War of the Worlds (2005) - Box Office Mojo

War of the Worlds

Domestic Total Gross: $234,280,354
Distributor: Paramount	Release Date: June 29, 2005
Genre: Sci-Fi Horror	Runtime: 1 hrs. 57 min.
MPAA Rating: PG-13	Production Budget: $132 million

Total Lifetime Grosses

Domestic:	$234,280,354	39.6%
+ Foreign:	$357,465,186	60.4%

= Worldwide:	$591,745,540

Domestic Summary

Opening Weekend:	$64,878,725
(#1 rank, 3,908 theaters, $16,601 average)
% of Total Gross:	27.7%
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Widest Release:

3,910 theaters

Close Date:

November 22, 2005

In Release:

149 days / 21.3 weeks

The Players

Director:	Steven Spielberg
Writer:	David Koepp
Actors:	Amy Ryan* Tom Cruise Dakota Fanning Tim Robbins
Producers:	Kathleen Kennedy Paula Wagner (executive) Colin Wilson
Composer:	John Williams
* Denotes minor role

2005 Academy Awards®

Nominated for Three Oscars.
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Genres

Genre	Rank
Disaster	5
Sci-Fi - Alien Invasion	8
Sci-Fi - Based on Book	5
Sci-Fi Horror	2
Sci-Fi Remake	2

Franchises

Franchise	Rank
Showdown: Alien Invasion	3
Showdown: Alien/Robot/Environment Attack	1
Showdown: Independence Day Openings	3
Showdown: Mission: In Competition	1
Showdown: Superman Vs. Other Wednesday Openers	2
Showdown: Tom Cruise Sci-Fi Showdown	1

Charts

Chart	Rank
All Time Domestic	95
All Time Adjusted	194
All Time Worldwide	86
Yearly 2005	4
Yearly Opening Weekends 2005	4
Yearly PG-13 Rated 2005	3
Worldwide Openings	30
Worldwide Yearly 2005	4
Foreign Opening Weekends	26
Non-Friday Opening Weekends	18
Opening Weeks	67
Opening Day Gross	99
Opening Wednesdays	13
Single Day Gross	264
Non-Opening Friday Gross	25
Non-Opening Thursday Gross	19
Non-Opening Tuesday Gross	59
Single Day Friday Gross	94
Single Day Monday Gross	43
Single Day Saturday Gross	105
Single Day Sunday Gross	74
Single Day Thursday Gross	25
Single Day Tuesday Gross	67
Single Day Wednesday Gross	15
Theater Averages (Wide Releases) - All Time	127
Theater Averages - Wide Opening Weekends	114
Opening Weekends	85
Opening Weekends - July	15
Opening Weekends - Summer	55
Top 10-Day Grosses	54
Top 3-Day Grosses	102
Top 4-Day Grosses	66
Top 6-Day Grosses	48
Top 7-Day Grosses	48
Top 8-Day Grosses	49
Top 9-Day Grosses	54
Top 5-Day Grosses	51
Top 5-Day Grosses for movies opening on a Wednesday	14
Independence Day Opening Weekends	5
Independence Day Weekends	5
Second Weekends	114
Third Weekends	175
Smallest Drops, 3,000+ theaters (Super-Saturation)	447
Smallest Drops, 2,500+ theaters (Saturation)	939
Smallest Drops, 2,000+ theaters (Very Wide)	1,364
Smallest Drops, All Wide Releases	2,999
Rated PG-13	54
Rated PG-13, Opening Weekends	59
Widest Releases	75
Widest Opening Releases	73
Widest PG-13 Rated Openings	38
Widest PG-13 Rated Releases	40
Fastest to $100 million	52
Fastest to $150 million	51
Fastest to $200 million	64
Slowest to $100 million	480
Slowest to $200 million	69
BOM Users' Grades	418
BOM Users' Grades (2005 Releases)	82
Charts (Premier Pass Users Only)	Rank
Highest All Time Rank (on October 13, 2005)	43
Yearly (Wide) 2005	4
Yearly Opening Weekends (Wide) 2005	4
Non-Friday Opening Weekends Adjusted	23
Opening Weeks Adjusted	64
Non-Opening Friday Gross Adjusted	27
Non-Opening Thursday Gross Adjusted	22
Non-Opening Tuesday Gross Adjusted	65
Non-Opening Wednesday Gross Adjusted	75
Single Day Friday Gross Adjusted	89
Single Day Monday Gross Adjusted	46
Single Day Saturday Gross Adjusted	98
Single Day Sunday Gross Adjusted	75
Single Day Thursday Gross Adjusted	28
Single Day Tuesday Gross Adjusted	74
Single Day Wednesday Gross Adjusted	16
Theater Averages - Wide Opening Weekends Adjusted	170
Opening Weekends Adjusted - July	16
Opening Weekends Adjusted	84
Opening Weekends Adjusted - Summer	57
Top 5-Day Grosses for movies opening on a Wednesday Adjusted	15
Second Weekends Adjusted	124
Rated PG-13 Adjusted	63
Rated PG-13, Opening Weekends Adjusted	61

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