

Battle for the Planet of the Apes
The final chapter in the incredible Apes saga. The most suspenseful showdown ever filmed as two civilizations battle for the right to inherit what's left of the earth!
The fifth and final episode in the Planet of the Apes series. After the collapse of human civilization, a community of intelligent apes led by Caesar lives in harmony with a group of humans. Gorilla General Aldo tries to cause an ape civil war and a community of human mutants who live beneath a destroyed city try to conquer those whom they perceive as enemies. All leading to the finale.
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- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $1.7M
- Box office
- $8.8M
- Language
- English
- dystopia
- post-apocalyptic future
- prequel
- ape
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United States of America
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Release dates
United StatesUS
- TheatricalG15 Jun 1973
- PhysicalGDVD15 Aug 2000
United KingdomGB
- Theatrical1212 Jul 1973
BrazilBR
- TheatricalL4 Jan 1974
DenmarkDK
- Theatrical1120 Feb 1974
FinlandFI
- TheatricalK-1210 Aug 1973
FranceFR
- TheatricalTP7 Aug 1973
- PhysicalVHS6 Feb 1992
- PhysicalDVD3 Oct 2001
- PhysicalBlu-Ray3 Aug 2011
- Digital / OTTVOD2 Sept 2020
- Digital / OTTDisney+3 Dec 2021
GermanyDE
- Theatrical12West Germany10 Aug 1973
GreeceGR
- PhysicalDVD2 Dec 2008
IranIR
- Theatrical21 Apr 1976
IrelandIE
- TheatricalPG7 Sept 1973
JapanJP
- TheatricalG21 Jul 1973
MexicoMX
- TheatricalA12 Jul 1973
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Battle for the Planet of the Apes was released on 15 June 1973.
Audience reviews
5- I8/10
Ian Beale
2/16/2017
**The best of the sequels** _Battle for the Planet of the Apes_ is the best of the Planet of the Apes sequels - a film packed with emotion and incident. Caesar (Roddy McDowall) seeks his parents in the ruins of a destroyrd city and irks a gang of crazed freaks who all wear silly hats and _skiing goggles_. Leonard Rosenman gives us a nice score and the photography is beautiful. The classiest looking of the Apes …
- J4/10
John Chard
5/28/2019
In the beginning God created beast and man so that both might live in friendship and share dominion over a world of peace. The original Planet of the Apes film franchise closed down with a whimper as budget restrictions, general screenplay lethargy and contempt of familiarity swamps the production. Plot finds the apes and humans trying to live in harmony, but find their efforts stymied by a tribe of mutant humans …
- R6/10
r96sk
2/27/2022
A limp way for the original franchise to finish. Its predecessor, <em>'Conquest of the Planet of the Apes'</em>, was a weak entry too but remained watchable, though <em>'Battle for the Planet of the Apes'</em> kinda straddles the other side as it's uninteresting. I didn't dislike it and it is very short at around 82 minutes, which helps. Roddy McDowall is the pick of the cast, though even his performance feels wea…
- C6/10
CinemaSerf
6/8/2023
Well the last film was last year, but that's ten years for an ape so we now find "Caesar" (Roddy McDowell) living with his family and presiding over what I think Shakespeare referred to as a "loose confederation of warring tribes". The militaristic gorillas, led by "Aldo" (Claude Atkins) are just itching for a fight - and they might just get their way as the humans under the command of a surviver from the command bun…
- W7/10
Wuchak
3/21/2025
**_The most comic booky of the original five films, but sociologically interesting_** A dozen years after a nuclear war, Caesar (Roddy McDowell) oversees a village of apes mixed with subservient humans. He and his advisor (Paul Williams), as well as Ceasar’s human assistant (Austin Stoker), make an excursion to the Forbidden City for important data, but this incurs the wrath of Kolp, leader of the underground muta…
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