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War of the Worlds

War of the Worlds
2005

Director and Cast Quickview

Directed by

Starring

Tom Cruise · Dakota Fanning · Miranda Otto · Justin Chatwin · Tim Robbins · Rick Gonzalez

Full cast & crew

Box Office Quickview

UK box office

  • Debut box office: 1st Jul '05
  • Debut position: 1
  • Highest position: 1
  • Debut gross: £8.6 Million
  • Total chart weeks: 9

US box office

  • Box Office debut: 1st Jul '05
  • Debut position: 1
  • Highest position: 1
  • Debut gross: $100.6 Million
  • Total chart weeks: 21

Chart position history

UK box office

1 Jul, 2005
1
8 Jul, 2005
1
15 Jul, 2005
2
22 Jul, 2005
4
29 Jul, 2005
5
5 Aug, 2005
6
12 Aug, 2005
8
19 Aug, 2005
10
26 Aug, 2005
15

US box office

1 Jul, 2005
1
8 Jul, 2005
2
15 Jul, 2005
6
22 Jul, 2005
9
29 Jul, 2005
9
5 Aug, 2005
9
12 Aug, 2005
12

Global box office

Total grosses

UK total gross
United Kingdom Flag  £30.4 Million
US total gross
United States Flag  $234.3 Million
Global total gross
Global Flag  $591.4 Million

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Late Bloomers

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The Watched

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Hit Man

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Am I OK?

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The movie is directed by Antoine Fuqua who has previously brought us The Replacement Killers and Bait among other movies.

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BBFC certificate breakdown.

  • Title: The Equalizer 3
  • BBFC age rating: 15 Certificate
  • Reason: strong violence, injury detail, threat, language
  • Release date: 1st September 2023
  • Runtime: 109 minutes (1 hours 49 minutes)
  • The movie is being released into movie theatres
  • Directed by:
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  • Starring:
    • Denzel Washington
    • Dakota Fanning
    • David Denman

BBFC movie page

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Violent Night

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Savage Salvation

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Emancipation

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  • The MPAA age rating is

Hunt

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  • This movie is a directorial debut.
  • It stars Lee Jung-jae who also starred in The Face Reader (2013).
  • The film also stars Jung Woo-sung who was last seen in Illang: The Wolf Brigade (2018).
  • This movie is released on streaming platforms.

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Based on the 2018 novel by author Delia Owens, Where The Crawdads Sing has been given a 15 age rating in the UK for sexual violence, domestic abuse.

The movie stars Daisy Edgar-Jones is was last seen in the movie Fresh~2022 from earlier this year but was also seen in the TV series War of the Worlds and Gentleman Jack, it also stars Taylor John Smith who was last seen in Blacklight.

The movie is directed by Olivia Newman who is a celebrated TV director and last directed the wresting drama movie First Match in 2018.

Movie Synopsis

Abandoned as a girl, Kya raised herself in the dangerous marshlands of North Carolina. For years, rumors of the marsh girl haunted Barkley Cove, isolating the sharp and resilient Kya from her community. Drawn to two young men from town, she opens herself to a new and startling world. However, when one of them is found dead, Kya immediately becomes the main suspect. As the case unfolds, the verdict as to what happened becomes increasingly unclear, threatening to reveal many secrets.

BBFC certificate breakdown.

  • Title: Where the Crawdads Sing
  • BBFC age rating: 15 Certificate
  • Reason: sexual violence, domestic abuse
  • Release date: 22nd July 2022
  • Runtime: 125 minutes (2 hour 5 minutes)
  • Directed by:
    • Olivia Newman
  • Starring:
    • Daisy Edgar-Jones
    • Harris Dickinson
    • David Strathairn

BBFC movie page