By Nathaniel R
Spidey was only able to stay on the box office mountain-top for a single week. Caesar (Andy Serkis) and his army of intelligent ape friends came storming in on horseback to take over during the War For the Planet of the Apes.
| Weekend Box Office (July 14th-16th) |
|
| W I D E | L I M I T E D |
 |
 |
| 1. PLANET OF APES (9) $56.5 NEW |
1. THE HERO $343k (cum. $3.4) 341 screens BEST ACTORS |
| 2. SPIDER-MAN (6) $45.2 (cum. $208.2) REVIEW | 2. THE LITTLE HOURS $318K (cum. $689k) 105 screens REVIEW |
| 3. DESPICABLE ME 3 $18.9 (cum. $187.9) |
3. MAUDIE $252K (cum. $3.5) 99 screens REVIEW |
| 4. BABY DRIVER $8.7 (cum. $73.1) REVIEW | BEST OF | POSTERIZED |
4. BEATRIZ AT DINNER $222k (cum. $6.4) 205 screens |
| 5. THE BIG SICK $7.6 (cum. $16) REVIEW | HOLLY ♥︎ !!! |
5. PARIS CAN WAIT $153k (cum. $5.3) 177 screens |
 |
 |
| 6. WONDER WOMAN $6.8 (cum. $380.6) REVIEW | TOP TEN | SPECIAL |
6. A GHOST STORY $146k (cum. $288k) 20 screens |
| 7. WISH UPON $5.5 NEW | 7. LOST IN PARIS $79K (cum. $138k) 38 screens |
| 8. CARS 3 $3.1 (cum. $140) |
8. LADY MACBETH $68k NEW 5 screens |
| 9. TRANSFORMERS (5) $2.7 (cum. $124.8) REVIEWISH |
9. THE EXCEPTION $67k (cum. $612k) 44 screens REVIEW |
| 10. THE HOUSE $1.7 (cum. $23.1) | 10. ENDLESS POETRY $28k NEW 2 screens |
🔺 = new or added screens numbers from box office mojo |
|
The Hero is doing well in limited release which is happy news. It's writer/director Brett Haley's follow up to his sleeper success I'll See You In My Dreams. He wrote it just for Sam Elliott, who turned in such good work in that breakthrough film. Elliott is excellent as a former movie star with cancer who is thrown by renewed interest in his career and a younger woman's (Laura Prepon) interest.
In other important news, Wonder Woman will overtake Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 this coming week to become the year's second highest grosser (behind Disney's Beauty & The Beast karaoke) and the 3rd highest grosser in Warner Bros history just behind Chris Nolan's Batman movies and ahead of Harry Potter's finale!.
She's a wonder, Wonder Woman 🎵
What did you see this weekend?