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

Box Office Performance

Date	Rank	Gross	Daily Chg	Weekly Chg	Total	Theaters	Average	Days
Wed Jun 29	#1	$21.3M		—	$21.3M	3,908	$5K	1
Thu Jun 30	#1	$14.4M	-32%	—	$35.7M	3,908	$4K	2
Fri Jul 1	#1	$21.9M	+52%	—	$57.6M	3,908	$6K	3
Sat Jul 2	#1	$23.2M	+6%	—	$80.8M	3,908	$6K	4
Sun Jul 3	#1	$19.8M	-15%	—	$100.6M	3,908	$5K	5
Mon Jul 4	#1	$12.2M	-38%	—	$112.7M	3,908	$3K	6
Tue Jul 5	#1	$8.5M	-31%	—	$121.2M	3,908	$2K	7
Wed Jul 6	#1	$7.1M	-16%	-66%	$128.3M	3,908	$2K	8
Thu Jul 7	#1	$6.2M	-13%	-57%	$134.5M	3,908	$2K	9
Fri Jul 8	#2	$9.7M	+57%	-56%	$144.2M	3,910	$2K	10
Sat Jul 9	#2	$12.3M	+27%	-47%	$156.5M	3,910	$3K	11
Sun Jul 10	#2	$8.5M	-31%	-57%	$165.0M	3,910	$2K	12
Mon Jul 11	#2	$3.3M	-61%	-73%	$168.3M	3,910	$838	13
Tue Jul 12	#2	$3.1M	-6%	-64%	$171.3M	3,910	$787	14
Wed Jul 13	#2	$3.0M	-3%	-58%	$174.3M	3,910	$763	15
Thu Jul 14	#2	$2.9M	-4%	-54%	$177.2M	3,910	$734	16
Fri Jul 15	#4	$4.4M	+53%	-55%	$181.6M	3,724	$1K	17
Sat Jul 16	#4	$6.2M	+42%	-49%	$187.8M	3,724	$2K	18
Sun Jul 17	#4	$4.6M	-26%	-46%	$192.4M	3,724	$1K	19
Mon Jul 18	#4	$1.9M	-58%	-41%	$194.3M	3,724	$515	20
Tue Jul 19	#4	$1.8M	-5%	-41%	$196.2M	3,724	$487	21
Wed Jul 20	#4	$1.6M	-9%	-45%	$197.8M	3,724	$442	22
Thu Jul 21	#4	$1.7M	+2%	-41%	$199.5M	3,724	$453	23
Fri Jul 22	#8	$2.6M	+55%	-40%	$202.1M	3,264	$802	24
Sat Jul 23	#6	$3.7M	+42%	-40%	$205.8M	3,264	$1K	25
Sun Jul 24	#6	$2.6M	-30%	-44%	$208.4M	3,264	$794	26
Mon Jul 25	#6	$1.2M	-55%	-40%	$209.6M	3,265	$354	27
Tue Jul 26	#6	$1.2M	+2%	-35%	$210.8M	3,265	$362	28
Wed Jul 27	#6	$1.1M	-9%	-35%	$211.8M	3,265	$330	29
Thu Jul 28	#6	$1.0M	-3%	-38%	$212.9M	3,265	$321	30
Fri Jul 29	#9	$1.6M	+50%	-40%	$214.5M	2,324	$675	31
Sat Jul 30	#7	$2.3M	+44%	-39%	$216.7M	2,324	$972	32
Sun Jul 31	#9	$1.7M	-27%	-36%	$218.4M	2,324	$710	33
Mon Aug 1	#9	$731K	-56%	-37%	$219.1M	2,324	$314	34
Tue Aug 2	#10	$682K	-7%	-42%	$219.8M	2,324	$293	35
Wed Aug 3	#10	$632K	-7%	-41%	$220.4M	2,324	$272	36
Thu Aug 4	#10	$643K	+2%	-39%	$221.1M	2,324	$276	37
Fri Aug 5	#9	$1.0M	+61%	-34%	$222.1M	1,940	$534	38
Sat Aug 6	#9	$1.5M	+41%	-35%	$223.6M	1,940	$753	39
Sun Aug 7	#9	$1.0M	-28%	-36%	$224.6M	1,940	$540	40
Mon Aug 8	#10	$453K	-57%	-38%	$225.1M	1,940	$233	41
Tue Aug 9	#10	$478K	+6%	-30%	$225.5M	1,940	$246	42
Wed Aug 10	#10	$441K	-8%	-30%	$226.0M	1,940	$227	43
Thu Aug 11	#10	$425K	-4%	-34%	$226.4M	1,940	$219	44
Mon Sep 5	#23	$106K			$232.6M	408	$260	69
Mon Oct 10	#32	$29K			$233.6M	245	$116	104

Weekend	Rank	Gross	Chg	Total	Theaters	Average	Wks
Jul 1-3	1	$64.9M	—	$100.6M	3,908	$17K	1
Jul 8-10	2	$30.5M	-53.0%	$165.0M	3,910	$8K	2
Jul 15-17	4	$15.2M	-50.0%	$192.4M	3,724	$4K	3
Jul 22-24	6	$8.9M	-41.5%	$208.4M	3,265	$3K	4
Jul 29-31	9	$5.5M	-38.6%	$218.4M	2,324	$2K	5
Aug 5-7	9	$3.5M	-35.3%	$224.6M	1,940	$2K	6
Aug 12-14	12	$2.2M	-39.2%	$228.6M	1,340	$2K	7
Aug 19-21	16	$1.1M	-51.0%	$230.6M	713	$1K	8
Aug 26-28 Hurricane Katrina	17	$758K	-28.3%	$231.8M	579	$1K	9
Sep 2-4 Hurricane Katrina	24	$447K	-41.0%	$232.5M	408	$1K	10
Sep 9-11 Hurricane Katrina	28	$227K	-49.3%	$232.9M	307	$738	11
Sep 16-18 Hurricane Katrina	38	$149K	-34.2%	$233.1M	157	$949	12
Sep 23-25 Hurricane Katrina	45	$87K	-41.6%	$233.3M	117	$744	13
Oct 7-9	32	$222K	+155.1%	$233.6M	245	$906	14
Oct 14-16	32	$173K	-22.3%	$233.8M	216	$799	15
Oct 21-23	42	$120K	-30.6%	$234.0M	169	$709	16
Oct 28-30	50	$62K	-48.2%	$234.1M	119	$521	17

Performance Charts

Daily Gross

Cumulative Total

Weekend Gross Trend

Theater Count

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

Week-over-Week Drop

Weekly Gross Decline (%)

Cast & Crew

Directed bySteven Spielberg

ScreenplayJosh Friedman, David Koepp

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

StudioParamount Pictures