil film (unadjusted), and past Cregger's own Weapons ($270.1M) as his biggest film. Japan, the games' home market, opened October 9 to about $3.5–3.6M.

Source: Deadline / Screen Daily via Yahoo; tbreak

OCT 09

Reception holds at the top of the video-game-adaptation table

The film's Rotten Tomatoes score peaked at 98% before settling to 96% (audience popcornmeter 91%), Metacritic 81, IMDb 7.7–7.8, Douban 7.2→7.3 — the strongest reviews any Resident Evil film or video-game adaptation has logged. Budget: $75M. Runtime: 94 minutes.

Source: Rotten Tomatoes / Metacritic via Baidu Baike and 1905.com

Every live-action Resident Evil film, ranked by worldwide gross

Film	Year	Worldwide	Domestic	International	DOM share
Noche Cero (2026)	2026	$384.5M	$153.7M	$230.8M	40.0%
The Final Chapter	2016	$312.2M	$26.8M	$285.4M	8.6%
Afterlife	2010	$300.2M	$60.1M	$240.1M	20.0%
Retribution	2012	$240.2M	$42.4M	$197.8M	17.7%
Extinction	2007	$147.7M	$50.7M	$97.1M	34.3%
Apocalypse	2004	$129.3M	$51.2M	$78.1M	39.6%
Resident Evil	2002	$103.0M	$40.1M	$62.9M	38.9%
Welcome to Raccoon City	2021	$41.9M	$17.0M	$24.9M	40.6%

Worldwide totals unadjusted for inflation. 2026 figures per Box Office Mojo's title page, October 26, 2026 read ($384,480,532; DOM share as printed by BOM). Older entries per The Numbers / Box Office Mojo tabulation; ScreenRant's comparison table uses slightly different decimals on older entries (its $314.1M read for The Final Chapter yields 8.5%). Sources: Box Office Mojo — link; The Numbers via FilmoFilia, October 14, 2026 — link; DOM share column computed.

SECTION 02

02Games — Requiem Still Selling, DLC Surfacing

Resident Evil Requiem (RE9) launched February 27, 2026 and remains the fastest-selling entry in the series. Platform detail and editions live on the Requiem page. Field manuals for the endgame sit on the guides hub — or straight to the endings guide and the boss guide.

Copies shipped

8.06M

by July 28, 2026 (Capcom via Gematsu)

Est. revenue

$558M

Alinea Analytics estimate, Oct 7

Metacritic

89–93

platform-dependent

2026 premium ranking

behind EA Sports FC 27 (est.)

OCT 22

NBA 2K27 ends Requiem's reign as the US's best-selling game of 2026

Requiem had held the US yearly #1 since launch; the Circana dollar-sales chart now puts NBA 2K27 on top, with Requiem second for the year-to-date (007 First Light third). Capcom keeps two consolations: Requiem is still 2026's best-selling physical game on PS5, and it remains one of the franchise's top five US dollar earners ever. Full sales picture on the Requiem page.

Source: Circana data via GameSpot (Oct 22, 2026)

OCT 21

Alinea: Requiem's 1.3M PS5 discs out-earned the entire Xbox platform

Analyst Alinea Analytics' physical breakdown estimates 1.3 million boxed PS5 copies — ~15% of Requiem's total revenue and 30.2% of its PlayStation-platform revenue — and finds those discs alone generated 1.8× the revenue of everything Xbox (physical + digital + PC combined). The point lands awkwardly for Sony, which plans to stop manufacturing PS5 discs from 2028. Estimate, not Capcom-disclosed.

Source: Alinea Analytics (Rhys Elliott) via GamesRadar (Oct 21, 2026) — modelled estimate

OCT 18

Rumour: Veronica's internal target again said to be autumn 2027

GamesCreed reports Dusk Golem citing three independent sources for Veronica's internal target slipping to fall 2027, with the rework driven by mid-development changes to the remake's theme. Rumour — self-labelled unconfirmed, and Capcom's only official word remains “2027.” Per the same reporting, a slip would push the Requiem story DLC toward 2028.

