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War of the Worlds Reaches $204.2M in 5 Days

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

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July 3, 2005   //   War of the Worlds   //   3 Comments   //  

3 Comments to “War of the Worlds Reaches $204.2M in 5 Days”

• July 04, 2005 at 9:20 am
  Joxe says:

  I love these news!!!!! Hurray for Tom & Spielberg!!
• July 04, 2005 at 9:24 am
  sri says:

  Despite of the skeptical outcome of the movie, the movie speaks for itself. It’s a great, amazing movie! It’s one of the best movies of the year.
• July 04, 2005 at 12:03 pm
  Josephine says:

  Totally deserving. One of Tom’s best movies and performances