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 in "Spaced"appear in "Shaun of the Dead" as Pete and Yvonne's mum, and Pegg's "Spaced "co-star Jessica Hynes plays Yvonne. The film's cast features a number of British comedians, comic actors, and sitcom stars, most prominently from "Spaced", "Black Books" and "The Office". "Shaun of the Dead" also co-stars Dylan Moran, who played Bernard Black in "Black Books", Martin Freeman (Tim Canterbury in "The Office"), Tamsin Greig (Fran in "Black Books", Caroline in "Green Wing"), Julia Deakin (Marsha in "Spaced"), Reece Shearsmith (Dexter in "Spaced" and a member of "The League of Gentlemen") and Matt Lucas (writer/co-star of "Little Britain").