Premier Pop C Pop Culture News – Movies, Comics, Television, Books, Toys, Games, and More Twentieth Century Fox’s “Rise of the Planet of the Apes” stayed at No. 1 in its second weekend with $27.5 million, while DreamWorks and Participant Media’s “The Help” exceeded predictions in grossing $25.5 million for a second place finish and stellar five-day debut of $35.4 million. All was not rosy for the studios as “Final Destination” and “Thirty Minutes Or Less” which opened to smaller than expected audiences while the Glee concert movie, which failed to crack the top ten and was widely ridiculed as a waste of a file.
The Top-12 grossing motion pictures for the weekend, per data collected as of Sunday, August 14, 2011 are as follows:
| Rank | Film Name | Distributor Name | Weekend Revenue | Cume Revenue | Locs | Loc Avg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rise of the Planet of the Apes | 20th Century Fox | 27,500,000 | 104,875,919 | 3,691 | 7,450 |
| 2 | Help, The | Disney | 25,525,000 | 35,398,826 | 2,534 | 10,073 |
| 3 | Final Destination 5 | Warner Bros. | 18,400,000 | 18,400,000 | 3,155 | 5,832 |
| 4 | Smurfs, The | Sony | 13,500,000 | 101,545,660 | 3,427 | 3,939 |
| 5 | 30 Minutes Or Less | Sony | 13,000,000 | 13,000,000 | 2,888 | 4,501 |
| 6 | Cowboys & Aliens | Universal | 7,613,000 | 81,475,710 | 3,310 | 2,300 |
| 7 | Captain America: The First Avenger | Paramount | 7,125,000 | 156,885,206 | 2,835 | 2,513 |
| 8 | Crazy, Stupid, Love | Warner Bros. | 6,930,000 | 55,402,296 | 2,635 | 2,629 |
| 9 | Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows II | Warner Bros. | 6,875,000 | 356,960,941 | 2,414 | 2,847 |
| 10 | Change-Up, The | Universal | 6,219,255 | 25,751,460 | 2,913 | 2,135 |
| 11 | Glee The 3D Concert Movie | 20th Century Fox | 5,700,000 | 5,700,000 | 2,040 | 2,794 |
| 12 | Horrible Bosses | Warner Bros. | 2,440,000 | 110,004,646 | 1,338 | 1,823 |
