‘Apes’ rise to No. 1 this weekend with $54 million

Estimated ticket sales for Friday through Sunday at U.S. and Canadian theaters, according to Hollywood.com. Where available, latest international numbers are also included. Final domestic figures will be released Monday.

1. “Rise of the Planet of the Apes,” $54 million ($23.4 million international).

2. “The Smurfs,” $21 million ($45.2 million international).

3. “Cowboys & Aliens,” $15.8 million.

4. “The Change-Up,” $13.5 million.

5. “Captain America: The First Avenger,” $13 million ($27.5 million international).

6. “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2,” $12.2 million ($61.8 million international).

7. “Crazy, Stupid, Love,” $12.1 million.

8. “Friends with Benefits,” $4.7 million.

9. “Horrible Bosses,” $4.6 million ($7.7 million international).

10. “Transformers: Dark of the Moon,” $3 million ($17.5 million international).

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Universal and Focus are owned by NBC Universal, a unit of Comcast Corp.; Sony, Columbia, Sony Screen Gems and Sony Pictures Classics are units of Sony Corp.; Paramount is owned by Viacom Inc.; Disney, Pixar and Marvel are owned by The Walt Disney Co.; Miramax is owned by Filmyard Holdings LLC; 20th Century Fox and Fox Searchlight are owned by News Corp.; Warner Bros. and New Line are units of Time Warner Inc.; MGM is owned by a group of former creditors including Highland Capital, Anchorage Advisors and Carl Icahn; Lionsgate is owned by Lions Gate Entertainment Corp.; IFC is owned by Rainbow Media Holdings, a subsidiary of Cablevision Systems Corp.; Rogue is owned by Relativity Media LLC.

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