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Shaun of the Dead

2004 • R • 1h 39m • Comedy, Horror • Rogue Pictures

A romantic comedy. With zombies.

🍅 92% 93%

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3.94

7.8

Box office summary

Opening Weekend

$3.3M

3-day opening

Domestic Total

$14.6M

All releases, incl. 2024 re-release

Worldwide Total

$30.0M

$15.4M international

Budget$5M

2004 Rank#138

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Cast & Crew

Full Wright filmography

Edgar Wright Director

Simon Pegg Starring

Nick Frost Starring

Bill Nighy Starring

ScreenplaySimon Pegg, Edgar Wright Music byPete Woodhead, Daniel Mudford StudioRogue Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Sep 24-26 7 $3.3M — 607 $5,487 $3.3M

2 Oct 1-3 6 $2.5M −25.5% 645 $3,847 $6.9M

3 Oct 8-10 8 $1.7M −31.2% 675 $2,531 $9.5M

4 Oct 15-17 11 $1.1M −35.0% 672 $1,652 $11.3M

5 Oct 22-24 15 $610.6K −45.0% 571 $1,069 $12.3M

6 Oct 29-31 17 $380.6K −37.7% 516 $738 $12.9M

7 Nov 5-7 24 $177.5K −53.4% 256 $693 $13.3M

8 Nov 12-14 36 $60.4K −65.9% 103 $587 $13.4M

9 Nov 19-21 43 $37.2K −38.5% 84 $443 $13.4M

10 Nov 26-28 58 $21.4K −42.5% 52 $411 $13.5M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Sat Sep 25 #8 $1.3M — $2.4M 607 $2,119 2

Sun Sep 26 #7 $888.0K −31% $3.3M 607 $1,463 3

Mon Sep 27 #5 $301.0K −66% $3.6M 607 $496 4

Tue Sep 28 #6 $303.0K +1% $3.9M 607 $499 5

Wed Sep 29 #6 $258.0K −15% $4.2M 607 $425 6

Thu Sep 30 #5 $247.0K −4% $4.5M 607 $407 7

Fri Oct 1 #5 $800.0K +224% $5.3M 645 $1,240 8

Sat Oct 2 #6 $1.1M +32% −18% $6.3M 645 $1,640 9

Sun Oct 3 #5 $682.0K −36% −23% $6.9M 645 $1,057 10

Mon Oct 4 #5 $213.0K −69% −29% $7.1M 645 $330 11

Tue Oct 5 #5 $223.0K +5% −26% $7.4M 645 $346 12

Wed Oct 6 #6 $197.0K −12% −24% $7.6M 645 $305 13

Thu Oct 7 #6 $191.0K −3% −23% $7.7M 645 $296 14

Fri Oct 8 #8 $500.0K +162% −38% $8.2M 675 $741 15

Sat Oct 9 #8 $713.0K +43% −33% $8.9M 675 $1,056 16

Sun Oct 10 #8 $542.0K −24% −21% $9.5M 675 $803 17

Mon Oct 11 #8 $270.0K −50% +27% $9.7M 675 $400 18

Tue Oct 12 #8 $151.0K −44% −32% $9.9M 675 $224 19

Wed Oct 13 #8 $124.0K −18% −37% $10.0M 675 $184 20

Thu Oct 14 #9 $151.0K +22% −21% $10.2M 675 $224 21

Fri Oct 15 #10 $350.0K +132% −30% $10.5M 672 $521 22

Mon Oct 18 #10 $92.0K — −66% $11.4M 672 $137 25

Tue Oct 19 #10 $103.0K +12% −32% $11.5M 672 $153 26

Wed Oct 20 #10 $88.0K −15% −29% $11.6M 672 $131 27

Thu Oct 21 #10 $104.0K +18% −31% $11.7M 672 $155 28

Cumulative total$11.7M

Sep 25Oct 1Oct 7Oct 13Oct 21

Weekend grossWk 10 · $21.4K

$3.3M

$2.5M

$1.7M

$1.1M

$610.6K

$380.6K

$177.5K

$60.4K

$37.2K

$21.4K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 675 → 672 −0.4%

607 open672 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −42.5%

−25.5%

W1→2

−31.2%

W2→3

−35.0%

W3→4

−45.0%

W4→5

−37.7%

W5→6

−53.4%

W6→7

−65.9%

W7→8

−38.5%

W8→9

−42.5%

W9→10

Steepest −65.9%Best hold −25.5%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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