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Resident Evil Could Have Its Biggest Opening Weekend Ever With Its New Movie

Resident Evil Could Have Its Biggest Opening Weekend Ever With Its New Movie https://ift.tt/kavV1jp Weapons director Zach Cregger's Resident Evil movie hits theaters on September 17, and analysts predict it will set a record for the franchise. While the majority of the live-action movies turned a decent profit off of a relatively small budget, Cregger's take on the IP is currently projected to have the best opening weekend by a comfortable margin. That's according to the official publication of the National Association of Theater Owners, Box Office Pro. The survival-horror movie is predicted to bring in between $40 and $50 million in its North American opening weekend, which would be almost double Resident Evil: Afterlife's $26.6 million weekend from way back in 2010. The new Resident Evil movie also has a brisk running time of around 95 minutes, so that should allow theater owners to screen the film several times a day to maximize ticket sales. If Resident Ev...

Zelda: Tears Of The Kingdom Has Surpassed 18 Million Copies Sold

Zelda: Tears Of The Kingdom Has Surpassed 18 Million Copies Sold https://ift.tt/GHucwyQ

Nintendo announced that The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom has sold 18.51 million copies as of June 30. The company released its financial results for the second quarter of 2023, which covered April, May, and June of this year. According to Nintendo, Tears of the Kingdom accounted for around half of the company's first-party games sold this fiscal year.

As Nintendo notes, most of the consumers who purchased Tears of the Kingdom had also played Breath of the Wild. However, as time has passed, Nintendo has seen "a growing percentage of purchases" by consumers who have not played the first installment. Tears of the Kingdom is already one of the year's bestselling games, outpacing the likes of Diablo 4 and Star Wars Jedi: Survivor on physical copies alone.

For context, Breath of the Wild, which launched in 2017, has sold around 30.65 million copies. In just under two months, Tears of the Kingdom has already sold half as many copies as Breath of the Wild, meaning it could very well outsell its predecessor if it continues at this pace.

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