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Alien Invasion
War of the Worlds' vs. 'Independence Day' vs. 'Men in Black' vs. 'Signs'
| Movie Summary |  War of the Worlds |  Independence Day |  Men in Black |  Men in Black II |  Signs |  MIB 3 |
| Genre | Sci-Fi Horror | Sci-Fi Action | Sci-Fi Comedy | Sci-Fi Comedy | Sci-Fi Horror | Sci-Fi Comedy |
| Studio | Paramount | Fox | Sony / Columbia | Sony / Columbia | Buena Vista | Sony / Columbia |
| Release Date | June 29, 2005 | July 3, 1996 | July 2, 1997 | July 3, 2002 | August 2, 2002 | May 25, 2012 |
| Domestic Gross | $234,280,354 | $306,169,268 | $250,690,539 | $190,418,803 | $227,966,634 | $179,020,854 |
| Production Budget | $132 million | $75 million | $90 million | $140 million | $72 million | $225 million |
| Running Time | 1 hr. 57 min. | 2 hrs. 33 min. | 1 hr. 37 min. | 1 hr. 28 min. | 1 hr. 47 min. | 1 hr. 46 min. |
| MPAA Rating | PG-13 | PG-13 | PG-13 | PG-13 | PG-13 | PG-13 |
| MPAA Reason | frightening sequences of sci-fi violence and disturbing images | sci-fi destruction and violence | language and sci-fi violence | sci-fi action violence and some provocative humor | some frightening moments | sci-fi action violence, and brief suggestive content. |
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| Domestic Summary | War of the Worlds | Independence Day | Men in Black | Men in Black II | Signs | MIB 3 |
| Total Gross | $234,280,354 | $306,169,268 | $250,690,539 | $190,418,803 | $227,966,634 | $179,020,854 |
| Opening Weekend* | $64,878,725 | $50,228,264 | $51,068,455 | $52,148,751 | $60,117,080 | $54,592,779 |
| Theaters | 3,908 | 2,882 | 3,020 | 3,557 | 3,264 | 4,248 |
| Average | $16,601 | $17,428 | $16,910 | $14,660 | $18,418 | $12,851 |
| Opening % of Total | 27.7% | 16.4% | 20.4% | 27.4% | 26.4% | 30.5% |
| Second Weekend Drop | -53.0% | -29.8% | -41.1% | -53.2% | -51.0% | -48.6% |
| Widest Release | 3,910 | 2,977 | 3,180 | 3,641 | 3,453 | 4,248 |
| Close Date | November 22, 2005 | January 12, 1997 | n/a | September 2, 2002 | February 6, 2003 | September 9, 2012 |
| In Release | 149 days / 21 weeks | n/a | n/a | 62 days / 9 weeks | 189 days / 27 weeks | 108 days / 15 weeks |
| *Note: If a movie opened in limited release and later went wide, data from the first wide weekend of release is used. | ||||||
| Worldwide Summary | War of the Worlds | Independence Day | Men in Black | Men in Black II | Signs | MIB 3 |
| Worldwide Gross | $591,745,540 | $817,400,891 | $589,390,539 | $441,818,803 | $408,247,917 | $624,026,776 |
| Foreign Gross | $357,465,186 | $511,231,623 | $338,700,000 | $251,400,000 | $180,281,283 | $445,005,922 |
| Foreign % of Worldwide | 60.4% | 62.5% | 57.5% | 56.9% | 44.2% | 71.3% |
| Domestic Gross | $234,280,354 | $306,169,268 | $250,690,539 | $190,418,803 | $227,966,634 | $179,020,854 |
| Domestic % of Worldwide | 39.6% | 37.5% | 42.5% | 43.1% | 55.8% | 28.7% |
| People Summary | War of the Worlds | Independence Day | Men in Black | Men in Black II | Signs | MIB 3 |
| Actor: Tommy Lee Jones | - | - | #1 | #2 | - | #6 |
| Actor: Will Smith | - | #1 | #3 | #5 | - | #7 |
| Composer: Danny Elfman | - | - | #5 | #8 | - | #11 |
| Director: Barry Sonnenfeld | - | - | #1 | #2 | - | #3 |
| Producer: Kathleen Kennedy | #5 | - | - | - | #7 | - |
| Producer: Steven Spielberg | - | - | #5 | #9 | - | #12 |
| Genres & Franchises | War of the Worlds | Independence Day | Men in Black | Men in Black II | Signs | MIB 3 |
| Franchise: Men in Black | - | - | #1 | #2 | - | #3 |
| Genre: Action - Buddy Comedy | - | - | #1 | #3 | - | #4 |
| Genre: Comic Book Adaptation | - | - | #12 | #18 | - | #22 |
| Genre: Disaster | #4 | #2 | - | - | - | - |
