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
Cinematographer:	Janusz Kaminski
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	9
Sci-Fi - Based on Book	7
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: Superman Vs. Other Wednesday Openers	2
Showdown: Tom Cruise Sci-Fi Showdown	1

Charts

Chart	Rank
All Time Domestic	133
All Time Adjusted	221
All Time Worldwide	140
Yearly 2005	4
Yearly Opening Weekends 2005	4
Yearly PG-13 Rated 2005	3
Worldwide Openings	56
Worldwide Yearly 2005	4
Foreign Opening Weekends	59
Non-Friday Opening Weekends	18
Opening Weeks	108
Opening Day Gross	155
Opening Wednesdays	14
Single Day Gross	438
Non-Opening Friday Gross	35
Non-Opening Thursday Gross	29
Non-Opening Tuesday Gross	107
Single Day Friday Gross	157
Single Day Monday Gross	73
Single Day Saturday Gross	171
Single Day Sunday Gross	122
Single Day Thursday Gross	37
Single Day Tuesday Gross	115
Single Day Wednesday Gross	19
Theater Averages (Wide Releases) - All Time	184
Theater Averages - Wide Opening Weekends	161
Opening Weekends	132
Opening Weekends - July	19
Opening Weekends - Summer	77
Top 10-Day Grosses	91
Top 3-Day Grosses	154
Top 4-Day Grosses	105
Top 6-Day Grosses	80
Top 7-Day Grosses	78
Top 8-Day Grosses	81
Top 9-Day Grosses	91
Top 5-Day Grosses	85
Top 5-Day Grosses for movies opening on a Wednesday	14
Independence Day Opening Weekends	6
Independence Day Weekends	6
Second Weekends	170
Smallest Drops, 3,000+ theaters (Super-Saturation)	619
Smallest Drops, 2,500+ theaters (Saturation)	1,185
Smallest Drops, 2,000+ theaters (Very Wide)	1,654
Smallest Drops, All Wide Releases	3,407
Rated PG-13	76
Rated PG-13, Opening Weekends	90
Widest Releases	152
Widest Opening Releases	145
Widest PG-13 Rated Openings	81
Widest PG-13 Rated Releases	86
Fastest to $100 million	85
Fastest to $150 million	85
Fastest to $200 million	102
Slowest to $100 million	582
Slowest to $200 million	84
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	91
Non-Opening Friday Gross Adjusted	30
Non-Opening Thursday Gross Adjusted	24
Non-Opening Tuesday Gross Adjusted	94
Non-Opening Wednesday Gross Adjusted	99
Single Day Friday Gross Adjusted	128
Single Day Monday Gross Adjusted	60
Single Day Saturday Gross Adjusted	137
Single Day Sunday Gross Adjusted	104
Single Day Thursday Gross Adjusted	30
Single Day Tuesday Gross Adjusted	103
Single Day Wednesday Gross Adjusted	17
Opening Weekends Adjusted - July	19
Opening Weekends Adjusted	118
Opening Weekends Adjusted - Summer	73
Top 5-Day Grosses for movies opening on a Wednesday Adjusted	15
Second Weekends Adjusted	158
Rated PG-13 Adjusted	79
Rated PG-13, Opening Weekends Adjusted	85