Diary of the Dead (2008)

Theatrical Performance
Domestic Box Office $952,620Details
International Box Office $4,441,827Details
Worldwide Box Office $5,394,447
Home Market Performance
Est. Domestic DVD Sales $4,964,562 Details
Total Est. Domestic Video Sales $4,964,562
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Metrics

Opening Weekend:$232,576 (24.4% of total gross)
Legs:4.10 (domestic box office/biggest weekend)
Domestic Share:17.7% (domestic box office/worldwide)
Production Budget:$2,750,000 (worldwide box office is 2.0 times production budget)
Theater counts:42 opening theaters/48 max. theaters, 9.4 weeks average run per theater
Infl. Adj. Dom. BO $1,430,247

Latest Ranking on Cumulative Box Office Lists


Movie Details

Domestic Releases: February 15th, 2008 (Limited) by Weinstein Co.
Video Release: May 20th, 2008 by Weinstein Co./Genius, released as George A. Romero's Diary of the Dead
MPAA Rating: R for strong horror violence and gore, and pervasive language.
Franchise: George A. Romero's Dead Series
Comparisons: vs. En kongelig affære
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Keywords: Zombies, Gratuitous Cameos
Source:Original Screenplay
Genre:Horror
Production Method:Live Action
Creative Type:Fantasy
Production Countries: United States
Languages: English

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Domestic Cumulative Box Office Records

Weekend Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Feb 15, 2008 32 $232,576   42 $5,538   $232,576 1
Feb 22, 2008 39 $121,896 -48% 48 $2,540   $451,215 2
Feb 29, 2008 44 $84,280 -31% 47 $1,793   $587,307 3
Mar 7, 2008 51 $53,986 -36% 47 $1,149   $679,335 4
Mar 14, 2008 56 $42,713 -21% 47 $909   $750,309 5
Mar 21, 2008 60 $35,694 -16% 47 $759   $808,281 6
Mar 28, 2008 66 $26,137 -27% 47 $556   $855,380 7
Apr 4, 2008 68 $25,157 -4% 47 $535   $893,192 8
Apr 11, 2008 69 $19,421 -23% 36 $539   $923,995 9
Apr 18, 2008 98 $4,265 -78% 12 $355   $936,663 10
Apr 25, 2008 79 $14,151 +232% 30 $472   $952,620 11

Daily Box Office Performance

DateRankGross%YD%LWTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossDays
Feb 15, 2008 - $79,504     42 $1,893   $79,504 1
Feb 16, 2008 - $79,526 n/c   42 $1,893   $159,030 2
Feb 17, 2008 - $73,546 -8%   42 $1,751   $232,576 3
Feb 18, 2008 31 $42,485 -42%   42 $1,012   $275,061 4
Feb 19, 2008 - $19,608 -54%   42 $467   $294,669 5
Feb 20, 2008 - $16,926 -14%   42 $403   $311,595 6
Feb 21, 2008 - $17,724 +5%   42 $422   $329,319 7
Feb 22, 2008 - $33,730 +90% -58% 48 $703   $363,049 8
Feb 23, 2008 - $51,894 +54% -35% 48 $1,081   $414,943 9
Feb 24, 2008 - $36,272 -30% -51% 48 $756   $451,215 10
Feb 25, 2008 - $13,652 -62% -68% 48 $284   $464,867 11
Feb 26, 2008 - $12,816 -6% -35% 48 $267   $477,683 12
Feb 27, 2008 - $12,192 -5% -28% 48 $254   $489,875 13
Feb 28, 2008 - $13,152 +8% -26% 48 $274   $503,027 14
Feb 29, 2008 - $23,672 +80% -30% 47 $504   $526,699 15
Mar 1, 2008 - $34,284 +45% -34% 47 $729   $560,983 16
Mar 2, 2008 - $26,324 -23% -27% 47 $560   $587,307 17
Mar 3, 2008 - $10,124 -62% -26% 47 $215   $597,431 18
Mar 4, 2008 - $9,353 -8% -27% 47 $199   $606,784 19
Mar 5, 2008 - $8,836 -6% -28% 47 $188   $615,620 20
Mar 6, 2008 - $9,729 +10% -26% 47 $207   $625,349 21
Mar 7, 2008 - $13,866 +43% -41% 47 $295   $639,215 22
Mar 8, 2008 - $23,197 +67% -32% 47 $494   $662,412 23
Mar 9, 2008 - $16,923 -27% -36% 47 $360   $679,335 24
Mar 10, 2008 - $7,213 -57% -29% 47 $153   $686,548 25
Mar 11, 2008 - $6,298 -13% -33% 47 $134   $692,846 26
Mar 12, 2008 - $7,136 +13% -19% 47 $152   $699,982 27

