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Dawn of the DeadFollow

2004 • R • 1h 41m • Action, Horror • Universal Pictures

When there's no more room in Hell, the dead will walk the Earth.

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59

3.43

7.2

CS B

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$26.70M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$59.00M

Final

Worldwide total

$103.00M

$44.50M international

Domestic legs2.21x

Budget$26.0M

2004 rank#50

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Cast & crew

Full Snyder filmography

Zack Snyder

Zack Snyder Director

Sarah Polley

Sarah Polley Starring

Ving Rhames

Ving Rhames Starring

Jake Weber

Jake Weber Starring

Ty Burrell

Ty Burrell Starring

Mekhi Phifer

Mekhi Phifer Starring

ScreenplayGeorge A. Romero, James Gunn Produced byRichard P. Rubinstein, Marc Abraham, Eric Newman CinematographyMatthew F. Leonetti MusicTyler Bates Prod. DesignAndrew Neskoromny StudioUniversal Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Mar 19-21 1 $26.7M — 2,745 $9,735 $26.7M

2 Mar 26-28 4 $10.7M −60.0% 2,748 $3,884 $44.2M

3 Apr 2-4 9 $4.6M −57.1% 2,357 $1,945 $51.8M

4 Apr 9-11 15 $1.9M −58.4% 1,237 $1,539 $55.5M

5 Apr 16-18 19 $729.3K −61.7% 688 $1,059 $57.0M

6 Apr 23-25 23 $395.4K −45.8% 414 $955 $57.6M

7 Apr 30-May 2 30 $255.6K −35.3% 302 $846 $58.0M

8 May 7-9 28 $195.9K −23.4% 311 $630 $58.3M

9 May 14-16 24 $189.1K −3.5% 274 $690 $58.6M

10 May 21-23 36 $106.7K −43.6% 168 $634 $58.7M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Mar 19 #1 $10.9M — $10.9M 2,744 $3,972 1

Sat Mar 20 #1 $9.7M −11% $20.6M 2,745 $3,550 2

Sun Mar 21 #2 $6.1M −37% $26.7M 2,745 $2,230 3

Mon Mar 22 #1 $2.2M −64% $28.9M 2,745 $800 4

Tue Mar 23 #2 $1.8M −17% $30.7M 2,745 $660 5

Wed Mar 24 #2 $1.4M −21% $32.2M 2,745 $519 6

Thu Mar 25 #2 $1.4M −3% $33.5M 2,745 $505 7

Fri Mar 26 #3 $3.6M +159% −67% $37.1M 2,748 $1,310 8

Sat Mar 27 #4 $4.5M +26% −53% $41.6M 2,748 $1,655 9

Sun Mar 28 #4 $2.7M −41% −56% $44.2M 2,748 $969 10

Mon Mar 29 #4 $811.0K −70% −63% $45.0M 2,748 $295 11

Tue Mar 30 #4 $783.0K −3% −57% $45.8M 2,748 $284 12

Wed Mar 31 #4 $687.0K −12% −52% $46.5M 2,748 $250 13

Thu Apr 1 #4 $680.0K −1% −51% $47.2M 2,748 $247 14

Fri Apr 2 #9 $1.4M +106% −61% $48.6M 2,357 $593 15

Sat Apr 3 #9 $1.9M +39% −57% $50.6M 2,357 $825 16

Sun Apr 4 #9 $1.2M −38% −55% $51.8M 2,357 $510 17

Mon Apr 5 #8 $471.0K −61% −42% $52.2M 2,357 $199 18

Tue Apr 6 #9 $448.0K −5% −43% $52.7M 2,357 $190 19

Wed Apr 7 #10 $389.0K −13% −43% $53.1M 2,357 $165 20

Cumulative total$53.1M

Mar 19Mar 24Mar 29Apr 2Apr 7

Weekend grossWk 10 · $106.7K

$26.7M

$10.7M

$4.6M

$1.9M

$729.3K

$395.4K

$255.6K

$195.9K

$189.1K

$106.7K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 2,748 → 2,357 −14.2%

2,744 open2,357 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −43.6%

−60.0%

W1→2

−57.1%

W2→3

−58.4%

W3→4

−61.7%

W4→5

−45.8%

W5→6

−35.3%

W6→7

−23.4%

W7→8

−3.5%

W8→9

−43.6%

W9→10

Steepest −61.7%Best hold −3.5%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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