Box Office Actuals: ‘Dawn of the Apes’ Drops Only 50% as Sony Faults ‘Sex Tape’s Title

If you were pulling for Dawn of the Planet of the Apes to have a solid second weekend then you should be happy as the sequel only dropped 50% in its sophomore session, bringing in $36.2 million, bringing its domestic cume to $139.2 million as its worldwide total is now $240.7 million.

In second was The Purge: Anarchy coming in under the $32 million tracking, but with $29.8 million in its opening weekend it more than tripled its reported $9 million budget, all but guaranteeing a third Purge in a year or so.

Third belongs to Planes: Fire & Rescue, Disney’s modestly budgeted Cars spin-off, which brought in $17.5 million, $5 million below its tracking number.

The bigger story this weekend is probably Sex Tape, which was tracking for $25 million and could only manage $14.6 million. Why did it perform so poorly? Well, if you ask Sony distribution chief Rory Bruer it’s because of the title, “We made a sweet, funny romantic comedy with stars that we love, but the title is a little confusing to some folks. There’s definitely a sweetness to it, and we hope we end up being around for a long while. We also have a strong opportunity overseas.”

Sex Tape has only opened in nine markets overseas so far, one of which was Australia where it brought in $2.4 million, so the jury is still out on its worldwide prospects.

I’ve listed the current top ten from the points and accuracy leaderboards directly below and you can find the full leaderboard here. For the complete box office top ten and points awarded for this weekend specifically click here.

Points Leaderboard Top 10

1. PJ Edwards (47 points)
2. Alan Smithee (44 points)
3. Arthur Carlson (37 points)
4. austinjoel (34 points)
5. Nathan (33 points)
6. J T (30 points)
6. Matt P (30 points)
6. Peter Bandrowsky (30 points)
6. Vaus (30 points)
10. Rach (29 points)

Accuracy Leaderboard Top 10

1. J T (84.324% accuracy)
2. Return of the BT (82.682% accuracy)
3. Exxdee13 (80.847% accuracy)
4. Ryan Jayden (80.26% accuracy)
5. Rob (80.239% accuracy)
6. Arthur Carlson (79.112% accuracy)
7. Matt Taylor (79.06% accuracy)
8. Jack Tyler (79.038% accuracy)
9. Matt P (78.077% accuracy)
10. Mykael (77.648% accuracy)