”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