The War of the Worlds
“Mighty panorama of Earth-shaking fury as an army from Mars invades!”
The residents of a small town are excited when a flaming meteor lands in the hills, until they discover it is the first of many transport devices from Mars bringing an army of invaders invincible to any man-made weapon, even the atomic bomb.
Genres
Science Fiction, Action
Studio
Paramount Pictures
Language
en
Status
Released
How The War of the Worlds performed
Budget
$2.0M
Worldwide Gross
$2.0M
Gross Profit
N/A
Return
1.0× budget
Opening Wknd (est.)
$252K
Source: TMDB. Domestic/international split (~34/66, genre-typical) and the opening-weekend figure (37% of the domestic run, typical for Science Fiction) are MoviesRankd estimates. Profit is gross revenue minus production budget and excludes marketing — studios typically need ~2–2.5× budget to break even.
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Cast
Clayton Forrester
Gene Barry
Clayton Forrester
Sylvia Van Buren
Ann Robinson
Sylvia Van Buren
Matthew Collins
Lewis Martin
Matthew Collins
General Mann
Les Tremayne
General Mann
Fiddler Hawkins (uncredited)
Frank Kreig
Fiddler Hawkins (uncredited)
Ralph Heffner
Vernon Rich
Ralph Heffner
Dr. Bilderbeck
Sandro Giglio
Dr. Bilderbeck
Dr. Duprey (uncredited)
Ann Codee
Dr. Duprey (uncredited)
Dr. Pryor
Robert Cornthwaite
Dr. Pryor
Commentary (voice)
Cedric Hardwicke
Commentary (voice)
General Mann's Aide
Houseley Stevenson Jr.
General Mann's Aide
Wash Perry
William Phipps
Wash Perry
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