Box Office: Planet of the Apes Reboot Rises to the Top

Rise of the Planet of the Apes hit the Number 1 slot at the Box Offices this past weekend and also received accolades from critics putting it on course for a successful reboot of the franchise.

Genre Films at the Box Office the Weekend of August 5-7 (Based on Early Estimates):

Rise of the Planet of the Apes Rank - 1 (LW - n/a) / Revenue - $54.0 MM / Fresh Rating - 81%
The Smurfs Rank - 2 (LW - 2) / Revenue - $21.0 MM / Fresh Rating - 20%
Cowboys & Aliens Rank - 3 (LW - 1) / Revenue - $15.7 MM / Fresh Rating - 43%
Captain America: First Avenger Rank - 5 (LW - 3) / Revenue - $13.0 MM / Fresh Rating - 73%
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 Rank - 6 (LW - 4) / Revenue - $12.2 MM / Fresh Rating - 97%
Transformers: Dark of the Moon Rank - 10 (LW - 8) / Revenue - $3.0 MM / Fresh Rating - 36%
Zookeeper Rank - 11 (LW - 9) / Revenue - $2.2 MM / Fresh Rating - 13%
Cars 2 Rank - 12 (LW - 10) / Revenue - $1.1 MM / Fresh Rating - 35%
Kung Fu Panda 2 Rank - 17 (LW - 15) / Revenue - $0.5 MM / Fresh Rating - 82%
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides Rank - 18 (LW - 27) / Revenue - $0.4 MM / Fresh Rating - 33%
X-Men: First Class Rank - 20 (LW - 22) / Revenue - $0.4 MM / Fresh Rating - 86%


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