With no Box Office drop on Saturday, it’s clear the word of mouth on Rise of the Planet of the Apes is strong and should carry it through the week to overcome its $95M budget. It’s crazy to think this franchise still has legs after all these years, people love them some Apes. And it’s worth nothing that every monkey, baboon, and ape in the movie is done with capture technology, those damn dirty effects.
1. Rise Of The Planet Of The Apes – $54M
2. The Smurfs – $21M – $76.2M
3. Cowboys & Aliens -$15.7M – $67.3M
4. The Change-Up – $13.5M
5. Captain America – $13M – $143.1M
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R-Rated comedies were just hitting their stride I think, and then came along The Change-Up. Something just didn’t click with me for this one and clearly I wasn’t alone, the film had bad trailer and even worse reviews. Poor Ryan Reynolds can’t catch a break this summer.
