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The undead of Resident Evil still have plenty of life in them. Sony Screen Gems' Resident Evil: Extinction, with Milla Jovovich again fighting flesh-hungry zombies in the third instalment based on the video game, opened as the number one film in the United States, with US$24 million ($33 million).
It was the best debut for the franchise, topping the US$23 million debut of part two, 2004's Resident Evil: Apocalypse. The studio hinted there could be more Resident Evil movies, though the latest had been billed as the final one.
"Until the next," joked Rory Bruer, Sony's head of distribution. "It absolutely would not surprise me considering the success of the franchise that they find a way to come up with another. It's a real possibility."
