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Planet of the Apes

Summary: An astronaut crew crash-lands on a planet where highly intelligent non-human ape species are dominant and humans are enslaved.

Release Date: April 03, 1968

Genres: Adventure, Sci-Fi

Director: Franklin J. Schaffner

Writers: Michael Wilson

, Pierre Boulle

Runtime: 1 h 52 min

MPAA: G

Production: APJAC Productions, Twentieth Century Fox

Distributor: Twentieth Century Fox, CBS, Magnetic Video, RCA (II), 20th Century Fox Video, CBS/Fox, Playhouse Video, Disney Channel, Fox Video, 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment, Fathom Events, Netflix

Country: United States

Language: English

Franchise: Planet of the Apes

Movie budget: $ 5,800,000

Domestic: $ 32,589,624

International: $ 9,864

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