

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.
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- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $2.5M
- Box office
- $12.3M
- Language
- English
- spacecraft
- dystopia
- chimpanzee
- pacifism
- time travel
- politician
- sequel
- cage
- tease
- caving
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Release dates
United StatesUS
- TheatricalG20 May 1971
- PhysicalGDVD26 Dec 2000
United KingdomGB
- PremierePGLondon Premiere8 Jul 1971
- TheatricalPG9 Jul 1971
BrazilBR
- TheatricalL20 May 1971
DenmarkDK
- Theatrical1128 Jan 1972
FinlandFI
- TVK-1620 May 1971
FranceFR
- TheatricalTP17 Aug 1971
- Digital / OTTDisney+23 Feb 2021
GermanyDE
- Theatrical1212 Aug 1971
IrelandIE
- TheatricalPG9 Jul 1971
ItalyIT
- TheatricalT20 Nov 1971
JapanJP
- Theatrical31 Jul 1971
MexicoMX
- TheatricalA21 May 1971
NetherlandsNL
- Theatrical1212 Aug 1971
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Escape from the Planet of the Apes was released on 20 May 1971.
Audience reviews
4- P6/10
Potential Kermode
3/18/2017
**A picture of the artist painting a picture of the artist painting a picture of the artist painting a picture of the artist painting a landscape.** Indeed. Talk, talk and some more talk. Then they all decide to talk some more - taking a break for a little more talking - before finally deciding on talking just a little while longer. These actors must have had sore tongues after the film was completed. Some of t…
- R8/10
r96sk
2/27/2022
A very good sequel. <em>'Escape from the Planet of the Apes'</em> is a clear improvement on (the good) <em>'Beneath the Planet of the Apes'</em> and isn't that far adrift from the 1968 original. The plot is out there but they make it believable, while the ending is quite something - unexpectedly so! Neat to see Roddy McDowall return to his role from <em>'Planet of the Apes'</em>, while co-star Kim Hunter contin…
- C6/10
CinemaSerf
6/8/2023
Now quite how, we don't know, but suffice to say that "Cornelius" (Roddy McDowall) and "Zira" (Kim Hunter) manage to find themselves a spaceship and travel back in time to an Earth when humans - here, more specifically, a bunch of rather numb-sculled Americans - rule their continent. On stepping out of their craft, they must sigh the sigh of all aliens whose first glimpse of man is a man with loads of braid and no br…
- W7/10
Wuchak
3/23/2025
**_The reverse of the first film_** After Taylor’s space vessel lands in the waters near the coast of SoCal, military officials are astonished to find it occupied by three apes in spacesuits (including Roddy McDowall and Kim Hunter). While there are those who embrace the talking chimpanzees (Bradford Dillman, Natalie Trundy and Ricardo Montalban), there are also those who view them as a threat to humankind (Eric B…
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