Planet of the Apes movie storyline. It is the year 2029: Astronaut Leo Davidson boards a pod cruiser on a Space Station for a “routine” reconnaissance mission. But an abrupt detour through a space time wormhole lands him on a strange planet where talking apes rule over the human race.
With the help of a sympathetic chimpanzee activist named Ari and a small band of human rebels, Leo leads the effort to evade the advancing Gorilla Army led by General Thade and his most trusted warrior Attar. Now the race is on to reach a sacred temple within the planet’s Forbidden Zone to discover the shocking secrets of mankind’s past – and the key to its future.
Planet of the Apes is a 2001 American science fiction film directed by Tim Burton and starring Mark Wahlberg, Tim Roth, Helena Bonham Carter, Michael Clarke Duncan, Paul Giamatti, and Estella Warren. The sixth film produced in the Planet of the Apes franchise, it was loosely adapted from Pierre Boulle’s 1963 novel of the same name and the 1968 film version. It tells the story of astronaut Leo Davidson crash-landing on a planet inhabited by intelligent apes. The apes treat humans as slaves, but with the help of an ape named Ari, Leo starts a rebellion.
To help market Planet of the Apes, Fox commissioned an Internet marketing campaign that also involved geocaching. Hasbro released a toy line, while Dark Horse Comics published a comic book adaptation. The original release date for the film was July 4, 2001. Planet of the Apes was released on July 27, 2001 in 3,500 theaters across North America, earning $68,532,960 in its opening weekend.
This was the second-highest opening weekend of 2001, behind Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone. The film went on to gross $180,011,740 in North America and $182,200,000 elsewhere, for a worldwide total of $362,211,740. Planet of the Apes was the tenth-highest-grossing film in North America, and ninth-highest worldwide, of 2001.
Planet of the Apes (2001)
Directed by: Tim Burton
Starring: Mark Wahlberg, Tim Roth, Helena Bonham Carter, Michael Clarke Duncan, Kris Kristoferson, Estella Warren, Paul Giamatti, Freda Foh Shen, Evan Parke
Screenplay by: Pierre Boulle, William Broyles Jr., Lawrence Konner, Mark Rosenthal
Production Design by: Rick Heinrichs
Çenamütdğrüphy by: Philippe Rousselot
Film Editing by: Chris Lebenzon
Costume Design by: Colleen Atwood
Set Decoration by: Rosemary Brandenburg
Music by: Danny Elfman
MPAA Rating: PG-13 for some sequences of action / violence.
Distributed by: 20th Century Fox
Release Date: July 27, 2001
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