Franchise
Planet of the Apes
6 films•1968–2024•20th Century Fox, 20th Century Studios
79%average critics74%average audience$152.7Mdomestic average
Films
6
1968–2024
Domestic
$916.1M
lifetime
Worldwide
$2.47B
lifetime
Avg opening
$51.8M
3-day
Avg legs
2.85x
opening → total
Return
3.6x
on $680.8M of budget
The Planet of the Apes series runs to 6 films from Planet of the Apes (1968) to Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes (2024), together grossing $916.1M domestic and $2.47B worldwide. The biggest hit is Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (2014) at $710.6M worldwide, which also had the biggest opening weekend, $72.6M.
Filmography
| Film | Year | Opening | Domestic | Legs | Worldwide | CinemaScore | RT | Yearly rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dawn of the Planet of the Apes | 2014 | $72.6M | $208.5M | 2.87x | $710.6M | A | 91% | #11 |
| Planet of the Apes | 2001 | $68.5M | $180.0M | 2.63x | $362.0M | B- | 42% | #10 |
| Rise of the Planet of the Apes | 2011 | $54.8M | $177.0M | 3.23x | $482.0M | A- | 82% | #11 |
| Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes | 2024 | $58.8M | $171.1M | 2.90x | $397.4M | A- | 82% | #15 |
 War for the Planet of the Apes | 2017 | $56.3M | $146.9M | 2.61x | $489.6M | A | 93% | #22 |
 Planet of the Apes | 1968 | — | $32.6M | — | $32.6M | — | 86% | — |
Click any column to sort. Yearly rank is the film’s place on its release year’s domestic chart; a film outside that year’s top 50 shows a dash.
Film by film
DomesticInternationalColumn height is worldwide · one film every 11.2 years
Profitability
Return on Budget
3.6x
$2.47B worldwide on $680.8M of production budget
Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget
Domestic vs International Split
Domestic $916.1MInternational $1.56B
Return by film · worldwide ÷ budget
0x2.5x breakeven5.6x
Budgets are reported production costs and exclude marketing, so this is a gross-to-budget ratio rather than studio profit. Films with no reported budget are left out of this section entirely, including from the totals, rather than counted as zero.
What’s next
Full schedule →No upcoming movies announced yet.
Connected
Directors
Counted from this filmography. The number is how many of these films each one accounts for.