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

Date	Rank	Gross	Daily Chg	Weekly Chg	Total	Theaters	Average	Days
Fri Mar 19	#1	$10.90M		—	$10.90M	2,744	$4.0K	1
Sat Mar 20	#1	$9.74M	-11%	—	$20.60M	2,745	$3.5K	2
Sun Mar 21	#2	$6.12M	-37%	—	$26.72M	2,745	$2.2K	3
Mon Mar 22	#1	$2.20M	-64%	—	$28.92M	2,745	$800	4
Tue Mar 23	#2	$1.81M	-17%	—	$30.73M	2,745	$660	5
Wed Mar 24	#2	$1.43M	-21%	—	$32.16M	2,745	$519	6
Thu Mar 25	#2	$1.39M	-3%	—	$33.55M	2,745	$505	7
Fri Mar 26	#3	$3.60M	+159%	-67%	$37.10M	2,748	$1.3K	8
Sat Mar 27	#4	$4.55M	+26%	-53%	$41.56M	2,748	$1.7K	9
Sun Mar 28	#4	$2.67M	-41%	-56%	$44.22M	2,748	$969	10
Mon Mar 29	#4	$811K	-70%	-63%	$45.03M	2,748	$295	11
Tue Mar 30	#4	$783K	-3%	-57%	$45.81M	2,748	$284	12
Wed Mar 31	#4	$687K	-12%	-52%	$46.50M	2,748	$250	13
Thu Apr 1	#4	$680K	-1%	-51%	$47.18M	2,748	$247	14
Fri Apr 2	#9	$1.40M	+106%	-61%	$48.58M	2,357	$593	15
Sat Apr 3	#9	$1.94M	+39%	-57%	$50.56M	2,357	$825	16
Sun Apr 4	#9	$1.20M	-38%	-55%	$51.76M	2,357	$510	17
Mon Apr 5	#8	$471K	-61%	-42%	$52.23M	2,357	$199	18
Tue Apr 6	#9	$448K	-5%	-43%	$52.68M	2,357	$190	19
Wed Apr 7	#10	$389K	-13%	-43%	$53.07M	2,357	$165	20

Weekend	Rank	Gross	Chg	Total	Theaters	Average	Wks
Mar 19-21	1	$26.72M	—	$26.72M	2,745	$9.7K	1
Mar 26-28	4	$10.68M	-60.0%	$44.22M	2,748	$3.9K	2
Apr 2-4	9	$4.58M	-57.1%	$51.76M	2,357	$1.9K	3
Apr 9-11	15	$1.90M	-58.4%	$55.47M	1,237	$1.5K	4
Apr 16-18	19	$729K	-61.7%	$56.97M	688	$1.1K	5
Apr 23-25	23	$395K	-45.8%	$57.63M	414	$955	6
Apr 30-May 2	30	$256K	-35.3%	$58.03M	302	$846	7
May 7-9	28	$196K	-23.4%	$58.32M	311	$630	8
May 14-16	24	$189K	-3.5%	$58.58M	274	$690	9
May 21-23	36	$107K	-43.6%	$58.75M	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

Produced byRichard P. Rubinstein, Marc Abraham, Eric Newman

CinematographyMatthew F. Leonetti

MusicTyler Bates

Prod. DesignAndrew Neskoromny

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

StudioUniversal Pictures

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