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News - Kingdom Of The Planet Of The Apes Starts Strong, Biggest For 20th Century Sin - xSicKxBot - 05-14-2024
News - Kingdom Of The Planet Of The Apes Starts Strong, Biggest For 20th Century Sin
<p>Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes opened in theaters this past weekend and it had a strong start. The movie made $56.5 million in North America for the Friday-Sunday period. It made $72.5 million from international markets. Combined, the film opened globally with $129 million.</p><p>For the domestic numbers specifically, $56.5 million is the second-best start of the new Apes series, trailing only Dawn of the Planet of the Apes ($72.6 million). It's also the best start ever for director Wes Ball, who previously made the Maze Runner movies. What's more, it's the biggest opening for movie studio 20th Century since Avatar: The Way of Water premiered in December 2022 (<a href="https://twitter.com/ErikDavis/status/1789684949143978465">via Fandango's Erik Davis</a>).</p><div data-embed-type="video" data-src="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MSv7AZEVyQI" data-width="100%" data-height="100%"> <iframe src="https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/MSv7AZEVyQI" height="100%" width="100%" scrolling="no" frameborder="" webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen allowfullscreen></iframe></div><p>Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes had a reported $160 million production budget, and this doesn't include any advertising expenses, <a href="https://variety.com/2024/film/news/box-office-kingdom-of-the-planet-of-the-apes-opening-weekend-champion-1235999801/">according to Variety.</a></p><a href="https://www.gamespot.com/articles/kingdom-of-the-planet-of-the-apes-starts-strong-biggest-for-20th-century-since-avatar-2/1100-6523381/?ftag=CAD-01-10abi2f/">Continue Reading at GameSpot</a>
https://www.gamespot.com/articles/kingdom-of-the-planet-of-the-apes-starts-strong-biggest-for-20th-century-since-avatar-2/1100-6523381/?ftag=CAD-01-10abi2f