| Genre: Sci-Fi - Alien Invasion | #7 | #5 | #6 | #10 | #8 | #11 |
| Genre: Sci-Fi Comedy | - | - | #1 | #2 | - | #3 |
| Genre: Sci-Fi Horror | #2 | - | - | - | #3 | - |
| Showdown: Alien Invasion | #3 | #1 | #2 | #5 | #4 | #6 |
| Showdown: Will Smith Vs. Himself (July Edition) | - | #1 | #2 | #4 | - | - |
| Chart Rankings | War of the Worlds | Independence Day | Men in Black | Men in Black II | Signs | MIB 3 |
| All Time Domestic | #88 | #39 | #74 | #142 | #93 | #169 |
| All Time Adjusted | #192 | #37 | #79 | - | #169 | - |
| All Time Worldwide | #78 | #38 | #80 | #143 | #164 | #69 |
| Yearly 2002 | - | - | - | #8 | #6 | - |
| Yearly Opening Weekends 2002 | - | - | - | #8 | #6 | - |
| Yearly PG-13 Rated 2002 | - | - | - | #5 | #3 | - |
| Worldwide Openings | #29 | - | - | - | - | #35 |
| Worldwide Yearly 2002 | - | - | - | #5 | #7 | - |
| Foreign Opening Weekends | #25 | - | - | - | - | #20 |
| Non-Friday Opening Weekends | #16 | #28 | #26 | #25 | - | - |
| Opening Weeks | #61 | #106 | #116 | #127 | #82 | #93 |
| Opening Day Gross | #91 | #143 | - | #124 | #92 | #136 |
| Opening Wednesdays | #12 | #18 | #21 | #15 | - | - |
| Single Day Gross | #238 | #480 | #335 | #354 | #279 | #399 |
| Non-Opening Friday Gross | #22 | #41 | - | #29 | - | - |
| Non-Opening Thursday Gross | #17 | #8 | #18 | #11 | - | - |
| Single Day Friday Gross | #84 | #151 | - | #115 | #97 | #154 |
| Single Day Monday Gross | #40 | #108 | - | - | #94 | #25 |
| Single Day Saturday Gross | #96 | #187 | #130 | #170 | #110 | #155 |
| Single Day Sunday Gross | #68 | - | - | - | #99 | #97 |
| Single Day Thursday Gross | #23 | #14 | #26 | #17 | - | - |
| Single Day Tuesday Gross | #63 | #29 | - | - | - | - |
| Single Day Wednesday Gross | #14 | #22 | #30 | #17 | - | - |
| Non-Holiday Monday Gross | - | #59 | - | - | #52 | - |
| Theater Averages (Wide Releases) - All Time | #117 | #94 | #110 | #172 | #80 | - |
| Theater Averages - Wide Opening Weekends | #105 | #90 | #101 | #151 | #76 | - |
| Opening Weekends | #76 | #136 | #128 | #125 | #92 | #114 |
| Opening Weekends - July | #14 | #29 | #26 | #25 | - | - |
| Opening Weekends - Summer | #50 | #96 | #89 | #87 | #61 | #77 |
| Eleventh Weekends | - | #78 | #114 | - | - | - |
| Ninth Weekends | - | #46 | #128 | - | #146 | - |
| Tenth Weekends | - | #68 | #141 | - | #158 | - |
| Top 10-Day Grosses | #48 | #76 | - | - | - | - |
| Top 3-Day Grosses | #94 | #121 | #166 | #108 | #86 | #111 |
| Top 4-Day Grosses | #60 | #86 | - | #76 | - | - |
| Top 6-Day Grosses | #43 | #64 | #79 | #65 | #89 | - |
| Top 7-Day Grosses | #43 | #60 | #77 | #67 | #89 | #102 |
| Top 8-Day Grosses | #44 | #70 | - | #78 | - | - |
| Top 9-Day Grosses | #48 | #79 | - | - | - | - |
| Twelfth Weekends | - | #29 | #123 | - | - | - |
| Twelfth Weekends | - | #80 | #120 | - | - | - |
| Top 5-Day Grosses | #45 | #66 | #84 | #62 | #91 | #97 |
| Top 5-Day Grosses for movies opening on a Wednesday | #13 | #14 | #17 | #15 | - | - |
| Most Weekends at #1 (non-consecutive) | - | #74 | #79 | #190 | #90 | - |
| Most Weekends in Top 10 (non-consecutive) | - | #50 | #141 | - | - | - |
| Consecutive Weekends At #1 | - | #59 | #65 | #185 | #166 | - |
| Consecutive Weekends In Top 10 | - | #39 | #120 | - | - | - |
| Labor Day 4-Day Holiday Weekends | - | #161 | - | - | #8 | - |
| Independence Day Opening Weekends | #4 | #11 | #10 | #9 | - | - |
| Independence Day Weekends | #4 | #11 | #10 | #9 | - | - |
| Second Weekends | #105 | #63 | #107 | #172 | #113 | #124 |
| Third Weekends | #166 | #65 | #94 | #187 | #90 | - |
| Fourth Weekends | - | #72 | #100 | - | #64 | #181 |
| Fifth Weekends | - | #46 | #133 | - | #18 | - |
| Sixth Weekends | - | #42 | #149 | - | #58 | - |
