Shaun of the Dead
The release of "Dawn of the Dead" in the U.S. nearly coincided with that of "Shaun of the Dead", another zombie film distributed by Universal Pictures. In a February 2004 "Variety" report, a spokesman at Universal revealed that the studio had greenlit "Shaun of the Dead" "with the condition that "Dawn of the Dead" would be released here in the U.S. first" in order to avoid this conflict.