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 of the Dead and the video game "Resident Evil 2", hallucinates that he is fighting off a zombie invasion. Having discovered a mutual appreciation for Romero's "Dead" trilogy, they decided to write their own zombie movie. "Spaced" was to be a big influence on the making of "Shaun of the Dead", as it was directed by Wright in a similar style, and featured many of the same cast and crew in minor and major roles. Nick Frost, who played Mike in "Spaced", has a starring role in "Shaun of the Dead" as Ed. Peter Serafinowicz and Julia Deakinwho played Duane Benzie and Marsha