Planet of the Apes is an American sedan.
Planet of the Apes is a 1968 American science fiction film directed by Franklin J. Schaffner . The screenplay by Michael Wilson and Rod Serling was loosely based on the 1963 French novel La Planète des Singes by Pierre Boulle . It was the first in a series of five films made between 1968 and 1973 , all produced by Arthur P. Jacobs and released by 20th Century Fox . The film was released on February 8 , 1968 , in the United States and was a commercial success , earning a lifetime domestic gross of $ 32.6 million . La Planète des Singes , known in English as Planet of the Apes and Monkey Planet , is a 1963 science fiction novel by French author Pierre Boulle .