The Disney live-action fairy tale has every shot of scoring one of the biggest March openings ever, in addition to matching or besting 'Finding Dory' in terms of the all-time best starts for a family film.
The movie opened to a better-than-expected $61 million domestically in a win for Legendary Pictures and Warner Bros. but will have to do monster-like business globally in order to come out OK financially.
The reboot hopes to restore the world's most famous ape to glory but will have to do oversized business globally to recoup its production budget of at least $185 million; 'Logan' falls to No. 2 as it races past $150 million in the U.S.