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What We Do in the Shadows

2014 86 min English R

“Some interviews with some vampires.”

Vampire housemates try to cope with the complexities of modern life and show a newly turned hipster some of the perks of being undead.

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Cast

50 people

Taika Waititi Director · Jemaine Clement Director

Worldwide gross $6.3M · Budget $1.6M · United States release February 13, 2015

Box office

Budget

$1,600,000

Worldwide gross

$6,300,000

Gross vs. budget

3.9×

Production

U

Unison Films

Production

D

Defender Films

Production

F

Funny or Die

Production

N

New Zealand Film Commission

Production

R

Resnick Interactive Development

Production

New Zealand · United States

Produced in

Languages

Original language

English

Spoken on screen

English · German

Release dates

United States · January 19, 2014

Premiere · Sundance Film Festival

New Zealand · June 19, 2014

Theatrical

United States · February 13, 2015

Theatrical

Australia

September 4, 2014 · Theatrical

Canada

February 13, 2015 · Limited theatrical

Estonia

November 15, 2014 · Premiere · Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival

France

October 30, 2015 · Digital · e-cinema

Germany

February 12, 2014 · Premiere · Berlin International FIlm Festival

October 30, 2014 · Theatrical

Hong Kong SAR China

July 30, 2015 · Theatrical

Hungary

April 14, 2015 · Digital

India

March 27, 2019 · Digital · Disney+ Hotstar

Ireland

November 21, 2014 · Theatrical

Italy

November 28, 2014 · Premiere · Torino Film Festival

Japan

January 24, 2015 · Theatrical

Lithuania

March 19, 2015 · Limited theatrical · VIFF Kino pavasaris

Mexico

July 3, 2015 · Theatrical

Netherlands

December 12, 2014 · Theatrical

Portugal

October 29, 2015 · Theatrical

Russia

April 16, 2015 · Theatrical

August 18, 2022 · Theatrical · Re-release

South Korea

September 15, 2020 · Digital · TVING

Spain

July 3, 2015 · Limited theatrical

Sweden

September 26, 2014 · Limited theatrical · Lund Fantastisk Film Festival

October 12, 2014 · Limited theatrical · Monsters of Film, Stockholm

December 12, 2014 · Theatrical

February 23, 2015 · Physical · DVD & Blu-ray release

Switzerland

July 6, 2014 · Digital

United Kingdom

November 21, 2014 · Theatrical

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