Dawn of the Planet of the Apes opened with amazing reviews, currently holding 91 % on Rotten Tomatoes, and has opened number one with an estimated $73 million. Opening on more than 3,967 screens, Dawn of the Planet of the Apes crushed the weekend’s competition, and improved upon 2011’s Rise of the Planet of Ape‘s 2011 $53 million opening weekend. While the numbers are strong, they don’t come close to the numbers seen by Transformers 4, X-Men, and Spiderman, Dawn may have more legs in the upcoming weeks (or at least until Guardians opens August 1).
Coming in at a distant second, Transformers: Age of Extinction finished with $16.5 million. To date, the movie has made $209 million domestically. Worldwide, the film has become the highest grossing movie of the year with $753 million, proving that it’s easily digestible.
In it’s second week of release, the Melissa McCarthy film Tammy finished third with $12.9 million and has so-far grossed $57.4 million.
Richard Linklater’s Boyhood opened on five-screens, and had a solid $71,000 per-theater average. Look for the film to expand in the coming weeks.
Here’s the full top-ten weekend box office estimates.
1. Dawn of the Planet of the Apes $73 million
2. Transformers: Age of Extinction $16.5 million
3. Tammy $12.9 million
4. 22 Jump Street $6.7 million
5. How to Train Your Dragon 2 $5.9 million
6. Earth to Echo $5.5 million
7. Deliver Us From Evil $4.7 million
8. Maleficent $4.2 million
9. Begin Again $2.9 million
10. Jersey Boys $2.5 million