'Planet Of The Apes' Keeps Rising At The Box Office

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[img]http://www.mtv.com/news/photos/r/rise_of_the_planet_of_the_apes/promo/281x211.jpg[/img][url="http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1669036/rise-of-planet-of-the-apes-beats-the-help.jhtml"][b]FROM MTV MOVIES:[/b][/url] Not only did the apes begin to conquer the human world onscreen, but they managed to retain their top spot at the box office as well. Despite competition from four diverse new movies, "[url="http://www.mtv.com/movies/movie/455152/moviemain.jhtml"]Rise of the Planet of the Apes[/url]" remained the #1 movie in America over the weekend.

The sci-fi prequel took in another $27.5 million during its second weekend of release for a $104.8 million total, according to studio estimates. Starring James Franco, "Rise" is a descendent of 1968's original "Planet of the Apes" which was itself based on Pierre Boulle's 1963 novel of the same name.

Whereas "Apes" was written in the '60s but set in a distant future, "[url="http://www.mtv.com/movies/movie/461429/moviemain.jhtml"]The Help[/url]" was written just a couple of years ago but is set in the '60s. The movie adaptation of the hit book about a Southern belle who collects the stories of several African-American maids opened at #2 with $25.5 million, which was much stronger than observers predicted. Perhaps they should have known better: The book, by Kathryn Stockett, was legendarily [url="http://shine.yahoo.com/event/poweryourfuture/kathryn-stocketts-the-help-turned-down-60-times-before-becoming-a-best-seller-2523496/"]turned down[/url] by some 60 literary agents before becoming a best-seller.

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