Planet of the Apes

"Somewhere in the Universe, there must be something better than man!"

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Ratings & Reviews

8.0/10

208,875 votes

86/100

Fresh

79/100

Metascore

7.6/10

3,893 votes

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Awards & Recognition

Critical acclaim and industry honors

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Nominations

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Academy Awards

📋 2 nominations

Nominated

Best Costume Design

Best Original Score, no Musical

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Other Awards

🏆 1 win

Won

National Board of Review: Top Ten Films

Box Office Performance

Financial performance & earnings

Budget

$5.8M

Production Cost

Worldwide

$32.6M

Global Box Office

Domestic

$32,589,624

United States

Profit

+$26.8M

ROI: +462%

Budget Recovery562% of budget

$0|Budget: $5.8M|Revenue: $32.6M

Popularity Trend(Wikipedia)

60-Day Views

87.7K

Daily Avg

1.5K

7-Day Trend

+8%

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Based On

Planet of the Apes

literary work

Filming Locations

Where this movie was filmed

Malibu

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4 Locations Found

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Story Setting

Set In

New York City

Time Period

40th century

Themes & Subjects

#timetravel

Series & Franchise

Part of

Planet of the Apes

Extended Crew & Production

Cinematography

Leon Shamroy

Film Editing

Hugh S. Fowler

Music / Score

Jerry Goldsmith

Production Companies

20th Century Studios

Distributors

20th Century StudiosNetflix

Technical Specifications

Color

color

Format

video on demand

Where to Watch Planet of the Apes

Available in 135 countries

Country	Stream	Free	Rent	Buy
United States of AmericaG	IndieFlix	Plex, Plex Channel, Fawesome	Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home	Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
United KingdomPG	Disney Plus	Plex	Apple TV Store, Rakuten TV, Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, Sky Store, YouTube	Apple TV Store, Rakuten TV, Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, Sky Store, YouTube
Canada	Disney Plus, Hollywood Suite, Hollywood Suite Amazon Channel	Plex	Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, CosmoGo, YouTube, Amazon Video	Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, CosmoGo, YouTube, Amazon Video
Australia	Disney Plus	Plex	—	Apple TV Store, Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, YouTube
India	—	Plex, Plex Channel	Google Play Movies, YouTube	Google Play Movies, YouTube

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Age Ratings by Country

United StatesG

United KingdomPG

Germany12

France12

Brazil12

Denmark11

Spain12

FinlandK-16

+8 more countries

Production

Director

Franklin J. Schaffner

Writers

Pierre Boulle, Michael Wilson, Rod Serling

Production Companies

APJAC Productions20th Century Fox

Cast

Charlton Heston

George Taylor

Roddy McDowall

Cornelius

Kim Hunter

Zira

Maurice Evans

Dr. Zaius

James Whitmore

President of the Assembly

James Daly

Dr. Honorious

Linda Harrison

Nova

Robert Gunner

Landon

Lou Wagner

Lucius

Woodrow Parfrey

Dr. Maximus

No Image

Jeff Burton

Dodge

Buck Kartalian

Julius

Tags & Keywords

space marinebondagehuman evolutionbased on novel or bookgorilladystopiachimpslaverytime travelspace traveldistant futureapocalypseastronautapehuman subjugation

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