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	79
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	62
Opening Day Gross	93
Opening Wednesdays	12
Single Day Gross	244
Non-Opening Friday Gross	22
Non-Opening Thursday Gross	17
Non-Opening Tuesday Gross	55
Single Day Friday Gross	86
Single Day Monday Gross	42
Single Day Saturday Gross	98
Single Day Sunday Gross	70
Single Day Thursday Gross	23
Single Day Tuesday Gross	63
Single Day Wednesday Gross	14
Theater Averages (Wide Releases) - All Time	119
Theater Averages - Wide Opening Weekends	107
Opening Weekends	78
Opening Weekends - July	14
Opening Weekends - Summer	52
Top 10-Day Grosses	49
Top 3-Day Grosses	96
Top 4-Day Grosses	62
Top 6-Day Grosses	44
Top 7-Day Grosses	44
Top 8-Day Grosses	45
Top 9-Day Grosses	49
Top 5-Day Grosses	46
Top 5-Day Grosses for movies opening on a Wednesday	13
Independence Day Opening Weekends	4
Independence Day Weekends	4
Second Weekends	107
Third Weekends	168
Smallest Drops, 3,000+ theaters (Super-Saturation)	424
Smallest Drops, 2,500+ theaters (Saturation)	912
Smallest Drops, 2,000+ theaters (Very Wide)	1,334
Smallest Drops, All Wide Releases	2,955
Rated PG-13	50
Rated PG-13, Opening Weekends	55
Widest Releases	69
Widest Opening Releases	68
Widest PG-13 Rated Openings	36
Widest PG-13 Rated Releases	37
Fastest to $100 million	48
Fastest to $150 million	47
Fastest to $200 million	60
Slowest to $100 million	464
Slowest to $200 million	67
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	61
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	82
Single Day Monday Gross Adjusted	46
Single Day Saturday Gross Adjusted	94
Single Day Sunday Gross Adjusted	74
Single Day Thursday Gross Adjusted	27
Single Day Tuesday Gross Adjusted	70
Single Day Wednesday Gross Adjusted	15
Theater Averages - Wide Opening Weekends Adjusted	167
Opening Weekends Adjusted - July	15
Opening Weekends Adjusted	81
Opening Weekends Adjusted - Summer	56
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	59

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