According to estimates from Alinea Analytics, Resident Evil Requiem’s Box Office Revenue Will Reach the Stratosphereover altitude US$500 million and established the most profitable chapter in the history of the series produced by Capcom.
Since its launch in late February, Requiem has also involved approx. 8.5 million playersAmong them, PS5 is the leading platform, accounting for 48.1% of total sales, followed by Steam, accounting for 43.4%. Sony’s game console sales were 4 million copies, 30.8% of which were physical copies.
This is another success for Capcom, which has been breaking records for years thanks to a very aggressive strategy that focuses particularly on the sales of games in its catalog and also benefits from resident evil movie.
Zack Craig’s “Resident Evil” movie breaks record: box office exceeds $100 million in opening weekend
In fact, the film, directed by Zach Cregger, grossed over $100 million at the international box office upon its debut, setting the stage for The series’ best ever premierebut Alinea’s estimates suggest the impact has more to do with engagement than revenue.
important synergies
As we told you in our Resident Evil movie review, Craig’s approach proved successful and the director managed to create Wonderful transpositionalbeit set as an original story within the narrative universe created by Capcom.
to what extent The movie boosted game sales? It’s hard to say: although the number of all episodes of the saga increased from +20% to +48% with the film’s premiere, there were indeed significant discounts during the same period.
Other similar operations have also returned sensational results, e.g. The Last of Us and Fallout TV serieswhich had a very significant impact on the original game’s sales, but for Resident Evil it seems to work differently, more as an entry point.
