Though the trailers have leaned more towards the campy with a volley of apes on horseback carrying firearms, Dawn of the Planet of the Apes has won over critics and audiences alike with overwhelming praise, and picking up an estimated $73 million at the box office. However, that praise has not approached the success of second-place finisher Transformers: Age of Extinction, which earned an estimated $16.5 million this weekend, but $752.5 million worldwide and the fifth highest earning movie of the year in domestic earnings.
Finally, Maleficent once again proves its worth as the strongest film in the top ten, adding to a $222 million total with an estimated $4.2 million; Begin Again opened to wide release with an estimated $2.9 million, but finds itself in the Chef division of independent films that will not releases budgets; and Jersey Boys (estimated $2.5 million) just pushed past its production costs, making it not a success, but not a bomb either.
Weekend Box Office (July 11th – July 13th)
- Dawn of the Planet of the Apes…$73 million
- Transformers: Age of Extinction…$16.5 million
- Tammy…$12.9 million
- 22 Jump Street…$6.7 million
- How to Train Your Dragon 2…$5.9 million
- Earth to Echo…$5.5 million
- Deliver Us from Evil…$4.7 million
- Maleficent…$4.2 million
- Begin Again…$2.9 million
- Jersey Boys…$2.5 million
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