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
Shaun Dickens the nearby River Thames but reopened again in April. For these three months, Dickens operated from a pop-up restaurant on board the New Orleans, a paddle-steamer owned by neighbouring tour operator Hobbs of Henley. In May 2014, Shaun Dickens at the Boathouse won the Best of Britain Award for the best restaurant outside London in that year's Tatler Magazine Restaurant awards. Six months later, Dickens' venture was named both best gastronomic restaurant in the county and best restaurant at the Oxfordshire Restaurant Awards. Dickens has also featured in articles in the Financial Times, The Express and The Independent. Shaun Dickens