'Rise Of Planet Of Apes' = $1.25M Midnights

FRIDAY AM: It's a low-key start for a modest midnight opening of $1.254 million in only 1,124 North American locations for Fox's prequel Rise Of The Planet Of The Apes with CGI animals and James Franco. "It's a good start considering that Cowboys & Aliens had about $800K in midnights a week ago," a Fox exec tells me. (And, remember, that pic got Smurf-ed at the box office.) Full analysis and refined numbers coming later today.