The conventions of zombie movies are generally simple; you always have one or more main characters that travel place to place looking for salvation normally, there is also sometimes a love interest between characters. The zombies are nearly always causes by an infection/virus that spreads person to person, city to city, usually by bites from a zombie. There also seems to be a touch of comedy in most movies, with some it may be mostly based on comedy such as Zombie Land, the zombies have bloody mouths and ripped clothing, with maybe a gash on their body from a previous bite that infected them.
The following list is some of the most successful zombie movies of all time; we see a lot of George A. Romero films on that list who is one of the first to use the typical zombie films we see today, with the famous Dawn of the Dead being one of his best works.
Successful movies that use this genre include:
1. Dawn Of The Dead(1978)- worldwide gross revenue of $55 million
2. 28 Days Later(2002)- $82.7 million worldwide
3. Night of the Living Dead(1968)- $18 million internationally
4. Shaun Of The Dead(2004)- $30,039,392 worldwide
5. Return of the Living Dead(1985)- grossed $14,237,000 domestically
6. Land of the Dead(2004)- over $40 million
7. Resident Evil(2002) $102 million worldwide-
8. Zombie Land(2009)- $60.8 million in 17 days
9. Re-Animator(1985)- $543,728 on its opening weekend, made $2 million in North America,
10. Dawn of the Dead(2004)- $102 million worldwide
By Charlie Gilbert
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