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950:Metacritic
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331:Zombeavers
320:Box office
299:85 minutes
286: (DVD)
282:2014-12-26
271:2015-03-20
256:2014-04-19
203:Production
194:Jon Kaplan
177:Seth Flaum
151:John Mayer
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123:Hutch Dano
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562:Reception
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956:March 1,
829:. Uproxx
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462:Rex Linn
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323:$ 44,080
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