Capcom and Sony Pictures Entertainment have made known that their CG-animated film Resident Evil: Degeneration has shipped over 1.5 million copies worldwide on DVD, Blu-ray and UMD. The enthralling movie was co-produced by both Sony Pictures Entertainment and Capcom.
Resident Evil: Degeneration is a CG-animated film which was screened as a limited release in Japan under the name Biohazard: Degeneration. The film was sold out for every show during its short two week run in Japan. The movie continues the Resident Evil story and is based in a different city with a new virus, termed the G-virus, on the loose.
After its Japanese screening, the movie was released in North America and Europe for home viewing on DVD, Blu-ray and UMD. Overall more than one and a half million copies of the movie were sold in spite of the global lull in the economy. The Resident Evil series, first released in 1996, has since sold more than 35.5 units worldwide in total.
The Resident Evil series was jolted to life in 1996 with the first Resident Evil game for the PlayStation which was soon followed by Resident Evil 2. This spawned the Resident Evil movie in 2002. The survival horror series has come a long way since then, with yet more movies and videogames, as tends to happen with such a gripping franchise.