Box Office: 'Dawn Of The Planet Of The Apes' Nabs $27M Friday, Could Hit $70M

"Dawn of the Planet of the Apes" is loud, smart and ferociously committed to its premise, and it leaves an intriguingly bitter aftertaste. Like its predecessor, 2011's "Rise of the Planet of the Apes," it borrows situations and 

A quick montage at the beginning of “Dawn of the Planet of the Apes” fills us in on what has happened since “Rise of the Planet of the Apes.” Three years have gone by for us in the audience, and about a decade for the assorted primates on the screen

upcoming big movies in front of huge television audiences. In Britain, where the games air live in primetime, 20th Century Fox secured a halftime slot for a clip of Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, which opens there on July 17.

A quick montage at the beginning of “Dawn of the Planet of the Apes” fills us in on what has happened since “Rise of the Planet of the Apes.” Three years have gone by for us in the audience, and about a decade for the assorted primates on the screen

You maniacs! You made Dawn of the Planet of the Apes the most popular movie in America! Ah, damn you! Goddamn you all to hell! Actually, director Matt Reeves' apocalyptic sequel — which banked an estimated $27.