Along with further narratives in various media, franchise tie-ins include video games and toys. The films have grossed a total of over US$2 billion worldwide, against a combined budget of $567.5 million.
A reboot film series commenced in 2011 with Rise of the Planet of the Apes, which was followed by Dawn of the Planet of the Apes in 2014 and War for the Planet of the Apes in 2017. Plans for a film remake stalled in " development hell" for over 10 years before Tim Burton's Planet of the Apes was released in 2001. They did not approach the critical acclaim of the original, but were commercially successful, spawning two television series in 19. Jacobs produced the first five Apes films through APJAC Productions for distributor 20th Century Fox since his death in 1973, Fox has controlled the franchise.įour sequels followed the original film from 1970 to 1973: Beneath the Planet of the Apes, Escape from the Planet of the Apes, Conquest of the Planet of the Apes, and Battle for the Planet of the Apes. Its 1968 film adaptation, Planet of the Apes, was a critical and commercial hit, initiating a series of sequels, tie-ins, and derivative works. The franchise is based on French author Pierre Boulle's 1963 novel La Planète des singes, translated into English as Planet of the Apes or Monkey Planet. Planet of the Apes is an American science fiction media franchise consisting of films, books, television series, comics, and other media about a world in which humans and intelligent apes clash for control. Crisis on the Planet of the Apes (2018).Planet of the Apes: Last Frontier (2017).The tentpole is waiting to roll out in many larger markets because of the bottleneck created by the World Cup. Overseas, Dawn of the Planet of the Apes begins its initial assault, rolling out in 28 territories, including major markets Australia and South Korea. Hollywood is hopeful the weekend will restore some balance to the domestic box office, where Fourth of July weekend revenue was down a steep 44 percent from last year, leading to a summer revenue decline of nearly 20 percent. PHOTOS ‘Dawn of the Planet of the Apes’: Andy Serkis, Keri Russell Return to San Francisco for Premiere Reeves directed from a script by Mark Bomback, Rick Jaffa and Amanda Silver, based on the characters created by Jaffa and Silver.Īs with Rise of the Planet of the Apes, the sequel is drawing widespread praise for its use of motion capture. This time out, Gary Oldman, Jason Clarke, Keri Russell, Toby Kebbell, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Enrique Murciano and Kirk Acevedo are featured in the human cast. That film, directed by Rupert Wyatt, took in a strong $481.8 million at the worldwide box office, including $176.8 million in North America.
The sequel, costing an estimated $170 million to make, opens three years after origin movie Rise of the Planet of the Apes reinvigorated the iconic franchise. When they are threatened by a band of humans who have survived a worldwide plague, a fierce divide erupts regarding whether peace can be restored, or whether war is the only way to determine who will emerge as Earth’s dominant species. Dawn of the Planet of the Apes is the best-reviewed tentpole of summer, sporting a 97 percent fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes as of early Wednesday.ĭirected by Matt Reeves, the sequel returns Andy Serkis in the role of Caesar the ape, who has decamped to the forest of Marin County with hundreds of other genetically evolved apes and primates.