'Apes' tops Friday B.O.

'Rise from the Planet from the Apes'Close competish for that top just right Friday stored Fox's "Rise from the Planet from the Apes" within the lead because of its second weekend consecutively.InchIncreaseInch made $8.a million from three,691 locations in the domestic box office last evening. Close on its heels, Disney's "The AssistanceInch obtained $7.626 million from 2,534 locations and Warner Bros' "Final Destination 5" gained $7.34 million from three,155.B.O. experts anticipated holding energy for that Fox prequel, because it built strong word-of-mouth last weekend (its newcomer Friday-to-Saturday drop was a fantastic 1%), however the set of new openers could give "Rise" a run because of its profit its soph sesh. Pic has cumed $85.48 million to date.The Mouse's "Help," for instance, bowed Wednesday and makes its way into the weekend with positive critical reception and strong early buzz from Black and arthouse auds. Pic gained nearly $tens of millions of leading into Friday, modifying its three-day estimate in the mid-teens towards the low-$20 million range.Warner's latest "Final Destination" installment is searching to complete comparable this frame, although it will probably visit a bigger Friday-to-Saturday fall off than "Help" as the majority of the franchise's fans most likely caught the pic last evening. Though roughly 89% of their screens have been in three dimensional, and 217 have been in Imax, "Destination" is not likely to see a boost in the format given waning curiosity about three dimensional. Positive B.O. commentators possess the film topping out at $21 million through Sunday.A set of The new sony releases rounded out Friday's top 5. Era "half an hour or Less" made $4.85 million from 2,888 locations, while "The Smurfs" obtained $3.8 million from three,427. "half an hour,Inch the summer's seventh R-ranked laffer after last weekend's underperforming "The Modification-Up," is on the right track to land within the mid-teens through Sunday. "Smurfs" has cumed $91.8 million locally so far.Which week's wild card opener, Fox's "Glee the three dimensional Concert Movie," arrived sixth with $2.725 million from 2,040 screens, which have been in three dimensional. Fox and rival galleries expect the discharge to land within the high-single numbers for that weekend. Contact the range newsroom at news@variety.com