Dawn of the Dead is an American horror film written and directed by George A. Romero. It is the second film in Romero's "Dead" franchise and follows his seminal 1968 classic Night of the Living Dead. It was succeeded in 1985 by Day of the Dead. The movie was made on a paltry budget of $650,000 and grossed $55,000,000 in box office receipts worldwide. It made $900,000 on it's opening weekend with a limited theatrical release of only sixty-eight screens. The film was remade in 2004 by Zack Snyder. Like it's predecessor, the film takes place in Pennsylvania and involves a group of zombie survivors who hole up inside of a Philadelphia shopping mall. The film is largely noted for its subtext regarding American consumerism.
