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"Planet Of The Apes" Debuts At $54 Million, Only Beginning To Rise At Box Office

Swings in as one of the best films of the summer

With an opening weekend of $54 million, Rise Of The Planet Of The Apes, has proved to be an even bigger hit than anticipated. The film builds with just the right amount of tension, packs with in-your-face action, and even briefly warms the viewer into imagining the possibility of a world where man and ape walk upright and wear one another's pants.  Related: Crazy, Stupid, Love  James Franco plays Will, a scientist and the brain-child behind a potential Alzheimer’s cure being experimented on primates. While testing, one of the subject apes goes ballistic, forcing the scientists to abort further experiments and put the remaining subjects down. A compassionate Will rescues and takes in a baby primate for what he thinks will only be a few days…

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