Meanwhile, the "Dawn of the Dead" remake finally beats "The Passion..." at the U.S. box office

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'Dawn of the Dead' Debut Tops 'Passion'
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By DAVID GERMAIN, AP Movie Writer
LOS ANGELES - Audiences feasted on zombies as the fright flick "Dawn of the Dead" ruled the box office, debuting with $27.3 million and bumping "The Passion of the Christ" from the top spot.
Mel Gibson (news)'s "The Passion" took in $19.2 million, slipping to second place after three straight weekends on top, according to studio estimates Sunday.
"The Passion" raised its domestic total to $295.3 million since opening Feb. 25. The movie passed "The Sixth Sense," which earned $293.5 million, to take over 18th place on the all-time domestic chart.
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Scary movies tend to drop steeply in subsequent weekends after hardcore horror fans have seen them. But "Dawn of the Dead" cost just $26 million to make, so surpassing its production budget with the opening weekend gross puts it on track to turn a solid profit.

wait, didn't Passion have a $30M budget or something?

― Kingfish Cowboy (Kingfish), Monday, 22 March 2004 00:19 (twenty-two years ago)

america wants and needs more creepy fetus babies, and also movies about gore and then reseruction.

― anthony, Monday, 22 March 2004 00:42 (twenty-two years ago)

yes, and i'm sure that they'll be no shortage of jokes about Mel's going to film a sequel, where Jesus comes back from the dead to eat the flesh of the living...

― Kingfish Cowboy (Kingfish), Monday, 22 March 2004 00:53 (twenty-two years ago)

The Passion 2: No More Mr. Nice Guy

― Prude (Prude), Monday, 22 March 2004 03:11 (twenty-two years ago)

that's it! jesus was a zombie! man i'm going to storm the theology world

― omg, Monday, 22 March 2004 03:17 (twenty-two years ago)

okay, it's monday morn.

make with more zombie jesus jokes

― Kingfish Cowboy (Kingfish), Monday, 22 March 2004 15:05 (twenty-two years ago)

um, ah, there could be a scene were they fish up men (zombies) in big nets.

― A Nairn (moretap), Monday, 22 March 2004 18:27 (twenty-two years ago)

isn't Dawn of the Dead (the original, that is, haven't seen the new one yet) an allegory of the Christianity anyway?
With the shopping mall as the Kingdom of Our Lord?

― The Huckle-Buck (Horace Mann), Monday, 22 March 2004 18:35 (twenty-two years ago)

someone explain 'eucharist' to me again

― dave q, Monday, 22 March 2004 21:26 (twenty-two years ago)

Messiaphagy.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Monday, 22 March 2004 21:26 (twenty-two years ago)

God the movie awards this year are gonna blow without Lord of the Rings about.

― Mr Noodles (Mr Noodles), Monday, 22 March 2004 21:31 (twenty-two years ago)

but just imagine the musical numbers, with billy crystal up on a cross!

― Kingfish Cowboy (Kingfish), Monday, 22 March 2004 21:53 (twenty-two years ago)

Super funny article on Jesus the Zombie (the link didn't work for me a second ago, but i read it earlier today)

― JaXoN (JasonD), Monday, 22 March 2004 21:55 (twenty-two years ago)

Robin Williams and a chorus line of zombies blame consumerism!

― Mr Noodles (Mr Noodles), Monday, 22 March 2004 21:56 (twenty-two years ago)

DEAD KENNEDYS
Frankenchrist
(1985)
http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B00005NT4I.01.MZZZZZZZ.jpg

― Sébastien Chikara (Sébastien Chikara), Monday, 22 March 2004 22:16 (twenty-two years ago)

what are you talking about? the oscars are gonna invite controversy since the passion wont be nominated for shit because mel blames the academy for killing christ.

― bill stevens (bscrubbins), Monday, 22 March 2004 22:20 (twenty-two years ago)

Mel's father on the otherhand...

― Mr Noodles (Mr Noodles), Monday, 22 March 2004 22:44 (twenty-two years ago)

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