Resident Evil: The Final Chapter Puts Up Monster Numbers At China Box Office

Resident Evil: The Final Chapter has had a dismal run at the North American box office, so far. It opened a month ago but is already out of the top ten and has only grossed $26.5 million, making it worst performing film in the series. The previous worst at the domestic box office was the original Resident Evil, which only grossed $40.1 million in 2002.

However, the international box office is another story all together. So far, The Final Chapter has pulled in well over $125 million at the foreign box office, making it the third best overseas performance in the series.

Much of that international success is coming from the Middle Kingdom, where the film opened on Friday, grossing a whopping $33 million in its first day and an even more impressive $37 million on Saturday. By the way, that opening figure gives The Final Chapter the third-best Hollywood debut ever in China — putting it only behind Furious 7 ($68 million) and Warcraft ($46 million).

Picking up immediately after the events in Resident Evil: Retribution, humanity is on its last legs after Alice is betrayed by Wesker in Washington D.C. As the only survivor of what was meant to be humanity’s final stand against the undead hordes, Alice must return to where the nightmare began – Raccoon City, where the Umbrella Corporation is gathering its forces for a final strike against the only remaining survivors of the apocalypse. In a race against time Alice will join forces with old friends, and an unlikely ally, in an action packed battle with undead hordes and new mutant monsters. Between losing her superhuman abilities and Umbrella’s impending attack, this will be Alice’s most difficult adventure as she fights to save humanity, which is on the brink of oblivion.

Milla Jovovich reprises her starring role as Alice. Other headline cast includes Ali Larter (Heroes, Resident Evil: Afterlife) as Claire Redfield, Iain Glen (Game of Thrones, Resident Evil: Extinction) in the role of Dr. Alexander Isaacs, Shawn Roberts (Edge of Darkness, Resident Evil: Afterlife) as Albert Wesker, Australian actress Ruby Rose (Orange is the New Black), who has a huge social media presence, as Abigail, Eoin Macken (The Night Shift) as Doc, Cuban American actor William Levy, one of People en Español’s reigning 50 Most Beautiful, as Christian, Fraser James (Law & Order: UK) as Michael, and Japanese model and TV personality, Rola, as Cobalt.

Resident Evil: The Final Chapter is now playing.