Rise Of The Planet Of The Apes

Another strong day for Fox's Twentieth Century Fox's prequel Rise Of The Planet Of The Apes which scored a $19.2M Saturday (only -3% from Friday, indicating word of mouth was good about those CGI animals and Andy Serkis). That makes for a 3-day weekend of $53M, so very much more than the $35M which Hollywood expected. No doubt about it: origins story movies are working this summer if they're