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Site Admin — Fri, 29 Jul 2005 15:20:13 +0000

War of the Worlds Box Office numbers in US have reached over US$ 208,000,000, while worldwide the number is over US$ 500,000,000. The movie has opened a month ago.

Quite impressive for a movie that was predicted to flunk because Tom was being so public about his personal live and beliefs, huh?

Sweepstakes

Site Admin — Fri, 22 Jul 2005 06:15:41 +0000

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Surfing the internet

Chantal — Mon, 11 Jul 2005 18:25:25 +0000

No recent news, so I took some time to surf the www and found some opinions and views on life etc. .
At Taipei Times.com I found a review of WOTW, in which Steven Spielberg and others that worked on the movie and the script give their views on the story, the background and the values behind the storyline. A bit similair is the story at Citizen-Times.com about Steven’s family values played out in the movie. Quite nice piece.

Very old is a little video about Tom at The Biography Channel.

Maybe you’ve noticed that everyone has an opinion about Tom these days. Well, I’ve found a story written by reporter Navarrette defending Tom in giving his opinion about using drugs because, basically, everyone is entitled to an opinion. Read it at the site of TucsonCitizen.com. He has a point. Speaking of which, the story “Tom Cruise may know more than we think” is quite interesting. And I found a little word of Mimi Rogers; she’s happy for Tom and is flabbergasted that anyone would judge his relationship with Katie, you can read at free-press-release.com.
Nothing spectaculair, but maybe something to think about. Maybe more next time!

WotW also nr. 1 in the UK

Chantal — Tue, 05 Jul 2005 22:49:14 +0000

‘War of the Worlds’ is also a great success in the United Kingdom. The BBC reports that Tom Cruise’s War of the Worlds topped the UK box office chart, taking £8.6m in its opening three days.

Winning the ‘War’

Janine — Tue, 05 Jul 2005 15:30:30 +0000

”War” is Tom Cruise’s best opening ever — Despite the actor’s controversial publicity-tour comments, moviegoers turn out in droves to see his ”War of the Worlds” by Dave Karger

If much of the American public has been turned off by Tom Cruise’s recent media appearances, their wallets didn’t show it this weekend, as War of the Worlds became the biggest opening of the actor’s career.

Over the four-day Fourth of July holiday weekend, War grossed $77.6 million, according to studio estimates, and a total of $113.3 million since its debut on Wednesday. That easily topped Cruise’s personal six-day best of $92 million, set by Mission: Impossible 2 in 2000. In fact, War is now already more than 50 percent on its way to topping M:I2′s $215 million total gross.
Source: EW.com

$113.3 million in the US and Canada + $102.5 million overseas = total $215.8 million in 6 days!

Chantal — Mon, 04 Jul 2005 19:53:15 +0000

TheNewsTribune.com:

LOS ANGELES (AP) – “War of the Worlds” conquered the box office as easily as the movie’s aliens overpowered Earth. Steven Spielberg and Tom Cruise’s sci-fi tale took in $77.6 million over the long Fourth of July weekend, lifting its total since debuting last Wednesday to $113.3 million, according to studio estimates Monday.

That fell well short of the all-time high held by “Spider-Man 2,” whose $180.1 million haul in its first six days led Hollywood to a record Fourth of July weekend last year. The top 12 movies took in $160.1 million, off 25 percent from that 2004 record weekend. It was the 19th-straight weekend that domestic revenues were down compared to last year’s, extending Hollywood’s longest slump since analysts began tracking detailed box-office figures. The worst downturn previously recorded was 17 weekends in 1985.

For the year, revenues are down about 7 percent, while factoring in higher ticket prices, admissions are off 10 percent. The longer the slump drags on, the harder it gets for Hollywood to dig itself out of that revenue hole, said Paul Dergarabedian, president of box-office tracker Exhibitor Relations. “There’s a spotlight on the slump and people’s dissatisfaction about going to the movies. That negative perception can create a negative reality,” Dergarabedian said. “It also gives people the opportunity to vent all the reasons they don’t like going to movies, whether it’s high ticket prices or the costs at the concession stand. So they feel validated in that by the slump.”

“War of the Worlds,” Spielberg and Cruise’s update on H.G. Wells’ classic about space invaders laying siege to Earth, had the second-best four-day opening over Fourth of July, behind the $115.8 million for “Spider-Man 2.” “Anybody disappointed with the second-biggest opening ever on Fourth of July weekend should really sort of seek help,” said Rob Friedman, vice chairman for motion pictures at Paramount, which handled domestic distribution for “War of the Worlds.”

