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Movie Info

Release Date: June 28, 2005
Runtime: 117 minutes
Alternative titles: View all (12)
Genres:
Thriller Science Fiction Adventure
Budget: $132,000,000
Revenue: $603,873,119
Original Language: English
Status: Released
Spoken Languages:
Critic Scores
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76%
Tomatometer
73
73/100
Metacritic
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6.5/10
TMDB
9,056 votes
6.6/10
IMDb
505,573 votes
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War of the Worlds

2005

"Survival begins when the skies turn dark."

Also known as: 🇪🇸 ES: La guerra de los mundos? 🇮🇳 HI: Planetary War? 🇯🇵 JA: 宇宙戦争? 🇰🇷 KO: 우주 전쟁? 🇨🇳 ZH: 世界大战? All international titles (12) →

Synopsis

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Parental Guide — Suitable for 13+

13+

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Category Level Indicator
Violence 4/5
Sexual Content 1/5
Language 2/5
Drugs / Alcohol 1/5
Frightening Elements 5/5
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Budget: $132,000,000
Revenue: $603,873,119
Profit $471,873,119
ROI +357.5% (4.6x)

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War of the Worlds is directed by Steven Spielberg .

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Keywords

#based on novel or book 609 #dystopia 113 #survival 65 #daughter 57 #alien 53 #creature 43 #airplane 42 #alien invasion 27 #post-traumatic stress disorder (ptsd) 27 #new jersey 25 #disaster 18 #underground 13 #apocalypse 11 #human subjugation 3

Trivia & Fun Facts about War of the Worlds

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  • The film features extensive use of practical effects, including the construction of life-sized tripods that were used in several scenes to create a realistic sense of scale.

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  • The sound design for the film was created by employing a variety of techniques, including layering and manipulation of sounds to generate the eerie noises made by the alien invaders.

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  • In a scene where Ray Ferrier is trying to escape from the aliens, there is a moment where he drops a cell phone; this was a nod to the disconnect and chaos brought on by the alien invasion.

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  • The film shares thematic similarities with other Spielberg works, particularly 'Close Encounters of the Third Kind', focusing on human response to extraterrestrial encounters.

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  • During the filming, there was a notable continuity error where a character's clothing changes between shots during a frantic escape scene, which went unnoticed in the final cut.

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  • The infamous scene featuring the destruction of a neighborhood was filmed in a suburban area of New Jersey, where filmmakers used practical effects and CGI to create a sense of devastation.

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