The Return of the Living Dead
They're back from the grave and ready to party!
S.Army shipment, causing the dead to rise from a nearby cemetery with an insatiable hunger for human brains.
- Director
- Dan O'Bannon
- Signature
- Tension · Craft · Wonder
- Worldwide
- $14M
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What It's About
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Two employees at a medical supply warehouse accidentally release a toxic gas from a misplaced top-secret U.S. Army shipment, causing the dead to rise from a nearby cemetery with an insatiable hunger for human brains.
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Box Office & Release
The Return of the Living Dead returned 3.6× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $4M
- Opening weekend
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- Domestic gross
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- International gross
- —
- Worldwide gross
- $14M
- Release date
- Apr 25, 1985
- Runtime
- 1h 31m
- MPAA rating
- —
- Language
- English
- Country
- United Kingdom, United States of America
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