The studio hopes “War of the Worlds” will have a long shelf life at theaters, since Spielberg and Cruise’s audiences tend to skew older than crowds that rush out over opening weekend for such comic-book adaptations as “Spider-Man 2,” Friedman said. “This is not a sequel. It’s not based on a comic book and a young fan-based property. This is based on a 100-year-old literary property,” Friedman said. Spielberg and Cruise’s “movies tend to play longer, stay in the marketplace longer, so I think as it relates to ‘Spider-Man 2,’ we’ll have to wait and see what the long haul brings.”

Opening in 78 countries last week, “War of the Worlds” took in an additional $102.5 million overseas from Wednesday to Sunday [Reuters: $15.7 million in Britain, $15.1 million in Japan and $7.8 million in Spain], putting its worldwide total at well over $200 million. Paramount did not yet have figures on how much the movie took in internationally on Monday.

“War of the Worlds” bumped “Batman Begins” to second place after two weekends in the top box-office slot. “Batman Begins” hauled in $18.7 million over the four-day weekend to raise its three-week domestic total to $154.1 million. The weekend’s other new wide release, Martin Lawrence’s basketball comedy “Rebound,” fouled out with just $6 million from Friday to Monday, coming in at No. 7.

Estimated ticket sales for Friday through Monday at North American theaters, according to Exhibitor Relations Co. Inc. Final figures will be released Monday.

War of the Worlds Reaches $204.2M in 5 Days

Site Admin — Mon, 04 Jul 2005 04:21:13 +0000

Director Steven Spielberg’s War of the Worlds, starring Tom Cruise, has earned $101.7 million domestically in its first five days from 3,908 theaters for Paramount Pictures. The $132 million-budgeted sci-fi thriller, which opened Wednesday, earned an estimated $66 million from 3,908 theaters over the Friday-to-Sunday frame, marking the second-best Fourth of July opening, trailing only Spider-Man 2 ($88.2 million).

Overseas, the film has pulled in an estimated $102.5 million for the five days from over 8000 prints, the biggest ever opening for a non-sequel of all time and the fifth biggest ever opening for a film internationally. Only four other films have ever surpassed the $100 million mark in the same amount of time, including Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith ($144 million), The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King ($123.5 million), The Matrix Revolutions ($119 million) and Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban ($113 million).

War of the Worlds has now earned $204.2 million worldwide.
Source: comingsoon.net

War of the Worlds Earns $21.5M on Day 3

Janine — Sun, 03 Jul 2005 09:31:54 +0000

This should make for a nice birthday present for our man, WotW is holding strong at the box office:

War of the Worlds Earns $21.5M on Day 3
Paramount Pictures’ War of the Worlds, directed by Steven Spielberg and starring Tom Cruise, earned an estimated $21.5 million on its third day to push its domestic total to $57.2 million. The sci-fi thriller, budgeted at $132 million, is playing in 3,908 theaters.

The other newcomer, Martin Lawrence comedy Rebound, collected just $1.7 million from 2,464 theaters on its first day.
ComingSoon.net

More WOTW reviews

Chantal — Fri, 01 Jul 2005 21:56:09 +0000

More reviews:
- king5.com
- zap2it.com
- TheStandard.com.hk (and this interview with Tim Robbins)
- ledger-enquirer.com
- news.inq7.net
- texarkanagazette.com
- icNorthWales (uk)
- smh.com.au
- NewsTodayNet.com
- icWales (uk)
- icLiverpool (uk)
- BismarckTribune.com
- bradenton.com
- acadiananow.com
- SiouxCityJournal.com
- moviehole.net
and Reuters reviews the reviews!

War of the Worlds Adds Another $14.7M

Chantal — Fri, 01 Jul 2005 16:19:12 +0000

Director Steven Spielberg’s War of the Worlds, starring Tom Cruise, added an estimated $14.7 million from 3,908 theaters on Thursday for a two-day domestic total of $35.96 million.

The film earned $13.35 on Wednesday internationally giving it a worldwide total of $49.3 million so far (a Thursday international figure is not available yet).

On Wednesday, the sci-fi thriller took in $21.256 million domestic, representing the largest opening day in the history of Paramount Pictures as well as the largest opening day for a Tom Cruise movie.
(Source: Paramount Pictures, ComingSoon.net)