Box Office: Monkey Business Is Big Business As 'Apes' Swings In With $73 8th UPDATE, Sunday, 7:30 AM: Fantastic debut for Dawn of the Planet of the Apes which, by all accounts this AM, grabbed another $25.78M last One of the actors in "Dawn of the Planet of the Apes" may be on the verge … Read more
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. Three years ago, expectations for Rise of the Planet of the Apes were understandably low. The director (Rupert … Read more
If that ending conveyed the heady rush of liberatory zeal we associate with the French Revolution, the current installment, Matt Reeves' Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, documents the French Revolution's chilling second phase: the Reign of Terror, when Dawn of the Planet of the Apes picks up a decade after the milestone events … Read more
"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 … Read more
4th UPDATE, Friday 8:57 PM: Dawn of the Planet of the Apes ended up with an A- CinemaScore tonight and is on track at the moment to make around $26M to $27M for a three-day weekend cume of a possible $68M to $70M+ — depending on how much the It's a good thing everyone so … Read more
"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 The Serkis-starring summer simian spectacular saw several scenes supervised via Skype, director Matt Reeves has said. Plus … Read more
While the film's technology allowed actors like Andy Serkis to bring the planet of the apes to life, it also allowed director (and avid "Planet of the Apes" fanboy) Matt Reeves to tinker with the film's ending via Skype. According to It's a good thing everyone so far seems to really like Fox's Dawn of … Read more