“Apes” was down about 50% from its opening weekend, which isn’t great, but it isn’t bad compared to some of the summer’s other big sequels which fell much harder in their second weekend. So far, the sci-fi thriller directed by Matt Reeves (Cloverfield) has grossed $139 million domestically after just ten days.
Faring the best of the new releases, The Purge: Anarchy (Universal) averaged about $10 thousand in its 2,805 theaters, and while that was down from the $34.1 million of the original movie, last year’s The Purge, the sequel produced by Blumhouse Productions was still made on a fairly modest $9 million budget, putting it already into the black just from its opening weekend. “Anarchy’s” B CinemaScore also isn’t great but it’s also better than the first movie and reviews were generally better as well. it’s certainly possible that the sequel can achieve the $64.5 million gross of the original movie, although it does have a lot of competition in the coming weeks.
You can read the full weekend box office report over at ComingSoon.net.
