Resident Evil 5 Dethroned as Series' Best-Selling Game - IGN Daily Fix

[00:01] today is gaming and movie news. Resident Evil 5 has been dethroned as the Spider-Man: Brand New Day is predicted to web up an incredible opening weekend suits have been added to the Spider-Man 2 game. This your daily fix.

[00:27] in Capcom's survival horror series. New sales figures for the Resident Evil been taken by the Resident Evil 2 remake, which has now shifted nearly 20 million copies, enough to slip past Resident Evil 5's final total of 19

[00:41] million. These totals are interesting for several reasons. Firstly, the fact that Resident Evil 5 sales have taken a decade and a half to topple says a lot when it arrived, riding on the coattails of the beloved Resident Evil 4, despite

[00:54] ultimately being judged nowhere near as good. Secondly, these totals show that the Resident Evil series back catalog continues to sell really well. Capcom's 2019 and is clearly still shifting copies and has likely benefited from the

[01:07] Kennedy starring games such as the Resident Evil 4 remake and Resident Evil Reququum. Speaking of the four remake and Reququum, you might wonder where are still selling brilliantly, too, and may yet both eclipse Resident Evil 2 to

[01:22] enough time. All combined, the Resident Evil franchise has now sold 213 million Capcom games selling well include the new franchise Pragmata, now up to two and a half million copies sold, and Monster Hunter World, which has now sold

[01:37] copies. Next up for the Resident Evil franchise is the launch of Zack Kger's before the arrival of Resident Evil Veronica sometime in 2027. Moving on, Spider-Man Brand New Day is on track to

[01:50] absolutely obliterate the box office this weekend. Various box office projections for Brand New Day opening weekend. And in case there was any doubt, it's going to make heaps of money. Just two weeks after Christopher

[02:02] Nolan's The Odyssey set a high bar for a movie starring Tom Holland, Zindaya, and John Bernthal, Spider-Man: Brand New Day is expected to clear that bar with ease. projections, Deadline estimates the film

[02:14] will make a whopping 180 to 190 million domestically on opening weekend. This would blow past Toy Story 5's 159 million domestic opening and make Spidey the biggest opening of the year so far. Box Office Pro, on the other hand, is

[02:26] projecting that Brand New Day will bring in 230 to 250 million during its the second biggest opening in Spider-Man's cinematic history with No Way Home holding the record at 260 million. Another projection from Global

[02:39] Box Office estimates that globally the film could amass 800 million in its international haul. That would make it the second biggest opening in history behind Avengers Endgame, which pulled in a jaw-dropping 1.2 billion in its

[02:52] given the absurd buildup and unprecedented success of Avengers close, it would be Spider-Man. Regardless of where it lands, it going to help extend a massively successful summer for theaters and set a

[03:07] other film is going to match the commercial success of Spider-Man until popularity of a standalone Spider-Man adventure may outmatch the hype for a new Avengers film in 2026. And finally, PlayStation 5 blockbuster Spider-Man 2

[03:22] has been updated to add two new Spidey suits, including Tom Holland's new celebration of this week's new Spider-Man film, the websing PS5 sequel has been patched to version 1.05. Which adds two new Spidey designs, plus

[03:36] support for enhanced PSSR on PlayStation 5 Pro. The brand new day suit is available in-game now, labeled as the fresh start suit. Also available is the Spider-Man costume from Marvel Tokone: Fighting Souls. Spider-Man 2 developer

[03:49] most recent Spidey game updated with new suits. They're up to 92 now. Next up due to arrive exclusively for PS5 on September 15th. [snorts]

[04:01] July 28th. Now that you're caught up on the news, watch our video on the 11 best GTA missions. I'm Damon Hatfield and for all your video game news, stay tuned to all your video game news, stay tuned to IGN.