Zombie
1980-Present
Rank Title (click to view) Studio Opening % of Theaters / Avg. Total Release 1 Hotel Transylvania Sony $42,522,194 28.7% 3,349 $12,697 $148,313,048 9/28/12 2 Dawn of the Dead Uni. $26,722,575 45.3% 2,745 $9,735 $59,020,957 3/19/04 3 Resident Evil: Afterlife SGem $26,650,264 44.3% 3,203 $8,320 $60,128,566 9/10/10 4 Zombieland Sony $24,733,155 32.7% 3,036 $8,147 $75,590,286 10/2/09 5 Resident Evil: Extinction SGem $23,678,580 46.8% 2,828 $8,372 $50,648,679 9/21/07 6 Resident Evil: Apocalypse SGem $23,036,273 45.0% 3,284 $7,014 $51,201,453 9/10/04 7 Resident Evil: Retribution SGem $21,052,227 49.7% 3,012 $6,989 $42,345,531 9/14/12 8 Warm Bodies LG/S $20,353,967 30.7% 3,009 $6,764 $66,380,662 2/1/13 9 Resident Evil SGem $17,707,106 44.1% 2,528 $7,004 $40,119,709 3/15/02 10 ParaNorman Focus $14,087,050 25.2% 3,429 $4,108 $56,003,051 8/17/12 11 Death Becomes Her Uni. $12,110,355 20.7% 1,409 $8,595 $58,422,650 7/31/92 12 Pet Sematary Par. $12,046,179 21.0% 1,585 $7,600 $57,469,467 4/21/89 13 George A. Romero's Land of the Dead Uni. $10,221,705 49.4% 2,249 $4,545 $20,700,082 6/24/05 14 28 Days Later FoxS $10,061,858 22.3% 1,260 $7,985 $45,064,915 6/27/03 15 28 Weeks Later FoxA $9,807,292 34.2% 2,303 $4,258 $28,638,916 5/11/07 16 Creepshow WB $5,870,889 27.9% 1,127 $5,209 $21,028,755 11/12/82 17 The Serpent and the Rainbow Uni. $5,848,700 29.8% 1,430 $4,090 $19,595,031 2/5/88 18 House of the Dead Art. $5,683,280 55.4% 1,520 $3,739 $10,249,719 10/10/03 19 Pet Sematary II Par. $4,825,100 28.2% 1,852 $2,605 $17,092,453 8/28/92 20 Prince of Darkness Uni. $4,657,401 32.8% 1,239 $3,759 $14,182,492 10/23/87 21 Army of Darkness Uni. $4,424,535 38.5% 1,387 $3,190 $11,502,976 2/19/93 22 Return of the Living Dead Orion $4,403,169 30.9% 1,506 $2,923 $14,237,880 8/16/85 23 Lifeforce TriS $4,209,136 36.3% 1,526 $2,758 $11,603,545 6/21/85 24 John Carpenter's Ghosts of Mars SGem $3,804,452 43.7% 2,048 $1,857 $8,709,640 8/24/01 25 Return of the Living Dead 2 Lori $3,647,254 39.6% 1,467 $2,486 $9,205,924 1/15/88 26 Night of the Comet Atl $3,580,578 24.8% 1,098 $3,261 $14,418,922 11/16/84 27 Shaun of the Dead Rog. $3,330,781 24.6% 607 $5,487 $13,542,874 9/24/04 28 Night of the Living Dead Col. $2,884,679 49.4% 1,544 $1,868 $5,835,247 10/19/90 29 Day of the Dead UFD $1,700,000 34.0% 168 $10,119 $5,000,000 7/19/85 30 Dead Heat NW $1,667,036 46.5% 1,012 $1,647 $3,588,626 5/6/88 31 My Boyfriend's Back BV $1,465,476 43.9% 1,165 $1,257 $3,335,984 8/6/93 32 Evil Dead 2 DEG $807,260 13.6% 310 $2,604 $5,923,044 3/13/87 33 Re-Animator EP $543,728 26.9% 129 $4,214 $2,023,414 10/18/85 34 George A. Romero's Diary of the Dead TRR $232,576 24.3% 42 $5,538 $958,961 2/15/08 35 Night of the Creeps TriS $220,800 37.3% 70 $3,154 $591,366 8/22/86 36 Night of the Living Dead 3D MME $215,300 79.4% 145 $1,484 $271,000 11/10/06 37 Rise: Blood Hunter IDP $59,371 51.9% 63 $942 $114,306 6/1/07 38 Dead Alive Trim. $23,765 9.8% 3 $7,921 $242,623 2/12/93 39 Cemetary Man Oct. $22,459 8.8% 6 $3,743 $253,986 4/26/96 40 Return of the Living Dead III Trim. $14,810 27.3% 9 $1,645 $54,207 10/29/93 41 Zombie High PEC $12,165 55.5% 25 $486 $21,905 10/2/87 42 Juan of the Dead Outs $12,000 66.7% 1 $12,000 $18,000 3/16/12 43 Fido RAtt. $10,203 3.4% 2 $5,101 $304,533 6/15/07 44 Undead Lions $8,527 20.7% 2 $4,263 $41,196 7/1/05 45 Dead Snow IFC $5,363 11.5% 1 $5,363 $46,742 6/19/09 46 Otto; or, Up with the Dead People Strand $3,456 30.6% 1 $3,456 $11,295 11/7/08 47 American Zombie Libre $3,126 100.0% 1 $3,126 $3,126 3/28/08 48 The Roost Vita. $2,926 51.9% 3 $975 $5,642 10/21/05 49 Midget Zombie Takeover DWOES $2,755 27.5% 1 $2,755 $10,016 2/8/13 AVERAGE $11,836,442 34.2% 1,992 $5,942 $34,605,935 -
Note: Only movies with opening weekend grosses are listed on this chart.
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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