Box Office: No Film Rises Above the Apes

Rise of the Planet of the Apes held on to the Number 1 slot at the Box Office this past weekend as Final Destination 5 only rose to the Number 3 slot in its opening weekend, though its estimated 18.4 million tally was decent for that franchise.

Genre Films at the Box Office the Weekend of August 12-14 (Based on Early Estimates):

Rise of the Planet of the Apes Rank - 1 (LW - 1) / Revenue - $27.5 MM / Fresh Rating - 81%
Final Destination 5 Rank - 3 (LW - n/a) / Revenue - $18.4 MM / Fresh Rating - 57%
The Smurfs Rank - 4 (LW - 2) / Revenue - $13.5 MM / Fresh Rating - 20%
Cowboys & Aliens Rank - 6 (LW - 3) / Revenue - $7.6 MM / Fresh Rating - 43%
Captain America: First Avenger Rank - 7 (LW - 5) / Revenue - $7.1 MM / Fresh Rating - 73%
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 Rank - 9 (LW - 6) / Revenue - $6.9 MM / Fresh Rating - 97%
Transformers: Dark of the Moon Rank - 14 (LW - 10) / Revenue - $1.4 MM / Fresh Rating - 36%
Zookeeper Rank - 15 (LW - 11) / Revenue - $1.0 MM / Fresh Rating - 13%
Cars 2 Rank - 17 (LW - 12) / Revenue - $0.7 MM / Fresh Rating - 35%
Kung Fu Panda 2 Rank - 21 (LW - 17) / Revenue - $0.4 MM / Fresh Rating - 82%

Source: Box Office Results - Box Office Mojo / Fresh Rating - Rotten Tomatoes