Planet of the Apes

***Planet of the Apes*** is an American science fiction media franchise consisting of movies, books, television series, comics, and other media about a post-apocalyptic world in which humans and smart apes fight for control as the lead species. The franchise started with French author Pierre Boulle's 1963 novel _La Planète des singes_. Distributed by 20th Century Fox, the novel's first movie adaptation was the 1968 movie _Planet of the Apes_, which was followed four sequels: _Beneath the Planet of the Apes_ (1970), _Escape from the Planet of the Apes_ (1971), _Conquest of the Planet of the Apes_ (1972), _Battle for the Planet of the Apes_ (1973).

While the development of another movie was paused, a live-action television series was released in 1974 and an animated series was released in 1975. The next movie ended up being _Planet of the Apes_ (2001), a remake of the first movie directed by Tim Burton. The movie's sequel was canceled and a rebooted series later began in 2011, with the release of _Rise of the Planet of the Apes_ (2011). Two sequels, _Dawn of the Planet of the Apes_ and _War for the Planet of the Apes_, were released in 2014 and 2017, respectively. When Disney bought Fox in 2019, plans for another movie started. The fourth part of the rebooted series, _Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes_, was released in 2024. Five more movies are in development.

_Planet of the Apes_ has totally made more than $2 billion around the world, against a combined budget of $567.5 million. As a whole, the franchise has gotten mostly positive reviews, especially the original movie and the rebooted series. It is the oldest science fiction movie franchise to still release movies.

## Movies

|scope=col|Number|scope=col|Title|scope=col|Release date|scope=col|Director|scope=col|Continuity|
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|style="text-align:center; background:#FF5F61;"|1|||||||||
|style="text-align:center;"||style="text-align:center;"|Franklin J. Schaffner|style="text-align:center; background:#FF5F61;" rowspan="5"|Original series|||||
|style="text-align:center; background:#FF5F61;"|2|||||||||
|style="text-align:center;"||style="text-align:center;"|Ted Post|||||||
|style="text-align:center; background:#FF5F61;"|3|||||||||
|style="text-align:center;"||style="text-align:center;"|Don Taylor|||||||
|style="text-align:center; background:#FF5F61;"|4|||||||||
|style="text-align:center;"||style="text-align:center;" rowspan="2"|J. Lee Thompson|||||||
|style="text-align:center; background:#FF5F61;"|5|||||||||
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|style="text-align:center; background:#BBC3E9;"|6|||||||||
|style="text-align:center;"||style="text-align:center;"|Tim Burton|style="text-align:center; background:#BBC3E9;"|Remake|||||
|colspan="5" style="background:#FFD46E;"||||||||||
|style="text-align:center; background:#FFD46E;"|7|||||||||
|style="text-align:center;"||style="text-align:center;"|Rupert Wyatt|rowspan="4" style="text-align:center; background:#FFD46E;"|Reboot series|||||
|style="text-align:center; background:#FFD46E;"|8|||||||||
|style="text-align:center;"||rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"|Matt Reeves|||||||
|style="text-align:center; background:#FFD46E;"|9|||||||||
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|style="text-align:center; background:#FFD46E;"|10|||||||||
|style="text-align:center;"||style="text-align:center;"|Wes Ball|||||||

## Infobox (media franchise)

- **title**: _Planet of the Apes_
- **image**: Planet of the Apes (logo).svg
- **alt**: Planet of the Apes logo
- **caption**: Franchise logo
- **creator**: Pierre Boulle
- **origin**: _Planet of the Apes (novel), La Planète des singes_ (1963)
- **owner**: 20th Century Studios
- **years**: 1963–present
- **books**: #Books, List of books
- **novels**: _Planet of the Apes (novel), La Planète des singes_ (1963)
- **comics**: Planet of the Apes (comics), List of comics
- **tv**: _Planet of the Apes (TV series), Planet of the Apes_ (1974)
- **atv**: _Return to the Planet of the Apes_ (1975–1976)