Rupert Wyatt's latest film Rise Of The Planet Of The Apes starring James Franco, Freida Pinto and Andy Serkis playing Caesar, opened stronger than expected on Friday with $19 million compared to yesterday's report of $14 million. Now, since the film is getting good buzz from most of the critics, word of mouth should help its weekend gross. From Deadline:
"The far better reviewed Apes is faring stronger with a very healthy $19M Friday (including a low-key $1.254M midnights in only 1,124 locations) for a projected $50M weekend or even higher."
Film had a reported budget of $93 million, which is not a lot when you look at Thor and Green Lantern's budget, and almost every big film this year was playing in 3D.
Rise Of The Planet Of The Apes is a 2D film, and usually 3D adds $8-10M. As for Marvel's
Captain America: The First Avenger...It's expected to collect another $13M for the weekend and with that it will be on $143M in domestic box office. International numbers will be available probably tomorrow. Here is a list of top 5 films for this weekend, thanks to Deadline:
1. Rise Of The Planet Of The Apes - [3,648 Theaters]
Friday $19M, Estimated Weekend $50M
2. The Smurfs - [3,395 Theaters]
Friday $5.7M (-56%), Estimated Weekend $18M, Estimated Cume $73M
3. Cowboys & Aliens - [3,754 Theaters]
Friday $4.6M (-64%), Estimated Weekend $15M, Estimated Cume $66.6M
4. The Change-Up (Universal) NEW [2,913 Theaters]
Friday $4.5M, Estimated Weekend $13M
5. Captain America - [3,620 Theaters]
Friday $3.7M, Estimated Weekend $13M, Estimated Cume $143.2M
Stay tuned for updates!