Rise of the Planet of the Apes
Released Date
August 5, 2011
Distributor
Twentieth Century Fox
Genre
Sci-Fi
Rating
PG-13
Budget
$93,000,000
Worldwide Gross
Domestic Gross + International Gross = Worldwide Gross
$176,760,185 + $305,040,688 = $481,800,873
$176,760,185 + $305,040,688 = $481,800,873
A substance designed to help the brain repair itself gives advanced intelligence to a chimpanzee who leads an ape uprising.
About
20th Century Fox's reboot of the Planet of the Apes franchise serving as an origin story to the saga similar to 1972's Conquest of the Planet of the Apes. In the film, a substance designed to help a brain repair itself is given to a chimpanzee, leading to an ape revolution.
Trivia
The movie received an Academy Award nomination in the category of Best Visual Effects. It spawned sequels titled Dawn of the Planet of the Apes and War for the Planet of the Apes.