Moore directing. McDermott would later be denied a writing credit by the Writers Guild of America as the screenplay was determined to bear too close a resemblance to David Seltzer's script for the 1976 film; Seltzer received sole credit despite being uninvolved with the production of the remake. In an episode of the Scriptnotes podcast, screenwriter Craig Mazin cited this as an example of a peculiar WGA arbitration. Chap Taylor also did some uncredited rewriting. According to the feature commentary on the DVD, hosted by Moore, editor Dan Zimmerman, and producer Glenn Williamson, the search for Damien spanned Los Angeles, London and New York. In 2005 newcomer Seamus Davey-Fitzpatrick was cast in the part, with his screen test doubling as the movie's teaser trailer. Principal photography began on October 3, 2005, at Barrandov Studios in Prague, Czech Republic where the film was mostly shot. The "Jerusalem" scenes were filmed in Matera, Italy and some of the London scenes were shot in Herbert Park, Dublin. In May 2021, a scandal arose in Croatia after Split-Dalmatia County prefect Blaženko Boban confessed to the Minister of Tourism Nikolina Brnjac in front of the media that, in order to chase the film crew away, he deliberately staged a fire in Salona, which was to become the movie set for the scenes filmed in the country. He apparently did it because, in one scene, "Satan was supposed to come out of the tomb of Saint Domnius". Director John Moore told the media afterwards that the cost of relocation was US$500,000 (). After police announced that they are investigating the case, Boban denied the whole thing, claiming he that he had been joking. Music The score was composed by Marco Beltrami, using cues from Jerry Goldsmith's Oscar-winning score for the original film. Release The film was released on June 6, 2006, referencing the Number of the Beast, and mirroring the 1976 film's similar release date of June 6, 1976. Box office The film recorded the highest opening Tuesday box office gross in domestic box office history in the United States for the time, by earning more than US$12 million. As of February 2023, it holds the 5th highest opening Tuesday at the domestic box-office of all time, behind Spider-Man: Far From Home, Transformers, Les Misérables & Django Unchained. Fox initially stated that the film earned US$12,633,666 on its first day, but later Bruce Snyder, Fox's president