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‘Resident Evil’ Is Overperforming Expectations, Now Projected for a $53M-$60M Opening Weekend

Horror reboots rarely enter their opening weekend with much room to exceed expectations, especially for a franchise that's spent over two decades struggling to win over critics. Yet that's exactly the position Zach Cregger's "Resident Evil" found itself in heading into Saturday, as tracking numbers kept climbing well past where industry watchers initially pegged the...

‘Resident Evil’ Is Overperforming Expectations, Now Projected for a $53M-$60M Opening Weekend

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Horror reboots rarely enter their opening weekend with much room to exceed expectations, especially for a franchise that's spent over two decades struggling to win over critics.

Yet that's exactly the position Zach Cregger's "Resident Evil" found itself in heading into Saturday, as tracking numbers kept climbing well past where industry watchers initially pegged the...

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Horror reboots rarely enter their opening weekend with much room to exceed expectations, especially for a franchise that's spent over two decades struggling to win over critics. Yet that's exactly the position Zach Cregger's "Resident Evil" found itself in heading into Saturday, as tracking numbers kept climbing well past where industry watchers initially pegged the...

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