Zombie
1980-Present
Row Rank Title (click to view) Studio Lifetime Gross / Theaters Opening / Theaters Date 1
25
House of the Dead
Artisan
$10,249,719
1,540
$5,683,280
1,520
10/10/03
2
19
Night of the Comet
Atlantic
$14,418,922
1,098
$3,580,578
1,098
11/16/84
3
32
My Boyfriend's Back
Buena Vista
$3,335,984
1,165
$1,465,476
1,165
8/6/93
4
51
American Zombie
Cinema Libre
$3,126
1
$3,126
1
3/28/08
5
29
Night of the Living Dead
Columbia
$5,835,247
1,544
$2,884,679
1,544
10/19/90
6
28
Evil Dead 2
DEG
$5,923,044
310
$807,260
310
3/13/87
7
49
Midget Zombie Takeover
Driving With Our Eyes Shut
$10,016
3
$2,755
1
2/8/13
8
-
Zombie Dawn
Eagle One Media/iFN
n/a
4
n/a
4
4/20/12
9
34
Re-Animator
Empire Pictures
$2,023,414
185
$543,728
129
10/18/85
10
8
ParaNorman
Focus Features
$56,003,051
3,455
$14,087,050
3,429
8/17/12
11
14
28 Weeks Later
Fox Atomic
$28,638,916
2,305
$9,807,292
2,303
5/11/07
12
11
28 Days Later
Fox Searchlight
$45,064,915
1,407
$10,061,858
1,260
6/27/03
13
-
Dead 5: Rave to the Grave
Freestyle Releasing
n/a
-
n/a
-
N/A
14
41
Rise: Blood Hunter
IDP
$114,306
63
$59,371
63
6/1/07
15
43
Dead Snow
IFC
$46,742
4
$5,363
1
6/19/09
16
44
Undead
Lions Gate
$41,196
13
$8,527
2
7/1/05
17
3
Warm Bodies
Lionsgate/Summit
$66,380,662
3,009
$20,353,967
3,009
2/1/13
18
26
Return of the Living Dead 2
Lorimar
$9,205,924
1,467
$3,647,254
1,467
1/15/88
19
38
Night of the Living Dead 3D
Midnight Movies Entertainment
$271,000
145
$215,300
145
11/10/06
20
33
The Evil Dead
New Line
$2,400,000
128
n/a
-
1/1/83
21
31
Dead Heat
New World
$3,588,626
1,012
$1,667,036
1,012
5/6/88
22
39
Cemetary Man
October
$253,986
25
$22,459
6
4/26/96
23
20
Return of the Living Dead
Orion Pictures
$14,237,880
1,506
$4,403,169
1,506
8/16/85
24
46
Juan of the Dead
Outsider Pictures
$18,000
1
$12,000
1
3/16/12
25
45
Zombie High
Palisades Ent.
$21,905
25
$12,165
25
10/2/87
26
7
Pet Sematary
Paramount
$57,469,467
1,585
$12,046,179
1,585
4/21/89
27
18
Pet Sematary II
Paramount
$17,092,453
1,852
$4,825,100
1,852
8/28/92
28
37
Fido
Roadside Attractions
$304,533
67
$10,203
2
6/15/07
29
22
Shaun of the Dead
Rogue Pictures
$13,542,874
675
$3,330,781
607
9/24/04
30
1
Hotel Transylvania
Sony / Columbia
$148,313,048
3,375
$42,522,194
3,349
9/28/12
31
2
Zombieland
Sony / Columbia
$75,590,286
3,171
$24,733,155
3,036
10/2/09
32
4
Resident Evil: Afterlife
Sony / Screen Gems
$60,128,566
3,209
$26,650,264
3,203
9/10/10
33
9
Resident Evil: Apocalypse
Sony / Screen Gems
$51,201,453
3,284
$23,036,273
3,284
9/10/04
34
10
Resident Evil: Extinction
Sony / Screen Gems
$50,648,679
2,848
$23,678,580
2,828
9/21/07
35
12
Resident Evil: Retribution
Sony / Screen Gems
$42,345,531
3,016
$21,052,227
3,012
9/14/12
36
13
Resident Evil
Sony / Screen Gems
$40,119,709
2,528
$17,707,106
2,528
3/15/02
37
27
John Carpenter's Ghosts of Mars
Sony / Screen Gems
$8,709,640
2,048
$3,804,452
2,048
8/24/01
38
48
Otto; or, Up with the Dead People
Strand
$11,295
2
$3,456
1
11/7/08
39
47
Spookies
SVSC
$17,785
-
n/a
-
1/9/87
40
35
George A. Romero's Diary of the Dead
Third Rail Releasing
$958,961
48
$232,576
42
2/15/08
41
40
Dead Alive
Trimark
$242,623
11
$23,765
3
2/12/93
42
42
Return of the Living Dead III
Trimark
$54,207
9
$14,810
9
10/29/93
43
23
Lifeforce
TriStar
$11,603,545
1,526
$4,209,136
1,526
6/21/85
44
36
Night of the Creeps
TriStar
$591,366
70
$220,800
70
8/22/86
45
30
Day of the Dead
United Film Distribution Company
$5,000,000
168
$1,700,000
168
7/19/85
46
5
Dawn of the Dead
Universal
$59,020,957
2,748
$26,722,575
2,745
3/19/04
47
6
Death Becomes Her
Universal
$58,422,650
1,866
$12,110,355
1,409
7/31/92
48
16
George A. Romero's Land of the Dead
Universal
$20,700,082
2,253
$10,221,705
2,249
6/24/05
49
17
The Serpent and the Rainbow
Universal
$19,595,031
1,431
$5,848,700
1,430
2/5/88
50
21
Prince of Darkness
Universal
$14,182,492
1,239
$4,657,401
1,239
10/23/87
51
24
Army of Darkness
Universal
$11,502,976
1,391
$4,424,535
1,387
2/19/93
52
50
The Roost
Vitagraph
$5,642
4
$2,926
3
10/21/05
53
15
Creepshow
Warner Bros.
$21,028,755
1,132
$5,870,889
1,127
11/12/82
TOTAL (All Movies): $1,056,491,187 - - - - AVERAGE (All Movies): $20,715,513 1,215 $7,039,095 1,240 - TOTAL (Wide Releases Only): $1,038,178,040 - - - - AVERAGE (Wide Releases Only): $34,605,935 2,023 $11,836,442 1,992 -
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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