Videos · September 22, 2026 · 35 seconds

'Resident Evil' Without Leon or Jill: A Franchise-Record Opening

Name: 'Resident Evil' Without Leon or Jill: A Franchise-Record Opening
Uploaded: 2026-09-22T14:50:00.000Z
Duration: 35 s
Description: Zach Cregger kept the games' dread and dropped their characters. His reboot opened to $60 million in North America and $108.3 million worldwide, both franchise records, and holds a 96 percent Rotten Tomatoes score.

Zach Cregger kept the games' dread and dropped their characters. His reboot opened to $60 million in North America and $108.3 million worldwide, both franchise records, and holds a 96 percent Rotten Tomatoes score.

Read the full articleby Dan Chafetz

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RESIDENT EVIL WITHOUT THE HEROES

[THE GAMBLE] No Leon. No Jill. No Wesker.

Zach Cregger's Resident Evil leaves out every character from the games.
It follows Bryan, a medical courier with a shotgun and a few bullets.
Fans called it a betrayal before anyone had seen a frame of it.

[THE RECORD] Then the reviews landed.

Critics gave it 96 percent on Rotten Tomatoes, the best for horror in 2026.
It opened to $60 million domestic and $108 million worldwide, both records.
Our take: it copies what the games feel like, not what happens in them.

Read the full article at noozify.com. Images: Capcom France (CC BY 3.0) poster © Sony Pictures. Music: an original score for Noozify.