‘Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes‘ earned $56.5M domestically on opening weekend from 4,075 locations and $72.5M internationally, including an $11.4M debut in China, bringing the total weekend box office gross to $129.0M.
The has grossed $13.2M from global screens in IMAX showings. The IMAX totals break down as follows: $7.0M domestically and $6.2M internationally.
According to reports, ‘Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes’ had the best domestic opening for a 20th Century Studios film since ‘Avatar: The Way of Water’. With a budget of $160M, the film also achieved the biggest opening ever for the Planet of the Apes franchise.
Directed by Wes Ball from a screenplay by Josh Friedman, Rick Jaffa, Amanda Silver, and Patrick Aison. The film stars Owen Teague as Cornelius, the chimpanzee son of Caesar, along with Freya Allan, Peter Macon, Eka Darville, Kevin Durand, Travis Jeffery, Neil Sandilands, Sara Wiseman, Lydia Peckham, Ras-Samuel Weld A’abzgi, William H. Macy, and Dichen Lachman.
The franchise set several generations in the future following Caesar’s reign, in which apes are the dominant species living harmoniously and humans have been reduced to living in the shadows. As a new tyrannical ape leader builds his empire, one young ape undertakes a harrowing journey that will cause him to question all that he has known about the past and to make choices that will define a future for apes and humans alike.
The film is now playing in theaters.
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