Despite fairly low expectations surrounding the project over the last few month’s, 20th Century Fox’s Rise of the Planet of the Apes conquered the box office last weekend, earning a strong $54.8 million. The franchise reboot won surprising critcial acclaim, thanks largely to the impressive digital animation used to create Ceaser and his hairy co-stars. Its been getting so much notice, in fact, that there’s even been some talk of Andy Serkis–the actor behind the motion capture behind Ceaser–might score an Oscar nomination for his work in the film.