- War for the Planet of the Apes (FOX -1%, FOXA -1.1%) knocked Spider-Man: Homecoming (SNE -0.1%) from its perch atop box office receipts this weekend, though the new Apes film may track to a smaller total than its 2014 predecessor.
- War opened with $56.5M vs. the $72.6M opening of 2014's Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, still good enough to top Spider-Man's $45.2M for the weekend.
- Last week's top three films each moved down a spot to make room for the battling primates. Despicable Me 3 (CMCSA +0.1%) dropped to the third spot with $18.95M, and Baby Driver (NYSE:SNE) was fourth with $8.75M.
- Spider-Man, though, has a cumulative two-week domestic total of $208.3M, and $468.4M worldwide.
- In its seventh week, Wonder Woman (TWX -0.7%) drew $6.9M to cross the $380M mark domestically; it's the third-best performer of 2017, less than $6M short of Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2. Wonder Woman has grossed $764.9M on a worldwide basis.
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