Name: Dawn of the Dead
Director: Zack Snyder
Genre: Action, Horror
Released: 2004
Cast: Sarah Polley, Ving Rhames, Jake Weber, Ty Burrell, Mekhi Phifer

Box Office Performance

Date	Rank	Gross	Daily Chg	Weekly Chg	Total	Theaters	Average	Days
Fri Mar 19	#1	$10.9M		—	$10.9M	2,744	$4K	1
Sat Mar 20	#1	$9.7M	-11%	—	$20.6M	2,745	$4K	2
Sun Mar 21	#2	$6.1M	-37%	—	$26.7M	2,745	$2K	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	$1K	8
Sat Mar 27	#4	$4.5M	+26%	-53%	$41.6M	2,748	$2K	9
Sun Mar 28	#4	$2.7M	-41%	-56%	$44.2M	2,748	$969	10
Mon Mar 29	#4	$811K	-70%	-63%	$45.0M	2,748	$295	11
Tue Mar 30	#4	$783K	-3%	-57%	$45.8M	2,748	$284	12
Wed Mar 31	#4	$687K	-12%	-52%	$46.5M	2,748	$250	13
Thu Apr 1	#4	$680K	-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	$471K	-61%	-42%	$52.2M	2,357	$199	18
Tue Apr 6	#9	$448K	-5%	-43%	$52.7M	2,357	$190	19
Wed Apr 7	#10	$389K	-13%	-43%	$53.1M	2,357	$165	20

Weekend	Rank	Gross	Chg	Total	Theaters	Average	Wks
Mar 19-21	1	$26.7M	—	$26.7M	2,745	$10K	1
Mar 26-28	4	$10.7M	-60.0%	$44.2M	2,748	$4K	2
Apr 2-4	9	$4.6M	-57.1%	$51.8M	2,357	$2K	3
Apr 9-11	15	$1.9M	-58.4%	$55.5M	1,237	$2K	4
Apr 16-18	19	$729K	-61.7%	$57.0M	688	$1K	5
Apr 23-25	23	$395K	-45.8%	$57.6M	414	$955	6
Apr 30-May 2	30	$256K	-35.3%	$58.0M	302	$846	7
May 7-9	28	$196K	-23.4%	$58.3M	311	$630	8
May 14-16	24	$189K	-3.5%	$58.6M	274	$690	9
May 21-23	36	$107K	-43.6%	$58.7M	168	$634	10

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Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

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Cast & Crew

Directed byZack Snyder

ScreenplayGeorge A. Romero, James Gunn

StarringSarah Polley, Ving Rhames, Jake Weber, Ty Burrell, Mekhi Phifer, Michael Kelly

StudioUniversal Pictures