Dawn Of The Planet Of The Apes Wins U.S. Box Office With $73 Million Opening Weekend

As expected, Dawn of The Planet of The Apes won this weekend’s U.S. box office by a large margin. The very well-reviewed film took in a total of $73 million at the U.S. box office during its opening weekend, according to the latest Sunday estimates.

In capturing the weekend box office, Dawn of The Planet of The Apes ended the reign of Transformers: Age of Extinction, which last weekend became the first summer film to hold the top spot at the U.S. box office for two weekends in a row.

Despite being denied the three-peat, Transformers: Age of Extinction did manage to hold on enough to take second place with a U.S. box office take of $16.5 million. Tammy finished in third place with $12.9 million, and 22 Jump Street finished in fourth place with $6.7 million. How to Train Your Dragon 2 rounded out the top five with $6.7 million.