'Resident Evil: The Final Chapter' tops world box office

'Resident Evil: The Final Chapter'

Thanks to a massive debut in China, Sony's "Resident Evil: The Final Chapter" took the top spot at the international box office this weekend.

The sixth installment of the franchise raked in $97 million over the weekend, most of it ($94.3 million) from theater-goers in China, according to comScore, which provides real-time worldwide box office reporting.

Here are the top 12 weekend box office estimates for the week of Sunday, Feb. 26:

  1. Resident Evil: The Final Chapter - Sony - $97.0M

  2. Lego Batman Movie, The - Warner Bros. - $31.9M

  3. Get Out - Universal - $30.5M

  4. Fifty Shades Darker - Universal - $27.5M

  5. Great Wall, The - Universal - $23.3M

  6. John Wick: Chapter Two - Lionsgate - $22.1M

  7. Split - Universal - $21.4M

  8. La La Land - Lionsgate - $19.0M

  9. Assassin's Creed - Multiple - $17.3M

  10. Sing - Universal - $13.0M

  11. Hidden Figures - 20th Century Fox - $11.6M

  12. Lion - Multiple - $10.6M