Resident Evil Success Boosts Zach Cregger's Batman Movie Prospects Zach Cregger's Resident Evil movie has earned $108 million worldwide in under a week, boosting prospects for his planned DC movie Henchmen, a Batman spin-off about a low-level Gotham criminal. Zach Cregger's 2026 Resident Evil movie has achieved both critical acclaim and box office success, earning $108 million worldwide in less than a week, and this success is making his planned Batman movie, Henchmen, appear more viable. The DC film, which follows a low-level Gotham criminal who gains notoriety after a lucky shot on Batman, was reported by The Hollywood Reporter in 2025, though it has not yet been picked up by DC Studios. Resident Evil Success Boosts Batman Movie ChancesVideo game movie adaptations often struggle to achieve both box office success and critical acclaim, but Zach Cregger's Resident Evil appears to be netting both.The film has garnered positive reviews for its rendition of the horror game series, balancing its own identity with loving nods to the games and wider franchise.Its box office results are also strong, with $108 million worldwide in less than a week.This success demonstrates Cregger's talent for adapting pre-existing franchises into engaging movies, making his DC movie plan seem more viable.Similar Premise to Batman Movie IdeaWhile Zach Cregger's idea for a Batman movie sounds very different to Resident Evil on many levels, the core premise for the two films is similar on one key level: both center around figures who would often in other films be background characters.Much in the way that Cregger's Batman movie would center around a more ordinary Gothamite rather than a hero or villain, Resident Evil doesn't center on a conventional action protagonist or a figure game fans would be familiar with.Instead, medical courier Bryan Hodukavich is the film's hero of sorts, allowing the setting of Raccoon City and the surrounding area to be more intense, since it's seen through the eyes of a more conventional, everyday kind of person.Given how well this seems to have worked for audiences when it comes to Resident Evil, there's plenty of reason to believe the Gotham equivalent would also be a hit with cinemagoers.Background on Zach Cregger's DC MovieThe landscape of Batman movies is currently focused on the upcoming release of The Batman 2 and the further away release of The Brave & The Bold within the DCU later down the line.However, the prospect of other Batman movies is still very much open going forward, especially given it's clear there's room for other live-action universes like The Batman's to emerge if their story is solid enough.This landscape is one where it's nigh impossible to not be at least a little fascinated in horror aficionado Zach Cregger's idea for a DC movie focusing on Gotham in a very different way, and which has been discussed since 2025, wherein The Hollywood Reporter reported Cregger had penned a script for a movie called Henchmen, which would follow the story of a low-level criminal who accidentally gains notoriety for getting a lucky shot on the Caped Crusader.Though the film reportedly hasn't been picked up by DC Studios still, this movie plan is one that seems to have some real potential, especially following the release of Cregger's Resident Evil movie, which makes the prospect of the DC film seem as though it could be something special for more than one reason.With Resident Evil's success, Zach Cregger's plan for a movie that sees an unlucky Gotham henchman trapped in conflict between Batman and Gotham's underworld seems all the more viable.This is both because Cregger has demonstrated a clear talent for adapting pre-existing franchises into engaging movies, and in the sense that the director has also shown they can make a nameless new figure into an interesting part of such a world, since this is also the territory Resident Evil delves into.As a result, Cregger's hopes that his plans for the Batman movie will be picked up and can thus become reality are even more tantalizing.