Seven-Day Summary: 'Resident Evil' Owns First Week of Fall

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Resident Evil: Afterlife shot to the top this week with the highest-grossing start in its franchise. The rest of the field didn't fare so well: after receiving Labor Day boosts last week, holdovers The American, Takers and Machete all fell more than 50 percent. Overall, the week was down nearly 11 percent from the same timeframe last year when I Can Do Bad All By Myself led the way.

Grossing $33.9 million, Resident Evil: Afterlife topped previous series-best Resident Evil: Extinction's $28.8 million. When adjusted for ticket price inflation and 3D premiums, however, Afterlife actually had the least-attended opening week of the eight-year old franchise. Despite fewer people seeing it, Afterlife will soon exceed the first Resident Evil's $40.1 million final gross and will ultimately challenge Resident Evil: Apocalypse's series-high $51.2 million total.

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