Shaun of the Dead responded to a casting call organised through a fan website. Shaun's place of work is an actual electrical appliances shop located at Tally Ho, North Finchley. The scenes filmed in and around the "Winchester Tavern" pub were shot at the "Duke of Albany" pub, 39 Monson Road, New Cross, South London – a three-story Victorian pub. It was turned into flats in 2008. In the United Kingdom, "Shaun of the Dead" took £1.6 million at 366 cinemas on its opening weekend and netted £6.4 million by mid-May. In its opening weekend in the United States, "Shaun of the Dead" earned
Dawn of the Dead (2004 film) Wooley's Diner echoes Jim Baffico's character role Wooley. In the United Kingdom, "Dawn of the Dead" and "Shaun of the Dead" were originally scheduled to be released the same week, but due to the similarity in the names of the two films and plot outline, UIP opted to push back "Shaun" release by two weeks. It was screened out of competition at the 2004 Cannes Film Festival. The film grossed $59 million at the US box office and $102 million worldwide. Review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes offers the film a 75% approval rating from 185 critics and an average rating