Full title: Movie execs after years of being bashed for inaccurate game adaptations watching Resident Evil (2026) be a critical and commercial hit despite having nothing to do with the games: (confused unga bunga)
What decides if a movie is a commercial success is whether it's a good movie that fits the expectations set by its publicity.
What decides if people will bash a movie due to it being a bad adaptation is whether it's a good adaptation of the original material.
Both of those things correlate a bit, but are mostly not related.