Apes Tops Box Office

Action thriller movie "Rise of the Planet of the Apes" took in $54 million to open as the No. 1 movie, according to studio estimates Sunday. The casts including James Franco, Freida Pinto and Andy Serkis, "Rise of the Planet of the Apes" tells the story of how lower primates began evolving to take over Earth from humans.

Box-Office USA Weekend Summary
Issue Date : 8 August 2011
Rank     Title     Weekend     Gross

1         Rise of the Planet of the Apes (2011)     $54M     $54M
2         The Smurfs (2011)     $21M     $76.2M
3         Cowboys & Aliens (2011)     $15.7M     $67.4M
4         The Change-Up (2011)     $13.5M     $13.5M
5         Captain America: The First Avenger (2011)     $13M     $143M
6         Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (2011)     $12.2M     $343M
7         Crazy, Stupid, Love. (2011)     $12.1M     $42.2M
8         Friends with Benefits (2011)     $4.7M     $48.5M
9         Horrible Bosses (2011)     $4.62M     $105M
10         Transformers: Dark of the Moon (2011)     $3.02M     $344M