Source: Dusk Golem via GamesCreed (Oct 18, 2026) — rumour; Capcom window unchanged

OCT 15

Universal Studios Japan opens Biohazard Requiem: The Dive

USJ's Halloween Horror Nights attraction — a walk-through haunted house rebuilding the Wrenwood Hotel and Rhodes Hill Care Center with live actors as the game's signature zombies (Selena, the bandaged-eyed IV-stand zombie), lickers and Marie — runs September 11 to December 27, 2026 at Stage 18, timed entry only, ages 15+. Reviews single out the faithful zombie costumes and Marie's puppet-assisted scale. The games' Raccoon City, made walkable.

Source: USJ official event page; The Resident Evil Podcast review (Oct 15, 2026)

OCT 07

Screenwriter confirms he is writing a Spencer-focused story DLC

At Meadowlark Comic Con, Requiem writer Haris Orkin said he is "working on the DLC right now" and that it will dig further into Umbrella founder Oswell E. Spencer: "We have an arc for Spencer in Requiem… and then in the DLC you will understand it even further." Capcom has not formally announced a title, date or price, and no release window is confirmed.

Source: VGC / IGN / TheGamer, Oct 7

OCT

Behind the scenes: Requiem was nearly an online game with Leon solo

Producer Masachika Kawata told the Biohazard 30th Special Mook that Requiem was originally prototyped as an online, multiplayer-leaning game (working name "Apocalypse"), and that Leon S. Kennedy was to be the sole protagonist. The team dropped the online direction and added Grace Ashcroft partly because Leon's combat ability made sustained horror harder to stage.

Source: Biohazard 30th Special Mook via IGN Latam / EGW

SECTION 03

03What's Next — Veronica, Switch 2, 30th Anniversary

2027

Resident Evil Veronica — the Code: Veronica remake

Announced at Summer Game Fest in June 2026 for 2027 on PS5, Xbox Series X|S, Switch 2 and PC (RE Engine). Producer Yoshiaki Hirabayashi has confirmed a Claire Redfield focus, a third-person perspective and an RE2-remake-style approach to resources. The "Code:" subtitle is dropped. Rumour: insiders say the internal target may have slipped toward autumn 2027, and a short Separate Ways-style DLC is claimed — Capcom's only official word is "2027".

Source: Capcom IR; Dusk Golem via GamingBolt / playnews.gg

OCT 16

Switch 2 remake trilogy arrives

RE2 Deluxe Edition, RE3 and RE4 Gold Edition reach Nintendo Switch 2 digitally on October 16, 2026, each including all previously released DLC, with launch discounts (RE2 −25%, RE3 −33%, RE4 −20%). Physical editions follow January 29, 2027 as Game-Key Cards. The ports run natively at 60 FPS with DLSS. Full release-order context on the Games Database.

Source: Capcom via Destructoid, Best in Gaming

OCT 30

The first big Resident Evil exhibition opens in Shibuya

The 30th-anniversary exhibition — The World of Resident Evil — runs October 30 to December 24, 2026 at BEAM Gallery, Shibuya, Tokyo. Highlights include life-size figures of Leon S. Kennedy, Albert Wesker and Lady Dimitrescu, an immersive timeline theatre, and archive material on the T-virus, Plagas and Mold. Tickets ¥3,000–3,600 standard; every visitor gets a limited commemorative sticker.

Source: Gaming ProMax; PCMarket; official exhibition site

OCT 16

30th-anniversary exhibition site update: new exhibits, visitor perks and merch

The official exhibition site added new exhibit details, visitor benefits and goods information ahead of the October 30 opening at BEAM Gallery, Shibuya (running to December 24).

Source: official exhibition site, bhre30th-exhibition.jp (update logged Oct 16, 2026)

QUICK ANSWERS

04News FAQ

Is the 2026 Resident Evil movie the highest-grossing one now?

Yes — and by a wide margin. Box Office Mojo's October 26 read puts it at $384.5M worldwide ($153.7M domestic / $230.8M international), more than $70M past The Final Chapter ($312.2M). It also beat Cregger's own Weapons ($270.1M), though Weapons was the bigger earner relative to its budget. See the Movie 2026 page for the full run.

When is the movie out digitally?

