Snyder made his feature film debut with the remake of the horror film "Dawn of the Dead" (2004), and scored a box office hit with the fantasy war film "300" (2007), adapted from writer-artist Frank Miller's Dark Horse Comics miniseries of the same name. His Warner Bros. film "Watchmen" was released on March 6, 2009 and grossed $185 million worldwide. His follow-up project/animation debut, "", was released on September 24, 2010. Snyder produced, co-wrote, and directed "Sucker Punch", which was released on March 25, 2011. The film, based on a script written by Snyder and Steve Shibuya, was about a young woman in a mental hospital who fantasizes of escape with her fellow inmates.