ZOMBIE 1980-Present
TOTAL GROSSES | OPENING WEEKENDS Rank Title (click to view) Studio Lifetime Gross / Theaters Opening / Theaters Date 1 Zombieland Sony $74,542,128 3,171 $24,733,155 3,036 10/2/09 2 Dawn of the Dead Uni. $59,020,957 2,748 $26,722,575 2,745 3/19/04 3 Death Becomes Her Uni. $58,422,650 1,866 $12,110,355 1,409 7/31/92 4 Pet Sematary Par. $57,469,467 1,585 $12,046,179 1,585 4/21/89 5 Resident Evil: Apocalypse SGem $51,201,453 3,284 $23,036,273 3,284 9/10/04 6 Resident Evil: Extinction SGem $50,648,679 2,848 $23,678,580 2,828 9/21/07 7 28 Days Later FoxS $45,064,915 1,407 $10,061,858 1,260 6/27/03 8 Resident Evil SGem $40,119,709 2,528 $17,707,106 2,528 3/15/02 9 28 Weeks Later FoxA $28,638,916 2,305 $9,807,292 2,303 5/11/07 10 Creepshow WB $21,028,755 1,132 $5,870,889 1,127 11/12/82 11 George A. Romero's Land of the Dead Uni. $20,700,082 2,253 $10,221,705 2,249 6/24/05 12 The Serpent and the Rainbow Uni. $19,595,031 1,431 $5,848,700 1,430 2/5/88 13 Pet Sematary II Par. $17,092,453 1,852 $4,825,100 1,852 8/28/92 14 Night of the Comet Atl $14,418,922 1,098 $3,580,578 1,098 11/16/84 15 Return of the Living Dead Orion $14,237,880 1,506 $4,403,169 1,506 8/16/85 16 Prince of Darkness Uni. $14,182,492 1,239 $4,657,401 1,239 10/23/87 17 Shaun of the Dead Rog. $13,542,874 675 $3,330,781 607 9/24/04 18 Lifeforce TriS $11,603,545 1,526 $4,209,136 1,526 6/21/85 19 Army of Darkness Uni. $11,502,976 1,391 $4,424,535 1,387 2/19/93 20 House of the Dead Art. $10,249,719 1,540 $5,683,280 1,520 10/10/03 21 Return of the Living Dead 2 Lori $9,205,924 1,467 $3,647,254 1,467 1/15/88 22 John Carpenter's Ghosts of Mars SGem $8,709,640 2,048 $3,804,452 2,048 8/24/01 23 Evil Dead 2 DEG $5,923,044 310 $807,260 310 3/13/87 24 Night of the Living Dead Col. $5,835,247 1,544 $2,884,679 1,544 10/19/90 25 Day of the Dead UFD $5,000,000 168 $1,700,000 168 7/19/85 26 Dead Heat NW $3,588,626 1,012 $1,667,036 1,012 5/6/88 27 My Boyfriend's Back BV $3,335,984 1,165 $1,465,476 1,165 8/6/93 28 The Evil Dead NL $2,400,000 128 n/a - 1/1/83 29 Re-Animator EP $2,023,414 185 $543,728 129 10/18/85 30 George A. Romero's Diary of the Dead TRR $958,961 48 $232,576 42 2/15/08 31 Night of the Creeps TriS $591,366 70 $220,800 70 8/22/86 32 Fido RAtt. $304,533 67 $10,203 2 6/15/07 33 Night of the Living Dead 3D MME $271,000 145 $215,300 145 11/10/06 34 Cemetary Man Oct. $253,986 25 $22,459 6 4/26/96 35 Dead Alive Trim. $242,623 11 $23,765 3 2/12/93 36 Rise: Blood Hunter IDP $114,306 63 $59,371 63 6/1/07 37 Return of the Living Dead III Trim. $54,207 9 $14,810 9 10/29/93 38 Dead Snow IFC $46,742 4 $5,363 1 6/19/09 39 Undead Lions $41,196 13 $8,527 2 7/1/05 40 Zombie High PEC $21,905 25 $12,165 25 10/2/87 41 Otto; or, Up with the Dead People Strand $11,295 2 $3,456 1 11/7/08 42 American Zombie Libre $3,126 1 $3,126 1 3/28/08 - Dead 5: Rave to the Grave Free n/a - n/a - N/A TOTAL (All Movies): $682,220,728 - - - - AVERAGE (All Movies): $16,243,351 1,093 $5,578,820 1,091 - TOTAL $663,959,024 - - - - AVERAGE $26,558,361 1,785 $9,217,102 1,750 -
TOTAL GROSSES | OPENING WEEKENDS
NOTE: Unfortunately, an accurate gross for the original Dawn of the Dead is unavailable, hence the 1980-Present parameter of the chart. If there are any movies that you think should be on this list, e-mail us at mail@boxofficemojo.com .
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