Weekly Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Feb 15, 2008 32 $329,319   42 $7,841   $329,319 1
Feb 22, 2008 40 $173,708 -47% 48 $3,619   $503,027 2
Feb 29, 2008 46 $122,322 -30% 47 $2,603   $625,349 3
Mar 7, 2008 52 $82,247 -33% 47 $1,750   $707,596 4
Mar 14, 2008 57 $64,991 -21% 47 $1,383   $772,587 5
Mar 21, 2008 58 $56,656 -13% 47 $1,205   $829,243 6
Mar 28, 2008 64 $38,792 -32% 47 $825   $868,035 7
Apr 4, 2008 64 $36,539 -6% 47 $777   $904,574 8
Apr 11, 2008 70 $27,824 -24% 36 $773   $932,398 9
Apr 18, 2008 94 $6,071 -78% 12 $506   $938,469 10
Apr 25, 2008 88 $14,151 +133% 30 $472   $952,620 11

International Cumulative Box Office Records


Worldwide Cumulative Box Office Records


Weekly US DVD Sales

DateRankUnits
this
Week
% ChangeTotal
Units
Spending
this
Week
Total
Spending
Weeks
in
Release
May 25, 20081295,359 95,359$1,715,508$1,715,5081
Jun 1, 20082340,142-58% 135,501$722,155$2,437,6632

Full financial estimates for this film, including domestic and international box office, video sales, video rentals, TV and ancillary revenue are available through our research services. For more information, please contact us at research@the-numbers.com.

Cameos

Guillermo del Toro    Newsreader
Wes Craven    Newsreader
Stephen King    Newsreader
Simon Pegg    Newsreader
Quentin Tarantino    Newsreader

For a description of the different acting role types we use to categorize acting perfomances, see our Glossary.

Production and Technical Credits

George A. Romero    Director
George A. Romero    Screenwriter

DVD Releases for October 21, 2008 - Part I

October 21st, 2008

The number of DVDs reaching my door is increasing each week (so are the number of ones that are late, or so it would seem). However, while there was a wide selection, the choice for DVD Pick of the Week was easy: Looney Tunes - Golden Collections - Volume 6. ... And James Bond - Blu-ray Uber Collection, as well as Casino Royale on Blu-ray. One last note, as has happened more often than not, this week's list is split into two. The second part can be seen here. More...

DVD Sales - Treasure Richer on the Sales Chart

June 1st, 2008

The last of 2008's monster hits finally hit the home market last week, and it made quite an impact. National Treasure: Book of Secrets opened in first place on the sales chart and had the second best opening for the year with 3.49 million units sold and opening week sales of $55.77 million. More...

DVD Releases for May 20, 2008

May 20th, 2008

This week's list is dominated by Blu-ray releases. This is not surprising as this is the first week Paramount has released Blu-ray discs after dropping the format last August for an exclusive HD DVD commitment. However, it is another Blu-ray release that caught my eye: the National Treasure Blu-ray Two-Pack. This is the best format has to offer this week, but it is not the best movie coming out. If you want the DVD Pick of the Week, you have to grab Night of the Living Dead Buy from Amazon. More...

Per Theater Averages - Akbar and U2 Too

February 20th, 2008

Jodhaa Akbar opened on top of the per theater averages chart with an estimated $1.3 million opening 100 theaters. The only other member of the $10,000 club was U2 3D with an average of $10,198 during its fourth week of release. More...

Movie Website Reviews for Weekend of February 15, 2008

February 16th, 2008

The year has been slow for websites with some weeks having no sites at all that were worthy of awards. This makes it frustrating that week we have two sites that could have taken home the Weekly Website Award; it's either feast or famine. But there can be only one winner and this week it is The Spiderwick Chronicles - Official Site. More...

The Week Really Limited Releases went on Vacation

February 15th, 2008

It's a strange week for limited releases with only two films opening in less than 10 theaters, and one of those in Canadian and it is very, very rare for Canadian films to open in more than 10 theaters. But the list also includes four films opening in more than a dozen theaters and one that even breaks 100 theaters. More...

2008 Preview: February

February 1st, 2008

2008 got off to a faster than expected start with January helping the year to a 17.5% lead over 2007. It seems unlikely that February will be able to keep up that pace, but there are still enough releases that most avid moviegoers should find something to get excited about. Granted, this is partially due to the combination of the lead year and February 29th landing on a Friday. This means we have five weekends in February this year, something that only happens approximately once every 28 years, which explains the number of films. More...

