[Weekend Box Office] Dawn of the Planet of the Apes Rises to Top

Despite facing three new wide releases this weekend, Dawn of the Planet of the Apes was able to top the box office for the second weekend in a row with $36m. The Purge: Anarchy open to a solid $28m intake for second place. The unofficial Cars spin-off, Planes: Fire and Rescue, rounded out the top three with an $18m revenue. The Jason Segel and Cameron Diaz comedy Sex Tape severely underperformed, only netting $15m.

You can read the rest of this weekend’s box office numbers below.

1. Dawn of the Planet of the Apes – $36,000,000

2. The Purge: Anarchy – $28,368,660

3. Planes: Fire and Rescue – $18,000,000

4. Sex Tape – $15,000,000

5. Transformers: Age of Extinction – $10,000,000

6. Tammy – $7,605,000

7. 22 Jump Street – $4,700,000

8. How to Train Your Dragon 2 – $3,800,000

9. Maleficent – $3,302,000

10. Earth to Echo – $3,260,000

[via Rentrak]