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Planet of the ApesFollow

2001 • PG-13 • 2h • Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi • 20th Century Fox

🍅 42% 27%

50

2.35

5.7

CS B-

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$68.50M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$180.00M

Final

Worldwide total

$362.20M

$182.20M international

Domestic legs2.63x

Budget$100M

2001 rank#10

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Cast & crew

Full Burton filmography

Tim Burton

Tim Burton Director

Mark Wahlberg

Mark Wahlberg Starring

Tim Roth

Tim Roth Starring

Helena Bonham Carter

Helena Bonham Carter Starring

Michael Clarke Duncan

Michael Clarke Duncan Starring

Paul Giamatti

Paul Giamatti Starring

ScreenplayWilliam Broyles Jr., Mark Rosenthal, Lawrence Konner Produced byRichard D. Zanuck CinematographyPhilippe Rousselot MusicDanny Elfman Studio20th Century Fox SeriesPlanet of the Apes

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Jul 27-29 1 $68.5M — 3,500 $19,580 $68.5M

2 Aug 3-5 2 $27.5M −59.8% 3,530 $7,800 $123.7M

3 Aug 10-12 5 $13.3M −51.7% 3,401 $3,911 $148.7M

4 Aug 17-19 7 $7.1M −46.3% 3,060 $2,334 $161.2M

5 Aug 24-26 10 $3.6M −49.8% 1,931 $1,857 $167.8M

6 Aug 31-Sep 2 11 $2.9M −18.2% 1,504 $1,951 $172.2M

7 Sep 7-9 14 $1.4M −52.6% 1,179 $1,179 $175.0M

8 Sep 14-16 16 $938.2K −32.5% 913 $1,027 $176.3M

9 Sep 21-23 19 $662.9K −29.3% 772 $858 $177.2M

10 Sep 28-30 23 $318.8K −51.9% 460 $692 $177.8M

11 Oct 5-7 24 $209.7K −34.2% 318 $659 $178.1M

12 Oct 12-14 27 $194.6K −7.2% 289 $673 $178.4M

13 Oct 19-21 26 $146.8K −24.5% 230 $638 $178.6M

14 Oct 26-28 37 $104.3K −29.0% 189 $551 $178.7M

15 Nov 2-4 41 $74.5K −28.6% 152 $489 $178.9M

16 Nov 9-11 47 $48.7K −34.6% 112 $435 $178.9M

17 Nov 16-18 37 $79.0K +62.1% 190 $415 $179.0M

18 Nov 23-25 34 $112.7K +42.6% 254 $443 $179.2M

19 Nov 30-Dec 2 41 $71.0K −37.0% 226 $313 $179.3M

20 Dec 7-9 36 $71.4K +0.7% 238 $300 $179.4M

21 Dec 14-16 32 $74.3K +4.1% 251 $296 $179.5M

22 Dec 21-23 29 $75.4K +1.4% 287 $262 $179.6M

23 Dec 28-30 39 $64.4K −14.6% 251 $256 $179.7M

24 Jan 4-6 39 $53.0K −17.8% 192 $276 $179.8M

25 Jan 11-13 37 $56.7K +7.0% 207 $273 $179.9M

26 Jan 18-21 43 $59.6K +5.1% 198 $300 $180.0M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Jul 27 #1 $25.1M — $25.1M 3,494 $7,172 1

