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WAR OF THE WORLDS

Domestic Total Gross: $234,280,354
Distributor: ParamountRelease Date: June 29, 2005
Genre: Sci-Fi HorrorRunning Time: 1 hrs. 57 min.
MPAA Rating: PG-13Production Budget: $132 million
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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


GENRES (click to view) Rank
Disaster 4
Sci-Fi - Alien Invasion 3
Sci-Fi - Based on Book 2
Sci-Fi Horror 2
Sci-Fi Remake 2

FRANCHISES (click to view) 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

CHARTS (click to view) Rank
All Time Domestic 66
All Time Adjusted 178
All Time Worldwide 52
Yearly 2005 4
Yearly Opening Weekends 2005 4
Yearly PG-13 Rated 2005 3
Worldwide Openings 15
Worldwide Yearly 2005 4
Foreign Opening Weekends 15
Non-Friday Opening Weekends 13
Opening Weeks 41
Opening Day Gross 59
Opening Wednesdays 10
Single Day Gross 157
Non-Opening Friday Gross 18
Non-Opening Thursday Gross 14
Non-Opening Tuesday Gross 33
Single Day Friday Gross 57
Single Day Monday Gross 28
Single Day Saturday Gross 64
Single Day Sunday Gross 45
Single Day Thursday Gross 18
Single Day Tuesday Gross 38
Single Day Wednesday Gross 11
Theater Averages (Wide Releases) - All Time 90
Theater Averages - Wide Opening Weekends 81
Sunday Share of Opening Weekends 199
Opening Weekends 51
Opening Weekends - July 10
Opening Weekends - Fall 51
Opening Weekends - Summer 35
Top 10-Day Grosses 30
Top 3-Day Grosses 64
Top 4-Day Grosses 39
Top 6-Day Grosses 28
Top 7-Day Grosses 28
Top 8-Day Grosses 28
Top 9-Day Grosses 30
Top 5-Day Grosses 28
Top 5-Day Grosses for movies opening on a Wednesday 11
Independence Day Opening Weekends 3
Independence Day Weekends 3
Second Weekends 75
Third Weekends 124
Fourth Weekends 194
Smallest Drops, 3,000+ theaters (Super-Saturation) 292
Smallest Drops, 2,500+ theaters (Saturation) 688
Smallest Drops, 2,000+ theaters (Very Wide) 1,077
Smallest Drops, All Wide Releases 2,646
Rated PG-13 34
Rated PG-13, Opening Weekends 36
Widest Releases 40
Widest Opening Releases 39
Widest PG-13 Rated Openings 19
Widest PG-13 Rated Releases 20
Fastest to $100 million 29
Fastest to $150 million 28
Fastest to $200 million 39
Slowest to $100 million 382
Slowest to $200 million 55
BOM Users' Grades 350
BOM Users' Grades (2005 Releases) 78
CHARTS (Premier Pass Users Only)Rank
Highest All Time Rank (on October 13, 2005) 43
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THE PLAYERS (click name to view)
Director:Steven Spielberg
Writer:David Koepp
Actors:Tom Cruise
Dakota Fanning
Tim Robbins
Producers:Kathleen Kennedy
Paula Wagner (executive)
Colin Wilson
Composer:John Williams
GRADE THIS MOVIE
Readers B  (4908 votes)
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GRADE BREAKDOWN
As: 1,561 31.8%
Bs: 1,937 39.5%
Cs: 789 16.1%
Ds: 290 5.9%
Fs: 331 6.7%

READER POLLS (click to view)
What's your favorite disaster or end of the world picture released on the Fourth of July weekend? (ends Monday, 8/1)
When will you see 'War of the Worlds?'
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MERCHANDISE LINKS
• DVD: War of the Worlds, War of the Worlds, War of the Worlds (1953)
• Soundtrack
• Book: The War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells

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