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