Shawn of the Dead vs Dawn of the Dead

Both films done very well in their own Market place. For example Shawn of the dead had a much lower budget ($4,000,000) than Dawn of the dead ($26,000,000) and therefore made a smaller profit. Whereas Dawn of the Dead used its financial superiority to rake in a much larger gross profit. Shawn of the Dead $3.3 million in the USA, taking 8th place at the box office despite a limited release to only 607 theatres. In the UK it took in £1.6 million at 307 cinemas on its opening weekend and netted £6.4M by mid-May. The film has earned just over $30 million worldwide in box office receipts since its release. I would now like to look at both film’s attendances at the cinema. While Dawn of the dead has earned $102,356,381 worldwide gross.
The second thing I would like to look at is the awards of both films. Dawn of the Dead’s only major award was the ‘Golden Trailer Awards’ where it won best trailer. Although one award seems pitiful it was NOMINATED for several others including the Bram Stoker Award for best screenplay in a film, the Saturn award for ‘Best Makeup’ and for best ‘Horror Film’. Shawn of the dead didn’t actually win any major awards although it was nominated for a couple including British Academy of Film and Television and also best British film.; This once again demon straights how the financial budget of the film determents how both films done at the Awards.
To conclude, as we can see both films were very successful and although a conservative view would lead someone to view Dawn Of the Dead as ‘more successful’ because of the much larger profit, however as a percentage both have made similar profits in correlation to how much was invested initially, allowing me to come to the conclusion that both films were triumphant in their own marketplace