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War of the Worlds (2005)

DEMO 3.4 · BUBBLE 3.7 · BOOM 3.2 (with BEQ 8.0). Bass measured on the disc, Atmos. Directed by Steven Spielberg. Science Fiction, Thriller, Adventure.

War of the Worlds (2005) poster
Front
44%
L55%
43%
R55%
100%
C84%
LFE
14%
LFE18%
Surround
19%
Ls36%
22%
Rs37%
20%
Lrs37%
23%
Rrs38%
Wide
off
Lw 
off
Rw 
Height
off
Ltf 
off
Rtf 
19%
Ltm35%
22%
Rtm37%
off
Ltr 
off
Rtr 

Bar and top figure — level against the film’s most active channel. Bottom figure — share of the runtime the channel carries signal.

DEMO
3.4 / 10
Bubble
3.7 / 10
Boom, as released
3.2 / 10
Boom with BEQ
8.0 / 10
Measured release
Disc · Atmos · chart by aron7awol
Also in the catalogue
Disc · DTS-HD MA 5.1 — not measured here
Deep bass peak, 10–30 Hz
-41.0 dBFS · with BEQ -20.5
Depth, 10–20 vs 30–60 Hz
-19.4 dB · with BEQ +5.1
Average level, 10–30 Hz
-67.6 dBFS · with BEQ -47.1
Minutes of deep bass
32 min · with BEQ 35 min at ≥ −30 dBFS
Filtered release
its BEQ restores up to 27.5 dB at 10–20 Hz
Tomatometer
76% · as of 16 Jan 2026
Metascore
73 / 100 · as of 16 Jan 2026
Chart scale read
-5 to -65.3 dBFS
Height uptime
12.0%
LFE uptime
17.9% (shown, not scored)
Dynamic range
34.6 dB
Channels used
10 of 16
Dead channels
Lw Rw Ltf Rtf Ltr Rtr
Genres
Science Fiction, Thriller, Adventure
Tags
action, adventure, alien invasion, disaster, drama, fantasy
Audio
Atmos, DTS-HD MA 5.1
Released
29 Jun 2005
First listed
4 Dec 2018
Sources
PerceptualPro + BEQ
Render
current

Channel by channel, through the film

One lane per speaker, the whole film from left to right. Bar height is how loud that speaker gets (square-root scale against this film's loudest moment, so quiet passages stay visible). The amber line under a lane marks the moments counted as playing, and the figure on the right is their share of the film. For the six height speakers that share is part of BUBBLE.

Front
L
55%
R
55%
C
84%
LFE
LFE
18%
Surround
Ls
36%
Rs
37%
Lrs
37%
Rrs
38%
Wide
Lw
unused
Rw
unused
Height
Ltf
unused
Rtf
unused
Ltm
35%
Rtm
37%
Ltr
unused
Rtr
unused
0:000:591:57

Read from PerceptualPro's channel-activity graph, pixel by pixel. A lane marked unused never rises out of its line.

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