The Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes is Set to Pull in $125 Million Over Opening Weekend

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The Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes is a box office hitPhoto by20th Century via Variety.com

20th Century Studios/Disney just released the newest installment of the Planet of the apes series -- Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes.

And, by all accounts, its debut has been a smashing success, projecting to rake in $125 million over the weekend. The Wes Ball-directed installment was budgeted for $160 million and opened at $50+ million in its domestic debut.

According to Deadline, its set to potentially rack up an additional $70 million through an international circuit, despite navigating challenging markets like China:

• This, compared to 2011’s Rise of the Planet of the Apes which pulled in $62 million internationally ($8M was from China)
• In 2014, Dawn of the Planet of the Apes did $127M ($37M in China) and 2017’s War for the Planet of the Apes came in at a $130M launch ($56M from China)

Given these projections, experts are placing "Kingdom" in the upper to middle of the Planet of the Apes franchise.

The Top 5 markets through Friday overseas are:

• France ($4.8M)
• China ($3M)
• Mexico ($2.4M)
• UK ($2M)
• Germany ($1.3M)

How It's Being Received by Fans & Critics

Despite some initial criticism, with CBC reporting the franchise "hates humans", it has been received quite well by fans and critics alike.

It currently sits with a 80% Rotten Tomatoes rating:

Rotten tomatoes debut scorePhoto byrottentomatoes.com

And, 7.4 on IMDB:

IMBD ratingPhoto byimdb.com

The box office scores are:

• Maoyan (9.1)
• TPP (9.2)
• Douban (6.7)*

On a critical note, the Douban is the lowest of the recent series.*

Although it is still too early to determine the final result, the latest installment is off to a good start by all acounts.

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