Here’s how much Worcester made off of the Walking Dead filming in town
The Walking Dead spin-off, The Walking Dead: Dead City brought more than just a horde of zombies to Worcester's streets.
It brought in over $190,000 in revenues from public safety details and other fees.
The city charged $178,702.19 in police and fire department details provided for the show's production from May 2, 2024 to Nov. 21, 2025, according to documents obtained by MassLive through a records request.
Worcester charged $151,253.03 from police detail and $27,449.16 from fire department detail, according to the documents.
Of the listed revenues, $40,264.43 for police detail and $6,891.44 for fire department detail are still outstanding as of Jan. 1, 2026. The rest has been paid.
Newfound Lake Productions I, LLC., a company associated with the filming of The Walking Dead: Dead City, also agreed to pay the city a combined $13,000 to enter two properties for filming.
The company agreed to pay $9,500 to use The Memorial Auditorium and $3,500 to use 30 Major Taylor Blvd., according to the documents.
In 2024 and 2025, film crews turned streets in Downtown Worcester into apocalyptic landscapes for the production of the spin-off series.
In September 2025, fans of the show got the chance to meet the show's lead actor, Jeffrey Dean Morgan.
Despite the gloomy set pieces that depicted a hopeless world, a crowd of fans standing on the intersection at Mechanic and Norwich streets burst into joyous applause when Morgan took selfies with them.
"There's a lot of Worcester!" Morgan told the crowd.
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