APES RISE AGAIN ON DVD, BLU-RAY

Rise of the Planet of the Apes rose again to the top of the DVD sales charts last week, according to Nielsen VideoScan First Alert. Disney/DreamWorks’ The Help placed second on the list, followed by Warner Bros.’ Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows — Part 2. None of these had any significant competition from Final […]

THE SMURFS REMAIN GREEN OVERSEAS

This weekend overseas, The Smurfs chalked up another first-place victory as it grossed $14.9 million in 73 countries to bring its foreign total to $321 million. It has remained in the top spot since it opened on July 27. Rise of the Planet of the Apes was a close second with $12.5 million in 60 […]

TRIUMPH OF THE APES

That tight, five-way race at the box office that had been predicted between holdover Rise of the Planet of the Apes and four new entries failed to materialize, except — arguably — between the top two films. Apes rose to the top again with a solid $27.5 million, down about 50 percent from last week’s […]

TRIUMPH OF THE APES

That tight, five-way race at the box office that had been predicted between holdover Rise of the Planet of the Apes and four new entries failed to materialize, except — arguably — between the top two films. Apes rose to the top again with a solid $27.5 million, down about 50 percent from last week’s […]

TIGHT FIVE-WAY RACE PREDICTED AT WEEKEND BOX OFFICE

Box office forecasters, who have whiffed the past few weeks in predicting weekend results, may be playing it tight at the plate this time around. They’re simply saying that the second week of 20th Century Fox’s Rise of the Planet of the Apes and the debuts of Warner Bros.’ Final Destination 5 and DreamWorks’s The […]