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November 6th, 2007

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November 4th, 2007

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  8. Trailer

Metrics

Opening Weekend:$232,576 (24.4% of total gross)
Legs:4.10 (domestic box office/biggest weekend)
Domestic Share:17.7% (domestic box office/worldwide)
Production Budget:$2,750,000 (worldwide box office is 2.0 times production budget)
Theater counts:42 opening theaters/48 max. theaters, 9.4 weeks average run per theater
Infl. Adj. Dom. BO $1,430,247

Latest Ranking on Cumulative Box Office Lists


Movie Details

Domestic Releases: February 15th, 2008 (Limited) by Weinstein Co.
Video Release: May 20th, 2008 by Weinstein Co./Genius, released as George A. Romero's Diary of the Dead
MPAA Rating: R for strong horror violence and gore, and pervasive language.
Franchise: George A. Romero's Dead Series
Comparisons: vs. En kongelig affære
Create your own comparison chart…
Keywords: Zombies, Gratuitous Cameos
Source:Original Screenplay
Genre:Horror
Production Method:Live Action
Creative Type:Fantasy
Production Countries: United States
Languages: English

Cameos

Guillermo del Toro    Newsreader
Wes Craven    Newsreader
Stephen King    Newsreader
Simon Pegg    Newsreader
Quentin Tarantino    Newsreader

For a description of the different acting role types we use to categorize acting perfomances, see our Glossary.

Production and Technical Credits

George A. Romero    Director
George A. Romero    Screenwriter

DVD Releases for October 21, 2008 - Part I

October 21st, 2008

The number of DVDs reaching my door is increasing each week (so are the number of ones that are late, or so it would seem). However, while there was a wide selection, the choice for DVD Pick of the Week was easy: Looney Tunes - Golden Collections - Volume 6. ... And James Bond - Blu-ray Uber Collection, as well as Casino Royale on Blu-ray. One last note, as has happened more often than not, this week's list is split into two. The second part can be seen here. More...

DVD Sales - Treasure Richer on the Sales Chart

June 1st, 2008

The last of 2008's monster hits finally hit the home market last week, and it made quite an impact. National Treasure: Book of Secrets opened in first place on the sales chart and had the second best opening for the year with 3.49 million units sold and opening week sales of $55.77 million. More...

DVD Releases for May 20, 2008

May 20th, 2008

This week's list is dominated by Blu-ray releases. This is not surprising as this is the first week Paramount has released Blu-ray discs after dropping the format last August for an exclusive HD DVD commitment. However, it is another Blu-ray release that caught my eye: the National Treasure Blu-ray Two-Pack. This is the best format has to offer this week, but it is not the best movie coming out. If you want the DVD Pick of the Week, you have to grab Night of the Living Dead Buy from Amazon. More...

Per Theater Averages - Akbar and U2 Too

February 20th, 2008

Jodhaa Akbar opened on top of the per theater averages chart with an estimated $1.3 million opening 100 theaters. The only other member of the $10,000 club was U2 3D with an average of $10,198 during its fourth week of release. More...

Movie Website Reviews for Weekend of February 15, 2008

February 16th, 2008

The year has been slow for websites with some weeks having no sites at all that were worthy of awards. This makes it frustrating that week we have two sites that could have taken home the Weekly Website Award; it's either feast or famine. But there can be only one winner and this week it is The Spiderwick Chronicles - Official Site. More...

The Week Really Limited Releases went on Vacation

February 15th, 2008

It's a strange week for limited releases with only two films opening in less than 10 theaters, and one of those in Canadian and it is very, very rare for Canadian films to open in more than 10 theaters. But the list also includes four films opening in more than a dozen theaters and one that even breaks 100 theaters. More...

2008 Preview: February

February 1st, 2008

2008 got off to a faster than expected start with January helping the year to a 17.5% lead over 2007. It seems unlikely that February will be able to keep up that pace, but there are still enough releases that most avid moviegoers should find something to get excited about. Granted, this is partially due to the combination of the lead year and February 29th landing on a Friday. This means we have five weekends in February this year, something that only happens approximately once every 28 years, which explains the number of films. More...

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November 6th, 2007

This week another number of upcoming movies, new stars and directors have been added to our archive! More...

New Movie US Release Dates - November 4, 2007

November 4th, 2007

This week's round of new movie release information contains release dates for Diary of the Dead, Sleepwalking, The X-Files 2 and more! More...

