According to estimates by the financial website 24/7 Wall Street, zombies pump more than $5 billion of life into the nation’s economy and even more globally.
Here’s their math:
- Movies: $2.5 billion.
- Video games: $2.5 billion.
- Comic books, magazines, TV: $50 million.
- Halloween costumes: $500 million over four years.
- Books: $100 million.
- Merchandise: $50 million.
- Conventions, events, walks: $10 million.
- Digital world: $10 million.
- Music: $10 million.
- Art: $10 million.