#209 All-time worldwide

#4 2005 releases

Movie profile

War of the Worlds

Name: War of the Worlds
Genre: Adventure, Thriller, Science Fiction
Released: 2005-06-28
Duration: 117 min

2005 · 117 min · Paramount Pictures

Adventure Thriller Science Fiction

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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.

Worldwide gross $603.9M

Budget $132.0M

Gross minus budget $471.9M

ROI 4.57x

Domestic gross

$241.5M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$362.3M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$67.6M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where War of the Worlds ranks

Positioned across the all-time chart, release year, studio, franchise and genre indexes where enough mapped data exists.

Open rankings

All-time worldwide #209 All-time chart position of 13,006 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 2005 releases #4 Release-year chart position of 250 titles Ranked against movies released in 2005. Studio / company #9 Paramount Pictures of 424 titles Position inside the mapped Paramount Pictures movie set. Primary genre #153 Adventure of 2,164 titles Genre context based on the first mapped genre on this profile.

Nearby worldwide ranks

Comparable titles immediately around this movie by reported worldwide gross.

#206 Ready Player One 2018 · $607.3M #207 Transformers: The Last Knight 2017 · $605.4M #208 Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa 2008 · $603.9M #210 Casino Royale 2006 · $599.0M #211 Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning 2025 · $598.8M #212 Tangled 2010 · $592.5M

Quick answer

How did War of the Worlds (2005) perform at the box office?

High confidence

War of the Worlds (2005) earned a reported $603.9M worldwide against a reported $132.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $471.9M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 4.57x. In this database it currently ranks #209 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #4 among 2005 releases.

Worldwide gross: $603,873,119
Budget: $132,000,000
Gross minus budget: $471,873,119
ROI: 4.57x

Source: Reported box office data. Last updated: Jul 8, 2026. Gross-minus-budget is not studio net profit. It excludes marketing, distribution fees, revenue splits, tax incentives and later home/streaming revenue.

Synopsis

Story

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Movie facts

Production details

Release date: Jun 28, 2005
Production: Paramount Pictures, DreamWorks Pictures, Amblin Entertainment
Countries: US

Related indexes

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Studio / production companyParamount Pictures Release year chart2005 box office Genre chartAdventure Genre chartThriller Genre chartScience Fiction

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Why this movie matters

Released in 2005, War of the Worlds is positioned in this dataset as a Adventure, Thriller, Science Fiction title from Paramount Pictures. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $603.9M, reported production budget is $132.0M, gross-minus-budget is $471.9M, ROI is 4.57x. For comparison, it currently sits #209 all-time in the current chart set and #4 among 2005 releases. Streaming availability should be checked against the selected United States region because provider rights can change.

AI-generated contextual summary based on available movie, genre, ranking and box office data. It does not replace official distributor notes or financial reporting.

Data noteGross minus budget is not studio net profit. It excludes marketing, distribution fees, revenue splits, tax incentives and downstream revenue. Domestic, international and opening weekend figures marked as estimated are modelled estimates.