Sat Jul 28 #1 $25.0M n/c $50.1M 3,494 $7,151 2

Sun Jul 29 #1 $19.6M −22% $68.5M 3,500 $5,586 3

Mon Jul 30 #1 $8.2M −58% $76.8M 3,500 $2,348 4

Tue Jul 31 #1 $7.5M −9% $84.3M 3,500 $2,143 5

Wed Aug 1 #1 $6.2M −17% $90.5M 3,500 $1,776 6

Thu Aug 2 #1 $5.7M −8% $96.2M 3,500 $1,637 7

Fri Aug 3 #2 $8.4M +46% −67% $104.6M 3,530 $2,367 8

Sat Aug 4 #2 $10.8M +30% −57% $115.4M 3,530 $3,070 9

Sun Aug 5 #2 $8.0M −26% −59% $123.7M 3,530 $2,266 10

Mon Aug 6 #3 $3.2M −60% −61% $127.0M 3,530 $913 11

Tue Aug 7 #3 $3.2M −1% −58% $130.1M 3,530 $899 12

Wed Aug 8 #3 $2.7M −14% −56% $132.9M 3,530 $774 13

Thu Aug 9 #3 $2.5M −7% −56% $135.4M 3,530 $720 14

Fri Aug 10 #5 $3.8M +51% −54% $139.3M 3,405 $1,126 15

Sat Aug 11 #5 $5.2M +35% −52% $144.4M 3,405 $1,522 16

Sun Aug 12 #5 $3.9M −25% −51% $148.7M 3,401 $1,147 17

Mon Aug 13 #5 $1.4M −64% −56% $150.1M 3,401 $416 18

Tue Aug 14 #5 $1.5M +3% −54% $151.6M 3,401 $430 19

Wed Aug 15 #5 $1.2M −15% −55% $152.8M 3,401 $365 20

Thu Aug 16 #5 $1.3M +1% −51% $154.1M 3,401 $369 21

Fri Aug 17 #7 $1.9M +49% −51% $156.0M 3,059 $614 22

Sat Aug 18 #6 $2.9M +57% −43% $158.9M 3,059 $962 23

Sun Aug 19 #6 $2.3M −23% −42% $161.2M 3,060 $737 24

Mon Aug 20 #6 $786.1K −65% −44% $162.0M 3,060 $256 25

Tue Aug 21 #6 $857.8K +9% −41% $162.9M 3,060 $280 26

Wed Aug 22 #6 $704.3K −18% −43% $163.6M 3,060 $230 27

Thu Aug 23 #6 $669.8K −5% −47% $164.3M 3,060 $218 28

Fri Aug 24 #10 $961.5K +44% −49% $165.2M 1,927 $498 29

Sat Aug 25 #9 $1.5M +55% −49% $166.7M 1,927 $774 30

Sun Aug 26 #10 $1.0M −31% −55% $167.8M 1,931 $530 31

Mon Aug 27 #10 $350.9K −66% −55% $168.2M 1,931 $181 32

Tue Aug 28 #9 $399.5K +14% −53% $168.6M 1,931 $206 33

Wed Aug 29 #9 $326.3K −18% −54% $168.9M 1,931 $168 34

Thu Aug 30 #9 $304.8K −7% −55% $169.2M 1,931 $157 35

Mon Sep 3 #9 $911.2K — +160% $173.1M 1,504 $605 39

Tue Sep 4 #11 $207.3K −77% −48% $173.3M 1,504 $137 40

Wed Sep 5 #11 $165.3K −20% −49% $173.4M 1,504 $109 41

Thu Sep 6 #10 $164.1K −1% −46% $173.6M 1,504 $109 42

Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record

Cumulative total$173.6M

Jul 27Aug 6Aug 15Aug 25Sep 6

Weekend grossWk 10 · $318.8K

$68.5M

$27.5M

$13.3M

$7.1M

$3.6M

$2.9M

$1.4M

$938.2K

$662.9K

$318.8K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 3,530 → 1,504 −57.4%

3,494 open1,504 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −51.9%

−59.8%

W1→2

−51.7%

W2→3

−46.3%

W3→4

−49.8%

W4→5

−18.2%

W5→6

−52.6%

W6→7

−32.5%

W7→8

−29.3%

W8→9

−51.9%

W9→10

Steepest −59.8%Best hold −18.2%

Run milestones

$100M in 8 days

$100M

Day 8

Aug 3

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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