Apes Rise To No. 1 Weekend With $54 Million

FIRST Released: August 7, 2011 1:10 PM EDT La, Calif. -- Apes have rose up rung from the weekend box office. Based on studio estimations Sunday, Rise from the Planet from the Apes required in $54 million to spread out because the No. 1 movie. Which was a lot more than experts expected for that Apes prequel, though well below the $68.5 million opening of Tim Burtons Planet from the Apes remake ten years ago. The household tale The Smurfs continued to be at No. 2 for that second-straight weekend with $21 million, lifting its domestic total to $76.two million. The sci-fi Western Cowboys&Aliens, which first showed at No. 1 narrowly in front of the Smurfs per week earlier, fell to 3rd with $15.8 million, raising its total to $67.4 million. The comedy The Modification-Up opened up an inadequate No. 4 with $13.5 million. Copyright 2011 by Connected Press. All privileges reserved.These components might not be released, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.