Box Office Weekend: Purge Fails to Budge Apes From Top Spot

The evolution of apes was still a big enough draw to keep away the de-evolution of society, as Dawn of the Planet of the Apes topped The Purge: Anarchy at the box office. While The Purge: Anarchy suffered a lot more at the hands of critics, both sequels are doing very well at the box office; Dawn of the Planet of the Apes picked up an additional estimated $36 million and closes in domestic success (though it has been successful counting worldwide sales), while The Purge: Anarchy earned an estimated $28.4 million, which is actually a grand success considering its $9 million budget.

Following in their wake are two far less successful debuts; Planes: Fire & Rescue made an estimated $18 million on a $50 million budget, and Sex Tape made an estimated $15 million on a $40 million budget, and neither are getting much help from critical acclaim.

The other six films in the top ten are all successes in their own right, whether critics are interested in promoting them or not. The worst received, Transformers: Age of Extinction, added an estimated $10 million to its already moneymaking run, while the also poorly received Melissa McCarthy comedy Tammy has blown past its $20 million budget with an estimated $7.6 million adding to its $71.2 million domestic earnings. 22 Jump Street won over nearly everyone with an estimated $4.7 million adding up to $180.5 million in domestic earnings, and How to Train Your Dragon 2 finally managed to do the same, an estimated $3.8 million adding to a modestly successful run. Maleficent remains the highest earner currently on the top ten, with an estimated $3.3 million bringing its eight week total to $228.4 million, while Earth to Echo made good on a small budget, an estimated $3.3 million pushing its three-week total to $32 million over a $13 million budget.

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When not failing to write novels and screenplays, box-office guru Seth writes humorous comedy tracks for films under the name "The One Man Band" that can be found at Rifftrax.com. Although, he has recently succeeded in writing the novella "Jack Alan and the Case of the Not-Exactly Rocket Scientists," available as an eBook on Amazon. He is also the English voice of Zak in "Zak McKracken: Between Time and Space."

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