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RISE OF THE PLANET OF THE APES Tops Box Office, THE HELP Tops Per-Theater Average

Bryce Dallas Howard, Emma Stone, The Help Rupert Wyatt’s Rise of the Planet of the Apes, though down 50% from last weekend, topped the North American box office for the second weekend in a row. Starring James Franco, Andy Serkis, Freida Pinto, and John Lithgow, Rise of the Planet of the Apes brought in $27.5 million this weekend (Aug. 12-14) according to studio estimates found [...]
RISE OF THE PLANET OF THE APES Overperforms, THE CHANGE-UP Underperforms: Box Office

Andy Serkis, Rise of the Planet of the Apes Rise of the Planet of the Apes may gross up to $18 million at the North American box office on Friday, according to early estimates found in The Hollywood Reporter. The aforementioned figure includes about $1.25 million from Thursday midnight screenings. Directed by Rupert Wyatt, and starring James Franco, Freida Pinto, John Lithgow, and King Kong’s [...]
RISE OF THE PLANET OF THE APES Box Office: $1.25m at Midnight Screenings

James Franco, Rise of the Planet of the Apes Rise of the Planet of the Apes, starring James Franco, Freida Pinto, John Lithgow, Brian Cox, Tom Felton, and a resimianized Andy Serkis — he had already played the giant gorilla in Peter Jackson’s King Kong — grossed $1.25 million at 1,124 Thursday midnight screenings, according to Box Office Mojo. For comparison’s sake: That’s nearly twice [...]
Penn Badgley Gets Jeff Buckley Role, But Jeff Buckley Role Still Available for Robert Pattinson et al.

Penn Badgley, Gossip Girl Gossip Girl’s Penn Badgley has been cast as singer-songwriter Jeff Buckley in writer-director Daniel Algrant’s Greetings from Tim Buckley. Buckley released the album "Grace" in 1994. Three years later, the 30-year-old singer drowned after going for a swim in Tennessee’s Wolf River. Others mentioned for the Jeff Buckley role included Breaking Dawn’s Robert Pattinson and 127 Hours‘ James Franco. There has [...]