Zoals ik al eerder voorspelde is Rise of the Planet of the Apes de grote verassing van 2011 geworden, en niemand die het aan zag komen. Want deze film die laat zien hoe de aap Ceasar de leider van de apen werd, word goed ontvangen door de pers en de bioscoop bezoekers. Het afgelopen weekeinde ging deze prequel in de Amerikaanse bioscopen draaien en haalde gelijk meer dan $30 miljoen Dollar op. De film zal pas op 18 augustus in de Nederlandse bioscopen gaan draaien.

Led by James Franco and Andy Serkis-with his latest motion-capture performance of Caesar---Fox chose the first weekend of August to introduce their origin reboot of the "Planet" franchise and came out well ahead of expectations, with forecasts having it somewhere between $30 and $35 million by the closing of Sunday.

With the film showing excellent scores from just about all the major demographics, including an 81% fresh rating at Rotten Tomatoes, the studio chiefs at 20th Century Fox are obviously pleased with the results they're seeing at the moment.