| Seventh Weekends | - | #72 | #156 | - | #87 | - |
| Eighth Weekends | - | #60 | #173 | - | #126 | - |
| Smallest Drops, 3,000+ theaters (Super-Saturation) | #422 | - | #206 | #432 | #374 | #332 |
| Smallest Drops, 2,500+ theaters (Saturation) | #909 | #169 | #444 | #923 | #824 | #737 |
| Smallest Drops, 2,000+ theaters (Very Wide) | #1331 | #278 | #683 | #1347 | #1217 | #1094 |
| Smallest Drops, All Wide Releases | #2952 | #974 | #1824 | #2975 | #2757 | #2528 |
| Rated PG-13 | #50 | #26 | #45 | #75 | #53 | #94 |
| Rated PG-13, Opening Weekends | #53 | #87 | #82 | #80 | #62 | #73 |
| Widest Releases | #68 | - | #458 | #153 | #257 | #17 |
| Widest Opening Releases | #67 | - | #591 | #173 | #348 | #16 |
| Widest PG-13 Rated Openings | #35 | - | - | #93 | #184 | #13 |
| Widest PG-13 Rated Releases | #36 | - | - | #84 | #143 | #14 |
| Fastest to $100 million | #46 | #48 | #77 | #79 | #89 | #105 |
| Fastest to $150 million | #46 | #52 | #74 | #96 | #95 | #121 |
| Fastest to $200 million | #59 | #50 | #73 | - | #84 | - |
| Slowest to $100 million | #461 | #459 | #430 | #428 | #418 | #402 |
| Slowest to $200 million | #66 | #75 | #52 | - | #41 | - |
| BOM Users' Grades | #418 | #286 | #254 | #592 | #326 | - |
| BOM Users' Grades (2002 Releases) | - | - | - | #102 | #32 | - |
| Yearly (Wide) 2002 | - | - | - | #8 | #6 | - |
| Yearly Opening Weekends (Wide) 2002 | - | - | - | #8 | #6 | - |
| Non-Friday Opening Weekends Adjusted | #22 | #12 | #15 | #24 | - | - |
| Opening Weeks Adjusted | #60 | #40 | #48 | #107 | #64 | #180 |
| Non-Opening Friday Gross Adjusted | #24 | #11 | #23 | #25 | - | - |
| Non-Opening Thursday Gross Adjusted | #21 | #1 | #5 | #7 | - | - |
| Non-Opening Tuesday Gross Adjusted | #61 | #20 | #34 | #116 | #70 | - |
| Non-Opening Wednesday Gross Adjusted | #71 | #31 | #46 | - | #81 | - |
| Single Day Friday Gross Adjusted | #80 | #53 | #79 | #81 | #71 | - |
| Single Day Monday Gross Adjusted | #45 | #49 | #74 | #182 | #81 | #55 |
| Single Day Saturday Gross Adjusted | #92 | #62 | #44 | #131 | #80 | - |
| Single Day Sunday Gross Adjusted | #72 | #54 | #56 | - | #73 | - |
| Single Day Thursday Gross Adjusted | #27 | #4 | #10 | #12 | - | - |
| Single Day Tuesday Gross Adjusted | #70 | #4 | #42 | #126 | #79 | - |
| Single Day Wednesday Gross Adjusted | #15 | #13 | #18 | #17 | #129 | - |
| Theater Averages (Wide Releases) - All Time Adjusted | - | #39 | #55 | - | #101 | - |
| Theater Averages - Wide Opening Weekends Adjusted | #165 | #38 | #50 | #181 | #88 | - |
| Opening Weekends Adjusted - July | #15 | #9 | #11 | #17 | - | - |
| Opening Weekends Adjusted | #79 | #46 | #54 | #95 | #69 | #205 |
| Opening Weekends Adjusted - Summer | #54 | #35 | #40 | #66 | #49 | #140 |
| Eleventh Weekends Adjusted | - | #75 | #112 | - | - | - |
| Ninth Weekends Adjusted | - | #38 | #126 | - | #193 | - |
| Tenth Weekends Adjusted | - | #69 | #140 | - | - | - |
| Twelfth Weekends Adjusted | - | #86 | #116 | - | - | - |
| Top 5-Day Grosses for movies opening on a Wednesday Adjusted | #14 | #3 | #12 | #15 | - | - |
| Second Weekends Adjusted | #119 | #23 | #41 | #168 | #92 | - |
| Third Weekends Adjusted | - | #19 | #36 | - | #86 | - |
| Fourth Weekends Adjusted | - | #33 | #53 | - | #74 | - |
| Fifth Weekends Adjusted | - | #27 | #87 | - | #35 | - |
| Sixth Weekends Adjusted | - | #30 | #116 | - | #91 | - |
| Seventh Weekends Adjusted | - | #56 | #132 | - | #124 | - |
| Eighth Weekends Adjusted | - | #50 | #165 | - | #176 | - |
| Rated PG-13 Adjusted | #62 | #8 | #19 | #79 | #53 | #153 |
| Rated PG-13, Opening Weekends Adjusted | #57 | #34 | #40 | #67 | #51 | #124 |
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