November 3, 2026 on digital storefronts (PVOD/EST) — 46 days after the theatrical opening, per MovieWeb. A physical Blu-ray/4K date hasn't been announced yet.

Has the Requiem DLC been officially announced?

No. Capcom confirmed a story expansion is in development but has given no title, date or price. What exists publicly is the writer's own remarks at a convention and a set of unverified leaker claims. Details like developer, length and setting should be treated as rumour until Capcom publishes them.

How many copies has Resident Evil Requiem sold?

Capcom reported more than 8.06 million units by July 28, 2026, after passing 6 million in mid-March. Those are unit milestones; a separate third-party model (Alinea Analytics) estimates about $558M in revenue, which is an estimate of money, not copies. In the US year-to-date chart, NBA 2K27 has since overtaken it — but Requiem remains 2026's best-selling physical game on PS5.

When is the Veronica remake out, and on what platforms?

Capcom has only said 2027, for PS5, Xbox Series X|S, Switch 2 and PC. There is no date. Reports of an autumn-2027 slip and a companion DLC come from leakers, not Capcom.

PROVENANCE

Sources for This Feed

Each claim above is attributed inline. The main references are listed here so a later reader can check them.

Box office & release: Deadline / Screen Daily via Yahoo Entertainment, "Resident Evil Rises To Top Of Global B.O. Again…" (Oct 2026) — link; tbreak, "Resident Evil box office passes Weapons at USD 320.2m" — link; The Numbers figures — link.
China box office: Qilu Evening News / 10jqka, "小众赛道凭什么吸引观众" (Oct 15, 2026) — link; Sohu Entertainment, "《生化危机:爆发夜》中国票房破3亿" (Oct 15, 2026) — link; Beacon / Maoyan via Sina — link.
Requiem sales & DLC: Capcom via Gematsu (8.06M by Jul 28, 2026); Alinea Analytics estimate via ixbt.games (Oct 7, 2026); VGC / IGN / TheGamer on Haris Orkin's Spencer remarks (Oct 7, 2026); Dusk Golem via playnews.gg (Oct 10, 2026).
Late-October Requiem sales notes: Circana US dollar chart via GameSpot, “NBA 2K27 Dunks On Resident Evil Requiem…” (Oct 22, 2026) — link; Alinea Analytics physical breakdown via GamesRadar+ (Oct 21, 2026) — link. Both modelled/third-party estimates where noted.
USJ Halloween Horror Nights: Universal Studios Japan, Biohazard Requiem: The Dive official event page (Sept 11 – Dec 27, 2026) — link; The Resident Evil Podcast, Biohazard Requiem: The Dive – Review (Oct 15, 2026) — link.
Behind the scenes: Biohazard 30th Special Mook, producer Masachika Kawata, via IGN Latam (2026).
Switch 2 & Veronica: Capcom via Destructoid (Oct 2026); Best in Gaming (Oct 14, 2026); Capcom IR / Summer Game Fest announcement (Jun 2026).
30th-anniversary exhibition: Gaming ProMax, "Resident Evil 30th Anniversary Exhibition Tokyo 2026"; PCMarket HK.
Box office, fifth frame & mid-October reads: The Numbers via FilmoFilia (Oct 14, 2026) — link; Box Office Mojo Oct-12 read; Oct 16 figure via ComicBookCo citing The Numbers (researcher SERP check, no direct URL).
Late-October box office & digital release: Box Office Mojo title page and Weekend 43 chart (retrieved Oct 26, 2026): $384,480,532 worldwide, $153.7M DOM / $230.8M intl, per-market detail — link; MovieWeb, “Resident Evil Digital Streaming Release Date Revealed After 1 Month” (Oct 22, 2026) — link.
Dusk Golem round-up (rumour-grade, labelled in text): My Nintendo News (Oct 11, 2026) — link; GamesCreed (Oct 18, 2026) — link; games.gg (Oct 11, 2026) — link.
30th-anniversary exhibition site update: Official exhibition site (Oct 16, 2026) — link.

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Compiled and source-cited by the Outbreak Protocol editor · Published October 15, 2026 · Updated October 24, 2026 · Corrections log