Sunday, August 14, 2011

Apes Rule The Planet As 'Caesar Is Home' For August 5 - 7 Box Office








(Reuters) - Chimps reigned over humans, Smurfs and aliens at movie theaters over the weekend as "Rise of the Planet of the Apes" climbed to the top of box office charts with global ticket sales of $77.4 million.
The big-budget, effects-filled prequel to the 1968 classic film about genetically enhanced apes that launch a revolution took the top spot at U.S. and Canadian theaters with a strong $54 million in ticket sales, distributor 20th Century Fox said on Sunday.
          The film starring James Franco and John Lithgow also sold $23.4 million in 25 international markets.
The U.S. and Canadian tally topped forecasts for a film that cost about $93 million to make. Positive reviews plus "ground-breaking (effects) technology" and "a very strong emotional story" drew audiences, said Chris Aronson, senior vice president for domestic distribution at 20th Century Fox.
          In second place, surprise summer hit "The Smurfs" rang up $21 million domestically plus $45.2 million overseas during the weekend, far surpassing expectations for the family film about little blue cartoon characters made popular in a 1980s television show.
          "Cowboys & Aliens," a big-budget sci-fi Western, finished third with $15.7 million in its second weekend in theaters, which represented a 57 percent drop from one week ago.
           The weekend's other new, wide release film -- body-switching comedy "The Change-Up" -- finished fourth with domestic sales of $13.5 million, hitting the low end of estimates. The film stars Jason Bateman as a married father who swaps bodies with his single buddy played by Ryan Reynolds.
           The movie resonated with women who made up 59 percent of the audience, said a spokeswoman for Universal Studios, the movie studio division of Comcast Corp that released the film. Production cost was $52 million.
           "Captain America: The First Avenger," a superhero flick in its third weekend of release, finished in fifth place with $13 million domestically.
            "Rise of the Planet of the Apes" was released by 20th Century Fox, a unit of News Corp. "The Change-Up" and "Cowboys & Aliens" were distributed by Universal Pictures, a division of Comcast Corp. The Smurfs was released by Sony Corp and "Captain America: The First Avenger" was distributed by Paramount Pictures, a unit of Viacom Inc.[Source from: http://www.reuters.com]



# Title Aug 5 - 7


Weeks
Cumulative Distributor










1 Rise of the Planet of the Apes $ 54,806,191


1
$ 54,806,191 Fox
2 The Smurfs 20,702,415


2
75,904,246 Sony
3 Cowboys & Aliens 15,729,455


2
67,349,520 Universal
4 The Change-Up 13,531,115


1
13,531,115 Universal
5 Captain America: The First Avenger 13,021,922


3
143,203,967 Paramount
6 Harry Potter/Deathly Hallows Part 2 12,445,031


4
343,086,045 Warner Bros.
7 Crazy, Stupid, Love 12,017,146


2
42,102,252 Warner Bros.
8 Friends With Benefits 4,687,883


3
48,526,287 Sony
9 Horrible Bosses 4,583,252


5
105,125,415 Warner Bros.
10 Transformers: Dark of the Moon 3,086,145


6
344,244,486 Paramount










11 Zookeeper 2,168,776


5
73,613,540 Sony
12 Cars 2 1,222,836


7
184,807,330 Disney
13 Midnight in Paris 981,867


12
48,486,541 Sony Classics
14 Winnie the Pooh 806,782


4
24,440,628 Disney
15 Bridesmaids 555,400


13
166,499,065 Universal
16 Sarah's Key 547,883


3
1,279,891 Weinstein Co.
17 Kung Fu Panda 2 500,339


11
162,695,957 Paramount
18 Pirates of the Caribbean: OST 448,837


12
239,048,698 Disney
19 Mr. Popper's Penguins 407,111


8
65,426,969 Fox
20 X-Men: First Class 369,568


10
145,292,351 Fox









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