Resident Evil 7 shifts one other 500Ok items in 2 weeks, newest film grosses $1B

Resident Evil 7 is greater than a flash within the pan.

Resident Evil 7: Biohazard has reached three million items shipped globally, Capcom has introduced.

It’s no GTA, however that’s a rise of about 500,000 within the lower than two weeks since we last got Resident Evil sales figures.

Although we don’t have sell-through figures, it’s a fairly respectable quantity to be sending to retailers this many weeks on from launch, and suggests Resident Evil 7 is benefitting from post-release phrase of mouth, which typically results in a wholesome gross sales tail.

Buzz for the newest Resident Evil movie could also be serving to, or maybe it’s the opposite method round; in any case, Resident Evil: The Final Chapter has grossed $1 billion worldwide, Capcom stated. BoxOfficeMojo places the determine at $1.2 billion, 80% of which was harvested outdoors the US as is common for the sequence.

“The Resident Evil film series boasts the all-time top box office gross of any film series based on a video game to date,” the writer stated. It doesn’t have a heck of a lot of competition, however don’t ever let anyone inform you the Resident Evil films are failures. They mint it.

Resident Evil 7 is obtainable now on PC, PS4 and Xbox one. The PS4 construct helps PlayStationVR, whereas the Xbox One has cross-buy with Windows 10 PC.