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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