‘Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes’ conquers the box office

Hello! Welcome to The Box Office Report for the weekend of May 10-12, 2024.

1. Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes

Weekend gross: $56.5M
Total domestic gross: $56.5M
Last weekend: New release
Percent drop: NA

The rebooted Planet of the Apes franchise is incredibly consistent when it comes to opening weekends. Rise of the Planet of the Apes? $54.8 million. War for the Planet of the Apes? $56.3 million. Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes? $56.5 million.

Of the four films released since 2011, only Dawn of the Planet of the Apes broke the mold, opening with $72.6 million in 2014. (It also wildly outpaced its predecessor and successor at the worldwide box office, grossing $710.6 million versus Rise’s $471 million and War’s $490 million.)

Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes proved that audiences are still interested in this franchise — something that Disney should be thrilled to know now that it controls the saga.

Quick side note: Despite being critically derided and a franchise dead end, Tim Burton and Mark Wahlberg’s attempt at rebooting Planet of the Apes in 2001 outperformed Rise, War and Kingdom when it comes to opening weekend ($68.5 million) but was passed on the worldwide level ($362.2 million) by Rise and War. We’ll see if Kingdom can join that club.

2. The Fall Guy

Weekend gross: $13.7M
Total domestic gross: $49.7M
Last weekend: 1st
Percent drop: 51

The Fall Guy slipped to No. 2 in its second weekend in theaters. While fans of the film are still a bit bewildered that The Fall Guy didn’t open better last week, I guess it’s a positive thing that the film didn’t stumble out of the top five this weekend?