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“Resident Evil”, a horror movie based on a video game franchise, swept the North American box office with a US$60 million opening weekend, industry estimates showed Sunday.
The Sony-distributed movie is directed by Zach Cregger and stars Austin Abrams, who plays a medical courier battling mutant creatures to deliver a package to a remote hospital.
“Resident Evil” displaced last week’s top performer, Warner Bros’ “Practical Magic 2”, a long-awaited sequel starring Sandra Bullock and Nicole Kidman, into a distant second place.
The story of the modern-day witches, who face a curse that sees any man they fall in love with doomed to an early death, took US$12.2 million after last weekend knocking Sony’s “Spider-Man” from its weeks-long perch at the top.
Spidey took another US$6.5 million this weekend, bringing its total take in the United States and Canada to US$944.5 million. It was followed by another of 2026’s strongest performers, “The Odyssey”, which took US$4.9 million.
For the second consecutive weekend, “Coyote vs Acme” took fifth place, with Will Forte and an animated Wile E Coyote snaring another US$4.5 million for Falling Forward Films.
Rounding out the top 10 were:
“Runner” (US$3.2 million)
“Daniel and the Fiery Furnace” (US$3.1 million)
“Transformers: The Movie” (US$3.1 million)
“The Weight” (US$2.3 million)
“Buddy” (US$1.9 million)
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