A new theater listing for the upcoming Resident Evil reboot has revealed the film’s runtime.
According to the the AMC Theatres website (via Bloody Disgusting), the movie is one hour and 35 minutes long. The snappy length is similar to other entries in the film franchise, though Cregger’s is technically one of the shortest in the series.
Here are all of the runtimes for all of the live-action Resident Evil films to date:
- Resident Evil (2002) – 100 minutes
- Resident Evil: Apocalypse (2004) – 93 minutes
- Resident Evil: Extinction (2007) – 94 minutes
- Resident Evil: Afterlife (2010) – 97 minutes
- Resident Evil: Retribution (2012) – 96 minutes
- Resident Evil: The Final Chapter (2016) – 107 minutes
- Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City (2021) – 107 minutes
- Resident Evil (2026) – 95 minutes
For further comparison, here are all of the runtimes for the CG-animated Resident Evil films, which share canon with the game series:
- Resident Evil: Degeneration (2008) – 96 minutes
- Resident Evil: Damnation (2012) – 100 minutes
- Resident Evil: Vendetta (2017) – 97 minutes
- Resident Evil: Death Island (2023) – 91 minutes
What’s the 2026 Resident Evil premise?
The upcoming reboot follows new protagonist and medical courier Bryan (played by Austin Abrams) in a desperate struggle for survival across the zombie-riddled Raccoon City. April’s reveal trailer showed the character stumbling across a vacant house in a snowy setting.
Cregger, known for horror hits Barbarian and Weapons, recently explained he avoided using recognizable Resident Evil game characters – such as Leon Kennedy or Jill Valentine – to avoid his adaptation becoming “inorganic to this self-contained story.”
Zach Cregger’s ‘Resident Evil’ release date
Resident Evil will be released in theatres on September 18th, 2026. It is co-written by Zach Cregger and Shay Hatten, and stars Austin Abrams, Zach Cherry, Kali Reis, and Paul Walter Hauser.
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Written by Reece Heather
A veteran Zelda Universe editor and First-class journalism graduate, Reece emerged with a Nintendo 64 and a lifelong obsession after a narrow escape from Santa’s Naughty List in 1998. Outside of games, he’s reading Punisher comics, being bossed around by his cocker spaniel, and cornering innocent bystanders to rant about the importance of game preservation.
