What we did in the Shadows: Case Study Date of release: 19 January 2014 What was their budget: 1.6 million Cast: Natasia Demetriou Matt Berry Kayvan Novak Harvey Guillen Beanie Feldstein Doug Jones Jake McDorman Veronika Slowikowska Craig Bobinson Anthony Atamanuik Gross Earning: 7 Million What they made on Opening Weekend: Opening Weekend = 83,555 ( 2.4% of total gross ) Who Directed the film: Two Directors: - Taika Waitit - Jemaine Clement Who Distributed the film: MadMan Entertainment - New Zealand , Paramount Pictures The Orchard - North America Context around the film: The new series closely follows the film’s premise of a group of socially awkward den of centuries-old vampires trying to adjust to modern city life. The justification for the TV version seems to be building more story, more jokes and sight gags, and more awkward clashes between vampires and humans — in short, more of everything fans have come to love about the film. Marketing Cam...