The film was a profitable venture, earning over $51 million worldwide. It was primarily filmed at Warner Bros. Movie World studios in Queensland, Australia.

The genius of the film lies in its world-building. It treats vampirism not as a supernatural curse, but as a manageable chronic condition. The horror here is mundane. The vampires are not lurking in castles; they are stuck in traffic jams, attending board meetings, and worrying about mortgage payments. By framing the vampire mythos through the lens of capitalism, Daybreakers becomes a critique of resource consumption. The vampires have drained the world dry, and the film serves as an allegory for the oil crisis, climate change, and a civilization eating itself to death.

In the end, the Daybreakers – as they came to be known – succeeded in finding a cure for the V-virus. It was a bittersweet victory, as they realized that their actions had only delayed the inevitable: the world would never be the same again.