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	127
All Time Worldwide	130
Yearly 2005	4
Yearly Opening Weekends 2005	4
Yearly PG-13 Rated 2005	3
Worldwide Openings	52
Worldwide Yearly 2005	4
Foreign Opening Weekends	52
Non-Friday Opening Weekends	18
Opening Weeks	102
Opening Day Gross	150
Opening Wednesdays	14
Single Day Gross	413
Non-Opening Friday Gross	33
Non-Opening Thursday Gross	26
Non-Opening Tuesday Gross	98
Single Day Friday Gross	150
Single Day Monday Gross	67
Single Day Saturday Gross	161
Single Day Sunday Gross	115
Single Day Thursday Gross	34
Single Day Tuesday Gross	106
Single Day Wednesday Gross	18
Theater Averages (Wide Releases) - All Time	177
Theater Averages - Wide Opening Weekends	156
Opening Weekends	127
Opening Weekends - July	19
Opening Weekends - Summer	77
Top 10-Day Grosses	86
Top 3-Day Grosses	149
Top 4-Day Grosses	100
Top 6-Day Grosses	75
Top 7-Day Grosses	73
Top 8-Day Grosses	76
Top 9-Day Grosses	86
Top 5-Day Grosses	80
Top 5-Day Grosses for movies opening on a Wednesday	14
Independence Day Opening Weekends	6
Independence Day Weekends	6
Second Weekends	163
Smallest Drops, 3,000+ theaters (Super-Saturation)	587
Smallest Drops, 2,500+ theaters (Saturation)	1,141
Smallest Drops, 2,000+ theaters (Very Wide)	1,600
Smallest Drops, All Wide Releases	3,322
Rated PG-13	72
Rated PG-13, Opening Weekends	86
Widest Releases	136
Widest Opening Releases	130
Widest PG-13 Rated Openings	74
Widest PG-13 Rated Releases	78
Fastest to $100 million	80
Fastest to $150 million	80
Fastest to $200 million	96
Slowest to $100 million	565
Slowest to $200 million	83
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	87
Non-Opening Friday Gross Adjusted	30
Non-Opening Thursday Gross Adjusted	24
Non-Opening Tuesday Gross Adjusted	90
Non-Opening Wednesday Gross Adjusted	93
Single Day Friday Gross Adjusted	123
Single Day Monday Gross Adjusted	56
Single Day Saturday Gross Adjusted	132
Single Day Sunday Gross Adjusted	99
Single Day Thursday Gross Adjusted	30
Single Day Tuesday Gross Adjusted	99
Single Day Wednesday Gross Adjusted	17
Theater Averages - Wide Opening Weekends Adjusted	198
Opening Weekends Adjusted - July	19
Opening Weekends Adjusted	113
Opening Weekends Adjusted - Summer	73
Top 5-Day Grosses for movies opening on a Wednesday Adjusted	15
Second Weekends Adjusted	153
Rated PG-13 Adjusted	75
Rated PG-13, Opening Weekends Adjusted	81