Escape from the Planet of the Apes
Meet baby Milo who has Washington terrified.
The world is shocked by the appearance of three talking chimpanzees, who arrived mysteriously in a spacecraft.Intrigued by their intelligence, humans use them for research - until the apes attempt to escape.
- Director
- Don Taylor
- Signature
- Wonder · Action · Craft
- Worldwide
- $12M
Who's in it
Cast
The billed ensemble, with character names. Open any performer for their Nutevio filmography.
The Nutevio profile
Movie DNA
How Escape from the Planet of the Apes actually feels to watch, measured on the twelve traits our editors track across every Nutevio title.
Story overview
What It's About
Spoiler-free. Read the analysis below for the full argument.
The world is shocked by the appearance of three talking chimpanzees, who arrived mysteriously in a spacecraft. Intrigued by their intelligence, humans use them for research - until the apes attempt to escape.
Where to watch
Streaming
Availability verified against regional listings.
Checking regional listings…
Why We Recommend It
Why It's Ranked
Escape from the Planet of the Apes appears in 2 Nutevio collections. Here is the argument behind each placement.
- Best Time Travel Movies Ranked #29
Placed at #29 by the Nutevio ranking model. An editor's written case is on the way.
- Best Space Movies Ranked #40
Placed at #40 by the Nutevio ranking model. An editor's written case is on the way.
The numbers
Box Office & Release
Escape from the Planet of the Apes returned 4.9× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $3M
- Opening weekend
- —
- Domestic gross
- —
- International gross
- —
- Worldwide gross
- $12M
- Release date
- May 20, 1971
- Runtime
- 1h 38m
- MPAA rating
- —
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States of America
Figures from the verified production record. Fields we cannot source are left blank rather than estimated.
Watch
