Name: War of the Worlds
Director: Steven Spielberg
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Released: 2005
Cast: Tom Cruise, Dakota Fanning, Justin Chatwin, Miranda Otto, Tim Robbins

Date	Rank	Gross	Daily Chg	Weekly Chg	Total	Theaters	Average	Days
Wed Jun 29	#1	$21.26M		—	$21.26M	3,908	$5.4K	1
Thu Jun 30	#1	$14.43M	-32%	—	$35.68M	3,908	$3.7K	2
Fri Jul 1	#1	$21.92M	+52%	—	$57.60M	3,908	$5.6K	3
Sat Jul 2	#1	$23.18M	+6%	—	$80.79M	3,908	$5.9K	4
Sun Jul 3	#1	$19.78M	-15%	—	$100.56M	3,908	$5.1K	5
Mon Jul 4	#1	$12.18M	-38%	—	$112.74M	3,908	$3.1K	6
Tue Jul 5	#1	$8.45M	-31%	—	$121.20M	3,908	$2.2K	7
Wed Jul 6	#1	$7.12M	-16%	-66%	$128.32M	3,908	$1.8K	8
Thu Jul 7	#1	$6.19M	-13%	-57%	$134.51M	3,908	$1.6K	9
Fri Jul 8	#2	$9.71M	+57%	-56%	$144.22M	3,910	$2.5K	10
Sat Jul 9	#2	$12.29M	+27%	-47%	$156.51M	3,910	$3.1K	11
Sun Jul 10	#2	$8.46M	-31%	-57%	$164.98M	3,910	$2.2K	12
Mon Jul 11	#2	$3.28M	-61%	-73%	$168.26M	3,910	$838	13
Tue Jul 12	#2	$3.08M	-6%	-64%	$171.33M	3,910	$787	14
Wed Jul 13	#2	$2.98M	-3%	-58%	$174.32M	3,910	$763	15
Thu Jul 14	#2	$2.87M	-4%	-54%	$177.19M	3,910	$734	16
Fri Jul 15	#4	$4.40M	+53%	-55%	$181.59M	3,724	$1.2K	17
Sat Jul 16	#4	$6.23M	+42%	-49%	$187.83M	3,724	$1.7K	18
Sun Jul 17	#4	$4.60M	-26%	-46%	$192.43M	3,724	$1.2K	19
Mon Jul 18	#4	$1.92M	-58%	-41%	$194.35M	3,724	$515	20
Tue Jul 19	#4	$1.81M	-5%	-41%	$196.16M	3,724	$487	21
Wed Jul 20	#4	$1.65M	-9%	-45%	$197.82M	3,724	$442	22
Thu Jul 21	#4	$1.69M	+2%	-41%	$199.51M	3,724	$453	23
Fri Jul 22	#8	$2.62M	+55%	-40%	$202.13M	3,264	$802	24
Sat Jul 23	#6	$3.71M	+42%	-40%	$205.84M	3,264	$1.1K	25
Sun Jul 24	#6	$2.59M	-30%	-44%	$208.43M	3,264	$794	26
Mon Jul 25	#6	$1.16M	-55%	-40%	$209.59M	3,265	$354	27
Tue Jul 26	#6	$1.18M	+2%	-35%	$210.77M	3,265	$362	28
Wed Jul 27	#6	$1.08M	-9%	-35%	$211.85M	3,265	$330	29
Thu Jul 28	#6	$1.05M	-3%	-38%	$212.90M	3,265	$321	30
Fri Jul 29	#9	$1.57M	+50%	-40%	$214.47M	2,324	$675	31
Sat Jul 30	#7	$2.26M	+44%	-39%	$216.73M	2,324	$972	32
Sun Jul 31	#9	$1.65M	-27%	-36%	$218.38M	2,324	$710	33
Mon Aug 1	#9	$731K	-56%	-37%	$219.11M	2,324	$314	34
Tue Aug 2	#10	$682K	-7%	-42%	$219.79M	2,324	$293	35
Wed Aug 3	#10	$632K	-7%	-41%	$220.42M	2,324	$272	36
Thu Aug 4	#10	$643K	+2%	-39%	$221.07M	2,324	$276	37
Fri Aug 5	#9	$1.04M	+61%	-34%	$222.10M	1,940	$534	38
Sat Aug 6	#9	$1.46M	+41%	-35%	$223.57M	1,940	$753	39
Sun Aug 7	#9	$1.05M	-28%	-36%	$224.62M	1,940	$540	40
Mon Aug 8	#10	$453K	-57%	-38%	$225.07M	1,940	$233	41
Tue Aug 9	#10	$478K	+6%	-30%	$225.55M	1,940	$246	42
Wed Aug 10	#10	$441K	-8%	-30%	$225.99M	1,940	$227	43
Thu Aug 11	#10	$425K	-4%	-34%	$226.41M	1,940	$219	44
Mon Sep 5	#23	$106K			$232.61M	408	$260	69
Mon Oct 10	#32	$29K			$233.60M	245	$116	104

Weekend	Rank	Gross	Chg	Total	Theaters	Average	Wks
Jul 1-3	1	$64.88M	—	$100.56M	3,908	$16.6K	1
Jul 8-10	2	$30.47M	-53.0%	$164.98M	3,910	$7.8K	2
Jul 15-17	4	$15.24M	-50.0%	$192.43M	3,724	$4.1K	3
Jul 22-24	6	$8.93M	-41.5%	$208.42M	3,265	$2.7K	4
Jul 29-31	9	$5.48M	-38.6%	$218.37M	2,324	$2.4K	5
Aug 5-7	9	$3.55M	-35.3%	$224.62M	1,940	$1.8K	6
Aug 12-14	12	$2.16M	-39.2%	$228.57M	1,340	$1.6K	7
Aug 19-21	16	$1.06M	-51.0%	$230.61M	713	$1.5K	8
Aug 26-28	17	$758K	-28.3%	$231.81M	579	$1.3K	9
Sep 2-4	24	$447K	-41.0%	$232.50M	408	$1.1K	10
Sep 9-11	28	$227K	-49.3%	$232.90M	307	$738	11
Sep 16-18	38	$149K	-34.2%	$233.12M	157	$949	12
Sep 23-25	45	$87K	-41.6%	$233.25M	117	$744	13
Oct 7-9	32	$222K	+155.1%	$233.58M	245	$906	14
Oct 14-16	32	$173K	-22.3%	$233.85M	216	$799	15
Oct 21-23	42	$120K	-30.6%	$234.04M	169	$709	16
Oct 28-30	50	$62K	-48.2%	$234.14M	119	$521	17

Performance Charts

Charts show the first 10 weeks · see the tables above for the full run

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Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

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Cast & Crew

Directed bySteven Spielberg

ScreenplayJosh Friedman, David Koepp

Produced byKathleen Kennedy, Colin Wilson

CinematographyJanusz Kamiński

MusicJohn Williams

StarringTom Cruise, Dakota Fanning, Justin Chatwin, Miranda Otto, Tim Robbins, Rick Gonzalez

StudioParamount Pictures

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