{
  "id": 8949977,
  "title": "Horror movie 'Resident Evil' tops North American box office",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/21/horror-movie-resident-evil-tops-north-american-box-office",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-09-21T15:22:01.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Business Recorder",
    "slug": "business-recorder",
    "url": "https://www.brecorder.com/news/40440529/horror-movie-resident-evil-tops-north-american-box-office"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Resident Evil, a horror movie based on a popular video game series, dominated the North American box office with a whopping $60 million opening weekend, according to industry estimates released on Sunday. Directed by Zach Cregger and starring rising star Austin Abrams, the film follows a medical courier navigating mutant creatures to deliver a package to a remote hospital.\n\nLast week's top performer, Warner Bros' long-awaited sequel \"Practical Magic 2\" starring Sandra Bullock and Nicole Kidman, fell to second place, earning $12.2 million after its weekend run. The cursed story of modern-day witches, who face a grim fate if they fall in love with any man, had previously held the top spot for weeks.\n\nSpidey, the web-slinging superhero from the \"Spider-Man\" franchise, maintained its strong presence in the box office charts, taking in another $6.5 million this weekend. This brings its cumulative earnings in the United States and Canada to an impressive $944.5 million.\n\nAnother highly anticipated film of 2026, \"The Odyssey,\" rounded out the top three, pulling in $4.9 million. In a surprising fifth-place finish, \"Coyote vs Acme,\" starring Will Forte and his animated counterpart Wile E. Coyote, managed to earn $4.5 million from Falling Forward Films. The final spots in the top 10 were claimed by \"The Runner,\" \"Daniel and the Fiery Furnace,\" \"Transformers: The Movie,\" \"The Weight,\" and \"Buddy,\" which brought in $3.2 million, $3.1 million, $3.1 million, $2.3 million, and $1.9 million respectively.",
  "summary": "LOS ANGELES: “Resident Evil,” a horror movie based on a video game franchise, swept the North American box office with a $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…",
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "PC Gamer",
        "title": "Resident Evil is the best videogame movie because Bryan sucks",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/21/resident-evil-is-the-best-videogame-movie-because-bryan-sucks",
        "published": "2026-09-21T13:43:12.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}