Making Resident Evil movies seems to have been a really good idea. Capcom has revealed that they have made almost $1 billion from the series, and that's only in regards to box office takings.
Siliconera has the full list of the top ten revenue list with movies based on Japanese video games, and Resident Evil is sitting pretty at the top, occupying the top five spots:
1. Resident Evil: Afterlife 3D (Capcom) - $296,221,663
2. Resident Evil: Retribution (Capcom) - $240,159,255
3. Resident Evil: Extinction (Capcom) - $147,717,833
4. Resident Evil: Apocalypse (Capcom) - $129,394,835
5. Resident Evil (Capcom) - $102,441,078
6. Street Fighter (Capcom) - $99,423,521
7. Silent Hill (Konami) - $97,607,453
8. Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within (Square) - $85,131,830
9. Super Mario Bros. (Nintendo) - $20,915,465
10. House of the Dead (Sega) - $13,818,181