By the Numbers: Verity Fell 64%, Resident Evil Fell 62% — What the Audience Grade Actually Predicts
A C+ movie and a B+ movie lost almost exactly the same share of their audience in weekend two. I lined up this fall's five wide releases, CinemaScore against second-weekend hold, to see what the grade really tells you. It tells you something, just less than the trade-press shorthand suggests.
By the Numbers: Video Game Movies Went From a 30% Punchline to a 96% Record in Under Five Years
Resident Evil (2002) scored 36%. Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City (2021) scored 30%. Resident Evil (2026) just scored 96% on 205 reviews, the highest any video game adaptation has ever held. But the 2026 slate also produced a 64% and a 59%, and the most faithful film in the franchise scored lower than the one fans said ignored the games. Here is what the whole score series actually shows.
The Best-Reviewed Resident Evil Movie Ever Made Has None of the Characters You Actually Wanted
Zach Cregger threw out Leon, Jill, Chris and Claire, cast a medical courier nobody has heard of, and landed a 96% Tomatometer — the highest score any video game movie has ever held. Then it opened to a franchise-record $60 million with a 91% audience score. The fans who spent nine months calling it a betrayal were never the people buying tickets.