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	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	120
All Time Worldwide	118
Yearly 2005	4
Yearly Opening Weekends 2005	4
Yearly PG-13 Rated 2005	3
Worldwide Openings	43
Worldwide Yearly 2005	4
Foreign Opening Weekends	41
Non-Friday Opening Weekends	18
Opening Weeks	91
Opening Day Gross	137
Opening Wednesdays	14
Single Day Gross	378
Non-Opening Friday Gross	31
Non-Opening Thursday Gross	23
Non-Opening Tuesday Gross	85
Single Day Friday Gross	136
Single Day Monday Gross	58
Single Day Saturday Gross	147
Single Day Sunday Gross	104
Single Day Thursday Gross	31
Single Day Tuesday Gross	93
Single Day Wednesday Gross	18
Theater Averages (Wide Releases) - All Time	167
Theater Averages - Wide Opening Weekends	147
Opening Weekends	117
Opening Weekends - July	18
Opening Weekends - Summer	73
Top 10-Day Grosses	76
Top 3-Day Grosses	137
Top 4-Day Grosses	90
Top 6-Day Grosses	69
Top 7-Day Grosses	67
Top 8-Day Grosses	69
Top 9-Day Grosses	76
Top 5-Day Grosses	73
Top 5-Day Grosses for movies opening on a Wednesday	14
Independence Day Opening Weekends	5
Independence Day Weekends	5
Second Weekends	150
Smallest Drops, 3,000+ theaters (Super-Saturation)	551
Smallest Drops, 2,500+ theaters (Saturation)	1,096
Smallest Drops, 2,000+ theaters (Very Wide)	1,545
Smallest Drops, All Wide Releases	3,248
Rated PG-13	68
Rated PG-13, Opening Weekends	79
Widest Releases	119
Widest Opening Releases	113
Widest PG-13 Rated Openings	64
Widest PG-13 Rated Releases	68
Fastest to $100 million	73
Fastest to $150 million	71
Fastest to $200 million	87
Slowest to $100 million	545
Slowest to $200 million	80
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	82
Non-Opening Friday Gross Adjusted	30
Non-Opening Thursday Gross Adjusted	24
Non-Opening Tuesday Gross Adjusted	82
Non-Opening Wednesday Gross Adjusted	88
Single Day Friday Gross Adjusted	115
Single Day Monday Gross Adjusted	53
Single Day Saturday Gross Adjusted	126
Single Day Sunday Gross Adjusted	93
Single Day Thursday Gross Adjusted	30
Single Day Tuesday Gross Adjusted	91
Single Day Wednesday Gross Adjusted	17
Theater Averages - Wide Opening Weekends Adjusted	193
Opening Weekends Adjusted - July	18
Opening Weekends Adjusted	107
Opening Weekends Adjusted - Summer	70
Top 5-Day Grosses for movies opening on a Wednesday Adjusted	15
Second Weekends Adjusted	145
Rated PG-13 Adjusted	71
Rated PG-13, Opening Weekends Adjusted	76