Resident Evil Requiem stayed atop Taiwan’s weekend box office for a second straight week, pushing cumulative receipts past NT$90 million by September 29, distributor Sony Pictures said through local publicity channels. The horror reboot from director Zach Cregger outpaced franchise predecessors in the island market and set a new Taiwan high for the filmmaker after Barbarian performed modestly in 2022.
Weekend math
Industry tallies compiled by entertainment trackers showed Taipei-area screens contributing roughly NT$24 million over the latest Friday-Sunday frame, with nationwide gross near NT$76.5 million in US dollar terms for the week. Drop-off from opening was near 26 percent—shallow for the genre—suggesting word of mouth among young adult audiences.
Competing titles included lingering runs of Spider-Man: Brand New Day and anime hit Chiikawa, but neither dislodged Requiem from the top slot.
Why Taiwan mattered to the studio
Asia-Pacific markets have become swing territories for mid-budget horror because social chatter translates quickly into night-show ticket spikes. Taiwan’s gross helped regional totals as China and Japan releases staggered.
Critics scores on aggregator sites remained above 90 percent positive, a rarity for video-game adaptations and a talking point in local podcasts.
Exhibitor angle
Multiplex operators scheduled late-night Mandarin-subtitled shows to capture gamers after esports events. If receipts cross NT$100 million before Halloween-themed slates arrive, Taiwan will likely rank among the top five offshore markets for the title—a useful data point for studios weighing day-and-date streaming windows.