War of the Worlds
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Ray Ferrier is a divorced dockworker and less-than-perfect father.Soon after his ex-wife and her new husband drop off his teenage son and young daughter for a rare weekend visit, a strange and powerful lightning storm touches down.
- Director
- Steven Spielberg
- Worldwide
- $604M
Who's in it
Cast
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What It's About
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Ray Ferrier is a divorced dockworker and less-than-perfect father. Soon after his ex-wife and her new husband drop off his teenage son and young daughter for a rare weekend visit, a strange and powerful lightning storm touches down.
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The record
Awards
0 wins · 3 nominations
Academy Awards
No wins yet · 3 nominations
- WinnerAcademy Award for Best Sound
- WinnerAcademy Award for Best Sound Editing
- WinnerAcademy Award for Best Visual Effects
The numbers
Box Office & Release
War of the Worlds returned 4.6× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $132M
- Opening weekend
- —
- Domestic gross
- —
- International gross
- —
- Worldwide gross
- $604M
- Release date
- Jun 28, 2005
- Runtime
- 1h 57m
- MPAA rating
- PG-13
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States of America
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