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	4
Sci-Fi - Alien Invasion	7
Sci-Fi - Based on Book	4
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	88
All Time Adjusted	192
All Time Worldwide	78
Yearly 2005	4
Yearly Opening Weekends 2005	4
Yearly PG-13 Rated 2005	3
Worldwide Openings	29
Worldwide Yearly 2005	4
Foreign Opening Weekends	25
Non-Friday Opening Weekends	16
Opening Weeks	61
Opening Day Gross	91
Opening Wednesdays	12
Single Day Gross	238
Non-Opening Friday Gross	22
Non-Opening Thursday Gross	17
Non-Opening Tuesday Gross	55
Single Day Friday Gross	84
Single Day Monday Gross	40
Single Day Saturday Gross	96
Single Day Sunday Gross	68
Single Day Thursday Gross	23
Single Day Tuesday Gross	63
Single Day Wednesday Gross	14
Theater Averages (Wide Releases) - All Time	117
Theater Averages - Wide Opening Weekends	105
Opening Weekends	76
Opening Weekends - July	14
Opening Weekends - Summer	50
Top 10-Day Grosses	48
Top 3-Day Grosses	94
Top 4-Day Grosses	60
Top 6-Day Grosses	43
Top 7-Day Grosses	43
Top 8-Day Grosses	44
Top 9-Day Grosses	48
Top 5-Day Grosses	45
Top 5-Day Grosses for movies opening on a Wednesday	13
Independence Day Opening Weekends	4
Independence Day Weekends	4
Second Weekends	105
Third Weekends	166
Smallest Drops, 3,000+ theaters (Super-Saturation)	422
Smallest Drops, 2,500+ theaters (Saturation)	909
Smallest Drops, 2,000+ theaters (Very Wide)	1,331
Smallest Drops, All Wide Releases	2,952
Rated PG-13	50
Rated PG-13, Opening Weekends	53
Widest Releases	68
Widest Opening Releases	67
Widest PG-13 Rated Openings	35
Widest PG-13 Rated Releases	36
Fastest to $100 million	46
Fastest to $150 million	46
Fastest to $200 million	59
Slowest to $100 million	461
Slowest to $200 million	66
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	22
Opening Weeks Adjusted	60
Non-Opening Friday Gross Adjusted	24
Non-Opening Thursday Gross Adjusted	21
Non-Opening Tuesday Gross Adjusted	61
Non-Opening Wednesday Gross Adjusted	71
Single Day Friday Gross Adjusted	80
Single Day Monday Gross Adjusted	45
Single Day Saturday Gross Adjusted	92
Single Day Sunday Gross Adjusted	72
Single Day Thursday Gross Adjusted	27
Single Day Tuesday Gross Adjusted	70
Single Day Wednesday Gross Adjusted	15
Theater Averages - Wide Opening Weekends Adjusted	165
Opening Weekends Adjusted - July	15
Opening Weekends Adjusted	79
Opening Weekends Adjusted - Summer	54
Top 5-Day Grosses for movies opening on a Wednesday Adjusted	14
Second Weekends Adjusted	119
Rated PG-13 Adjusted	62
Rated PG-13, Opening Weekends Adjusted	57

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