<Tr> <Th> Budget </Th> <Td> $1.5 million </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Box office </Th> <Td> $55 million </Td> </Tr> <P> Dawn of the Dead (also known internationally as Zombi or Zombie) is a 1978 American independent zombie horror film directed by George A. Romero . It was written by Romero in collaboration with the Italian filmmaker Dario Argento and produced by Richard P. Rubinstein . It was the second film made in Romero's Night of the Living Dead series and shows in a larger scale the apocalyptic effects on society, though it contains no characters or settings from the film Night of the Living Dead . In the film, a phenomenon of unidentified origin has caused the reanimation of the dead, who prey on human flesh . David Emge, Ken Foree, Scott Reiniger, and Gaylen Ross star as survivors of the outbreak who barricade themselves inside a suburban shopping mall amid mass hysteria . </P> <P> Dawn of the Dead was filmed over approximately four months, from late 1977 to early 1978, in the Pennsylvania cities of Pittsburgh and Monroeville . Its primary filming location was the Monroeville Mall . The film was made on a budget estimated at $1.5 million and grossed approximately $55 million worldwide . The film has a 93% approval rating at Rotten Tomatoes, which calls it "one of the most compelling and entertaining zombie films ever made" in its critical consensus . </P>

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