Which director had their film surpassed as the top-grossing zombie film in 2009?
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Zombieland Zombieland is a 2009 American comedy horror film directed by Ruben Fleischer and written by Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick. The film stars Woody Harrelson, Jesse Eisenberg, Emma Stone and Abigail Breslin as survivors of a zombie apocalypse. The film follows a geeky college kid making his way through the zombie apocalypse, meeting three strangers along the way and together taking an extended road trip across the Southwestern United States in an attempt to find a sanctuary free from zombies. The film premiered at Fantastic Fest on September 25, 2009 and was theatrically released on October 2, 2009 in the United States by Columbia Pictures. "Zombieland" was a critical and commercial success, grossing more than $60.8 million in 17 days and surpassing the 2004 film "Dawn of the Dead" as the top-grossing zombie film in the United States until "World War Z" in 2013.
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Dawn of the Dead (2004 film) Dawn of the Dead is a 2004 American horror film directed by Zack Snyder in his feature film directorial debut. A remake of George A. Romero's 1978 film of the same name, it was written by James Gunn and stars Sarah Polley, Ving Rhames, Jake Weber, and Mekhi Phifer.
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Zombie Strippers Zombie Strippers is a 2008 American zombie comedy that is based around zombies and strippers. The film was shot, edited, written, and directed by Jay Lee. The film, starring Robert Englund, Jenna Jameson, Penny Drake, and Roxy Saint, was distributed by Sony Pictures Home Entertainment.
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American Zombie American Zombie is a 2007 American mockumentary horror film directed by Grace Lee, written by Rebecca Sonnenshine and Lee, and starring Lee and John Solomon as documentary filmmakers who investigate a fictional subculture of real-life zombies living in Los Angeles.
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Forget Me Not (2009 film) Forget Me Not is a 2009 American supernatural horror film written and directed by Tyler Oliver. Premiering on August 24, 2009, the film had a limited theatrical released and stars Carly Schroeder, Cody Linley, Micah Alberti, Brie Gabrielle, and Jillian Murray.
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Bordello Death Tales Bordello Death Tales is a 2009 horror anthology film directed by James Eaves ("The Ripper"), Alan Ronald ("Stitchgirl") and Pat Higgins ("Vice Day").
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Caesar and Otto's Summer Camp Massacre Caesar and Otto's Summer Camp Massacre is a 2009 American comedy-horror film starring Dave Campfield, Paul Chomicki, Felissa Rose, Deron Miller, Joe Estevez, Ken Macfarlane and Brinke Stevens and was written and directed by Dave Campfield, the creator of the original Caesar and Otto film.
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Zombiegeddon Zombiegeddon is a 2003 horror comedy film directed by Chris Watson. It was distributed by Troma Entertainment, It was released to DVD on July 11, 2006.
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Bled White (film) Bled White is a 2011 Zombie horror film. It was written and directed by Jose Carlos Gomez and stars North Roberts, Matthew Prochazka and Colleen Boag. The film was shot around the Chicago area, during the winter. It went on to win several awards, and as of 2011 is available on DVD and video on demand.
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Living Death (film) Living Death (Korean: 불신지옥 lit. "Distrust Hell", also known as Possessed) is a 2009 South Korean horror film written and directed by Lee Yong-ju. The film received 248,503 admissions in South Korea.
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Absurd (film) Absurd (Italian: Rosso Sangue; also known as Anthropophagus 2, Zombie 6: Monster Hunter, Horrible and The Grim Reaper 2) is a 1981 Italian horror film directed by Joe D'Amato and written by (and starring) George Eastman. The film is a follow-up to "Antropophagus".
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Jessicka Rabid Jessicka Rabid is a 2010 American horror film directed by Matthew Reel about an inbred, mentally retarded girl who contracts rabies from a dog bite after years of being treated like a dog by her abusive, incestuous white trash family. A sequel, titled "", was slated for a 2014 release.
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Fido (film) Fido is a 2006 Canadian zombie comedy film directed by Andrew Currie and written by Robert Chomiak, Currie, and Dennis Heaton from an original story by Heaton. It was produced by Blake Corbet, Mary Anne Waterhouse, Trent Carlson and Kevin Eastwood of Anagram Pictures, and released in the United States by Lions Gate Entertainment.
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Detention of the Dead Detention of the Dead is a 2012 zombie comedy-horror film written and directed by Alex Craig Mann based upon the Rob Rinow stage play of the same name. Filming began in Spring 2011. It had a small theatrical release in L.A. on June 28, 2013, and went to DVD on July 23, 2013.
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Jaws in Japan Jaws in Japan (also titled Psycho Shark) is a 2009 Japanese horror film directed by John Hijiri and written by Yasutoshi Murakawa, starring Nonami Takizawa, Airi Nakajima, and Megumi Haruno. Despite its title, the film has no connection with the 1975 Steven Spielberg film "Jaws" in terms of its plot or its production. The film has received negative reviews.
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Return of the Living Dead: Necropolis Return of the Living Dead: Necropolis, is a 2005 zombie television action horror film directed by Ellory Elkayem, starring Aimee Lynn Chadwick, Cory Hardrict, John Keefe, Jana Kramer, and Peter Coyote.
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Pandorum Pandorum is a German-British 2009 science fiction horror film, with elements of Lovecraftian horror, and survival adventure. The film was directed by Christian Alvart and produced by Robert Kulzer, Jeremy Bolt and Paul W.S. Anderson. Travis Milloy wrote the screenplay from a story by Milloy and Alvart. It stars Dennis Quaid and Ben Foster. Filming began in Berlin in August 2008. "Pandorum" was released on 25 September 2009 in the United States, and on 2 October 2009 in the UK.
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Life Blood (film) Life Blood is a supernatural horror thriller film released in 2009. The film was directed and produced by Ron Carlson.
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Walled In Walled In is a 2009 horror-thriller directed and co-written by Gilles Paquet-Brenner. The film is based on the best-selling French novel Les Emmurés by Serge Brussolo. It is the English-language debut of French director Gilles Paquet-Brenner. The film was shot in Saskatchewan, Canada.
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Kill Theory Kill Theory is a 2009 horror-thriller film directed by Chris Moore and written by Kelly C. Palmer.
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Deadly Impact Deadly Impact (also known by the working titles "Angelmaker" and "To Live and Die") is a 2009 American crime thriller film written by Alexander Vesha and directed by Robert Kurtzman. The film stars Sean Patrick Flanery, Joe Pantoliano, Carmen Serano, and Greg Serano.
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Grace (2009 film) Grace is a 2009 horror film written and directed by Paul Solet. It is based on the 2006 short film of the same name. The short film was used to obtain funding for the feature version.