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Resident Evil is a horror film series mainly produced by the German production company Constantin Film, co-produced and distributed by Sony Pictures, and based on the Japanese video game franchise by Capcom. The series includes live-action films based on the franchise, but not animated films. Constantin Film bought the rights to adapt the series to live action in January 1997. In 2000, Paul W. S. Anderson was announced as writer and director for Resident Evil (2002). Anderson continued as writer and producer for Resident Evil: Apocalypse (2004) and Resident Evil: Extinction (2007), and returned as the director for Resident Evil: Afterlife (2010), Resident Evil: Retribution (2012) and Resident Evil: The Final Chapter (2016). These first six films follow Alice (Milla Jovovich), a character created for the films. Alice is a covert operative who battles the Umbrella Corporation, whose bioweapons have triggered a zombie apocalypse. Characters from the games appear, including Claire Redfield, Jill Valentine, Ada Wong, Carlos Oliveira, Chris Redfield, Leon S. Kennedy, Barry Burton, and the antagonists Albert Wesker and James Marcus. The series was rebooted with Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City (2021), directed by Johannes Roberts. It was a commercial and critical failure. A second reboot, Resident Evil, directed by Zach Cregger, was released in 2026 to widespread critical acclaim. Though most of the films have received generally negative reviews from critics, the Resident Evil series has grossed over $1.2 billion. It was once the highest-grossing film series based on a video game and the highest-grossing horror film series, and is the highest-grossing zombie film series. The series retains the record for the most live-action film adaptations of a video game.