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Domestic Cumulative Box Office Records

Weekend Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Feb 15, 2008 32 $232,576   42 $5,538   $232,576 1
Feb 22, 2008 39 $121,896 -48% 48 $2,540   $451,215 2
Feb 29, 2008 44 $84,280 -31% 47 $1,793   $587,307 3
Mar 7, 2008 51 $53,986 -36% 47 $1,149   $679,335 4
Mar 14, 2008 56 $42,713 -21% 47 $909   $750,309 5
Mar 21, 2008 60 $35,694 -16% 47 $759   $808,281 6
Mar 28, 2008 66 $26,137 -27% 47 $556   $855,380 7
Apr 4, 2008 68 $25,157 -4% 47 $535   $893,192 8
Apr 11, 2008 69 $19,421 -23% 36 $539   $923,995 9
Apr 18, 2008 98 $4,265 -78% 12 $355   $936,663 10
Apr 25, 2008 79 $14,151 +232% 30 $472   $952,620 11

Daily Box Office Performance

DateRankGross%YD%LWTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossDays
Feb 15, 2008 - $79,504     42 $1,893   $79,504 1
Feb 16, 2008 - $79,526 n/c   42 $1,893   $159,030 2
Feb 17, 2008 - $73,546 -8%   42 $1,751   $232,576 3
Feb 18, 2008 31 $42,485 -42%   42 $1,012   $275,061 4
Feb 19, 2008 - $19,608 -54%   42 $467   $294,669 5
Feb 20, 2008 - $16,926 -14%   42 $403   $311,595 6
Feb 21, 2008 - $17,724 +5%   42 $422   $329,319 7
Feb 22, 2008 - $33,730 +90% -58% 48 $703   $363,049 8
Feb 23, 2008 - $51,894 +54% -35% 48 $1,081   $414,943 9
Feb 24, 2008 - $36,272 -30% -51% 48 $756   $451,215 10
Feb 25, 2008 - $13,652 -62% -68% 48 $284   $464,867 11
Feb 26, 2008 - $12,816 -6% -35% 48 $267   $477,683 12
Feb 27, 2008 - $12,192 -5% -28% 48 $254   $489,875 13
Feb 28, 2008 - $13,152 +8% -26% 48 $274   $503,027 14
Feb 29, 2008 - $23,672 +80% -30% 47 $504   $526,699 15
Mar 1, 2008 - $34,284 +45% -34% 47 $729   $560,983 16
Mar 2, 2008 - $26,324 -23% -27% 47 $560   $587,307 17
Mar 3, 2008 - $10,124 -62% -26% 47 $215   $597,431 18
Mar 4, 2008 - $9,353 -8% -27% 47 $199   $606,784 19
Mar 5, 2008 - $8,836 -6% -28% 47 $188   $615,620 20
Mar 6, 2008 - $9,729 +10% -26% 47 $207   $625,349 21
Mar 7, 2008 - $13,866 +43% -41% 47 $295   $639,215 22
Mar 8, 2008 - $23,197 +67% -32% 47 $494   $662,412 23
Mar 9, 2008 - $16,923 -27% -36% 47 $360   $679,335 24
Mar 10, 2008 - $7,213 -57% -29% 47 $153   $686,548 25
Mar 11, 2008 - $6,298 -13% -33% 47 $134   $692,846 26
Mar 12, 2008 - $7,136 +13% -19% 47 $152   $699,982 27

Weekly Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Feb 15, 2008 32 $329,319   42 $7,841   $329,319 1
Feb 22, 2008 40 $173,708 -47% 48 $3,619   $503,027 2
Feb 29, 2008 46 $122,322 -30% 47 $2,603   $625,349 3
Mar 7, 2008 52 $82,247 -33% 47 $1,750   $707,596 4
Mar 14, 2008 57 $64,991 -21% 47 $1,383   $772,587 5
Mar 21, 2008 58 $56,656 -13% 47 $1,205   $829,243 6
Mar 28, 2008 64 $38,792 -32% 47 $825   $868,035 7
Apr 4, 2008 64 $36,539 -6% 47 $777   $904,574 8
Apr 11, 2008 70 $27,824 -24% 36 $773   $932,398 9
Apr 18, 2008 94 $6,071 -78% 12 $506   $938,469 10
Apr 25, 2008 88 $14,151 +133% 30 $472   $952,620 11

International Cumulative Box Office Records


Worldwide Cumulative Box Office Records


Weekly US DVD Sales

DateRankUnits
this
Week
% ChangeTotal
Units
Spending
this
Week
Total
Spending
Weeks
in
Release
May 25, 20081295,359 95,359$1,715,508$1,715,5081
Jun 1, 20082340,142-58% 135,501$722,155$2,437,6632

Full financial estimates for this film, including domestic and international box office, video sales, video rentals, TV and ancillary revenue are available through our research services. For more information, please contact us at research@the-numbers.com.