'Boyhood': What the Critics Are Saying

Richard Linklater's indie, starring Ethan Hawke, Patricia Arquette and Ellar Coltrane, follows a boy's upbringing in a divorced household and was shot intermittently over 12 years.

After 12 years of intermittent filming, Richard Linklater's Boyhood, starring Ethan Hawke, Patricia Arquette, Ellar Coltrane — cast at 7 years old — finally hits specialty box-office theaters in New York and Los Angeles on Friday.

Box Office: 'Dawn of the Planet of the Apes' Sees Strong Friday for $65M-Plus Debut

UPDATED: The sequel is pacing well ahead of "Rise of the Planet of the Apes," which debuted to $54.8 million in August 2011; Richard Linklater's "Boyhood" soars at the specialty box office.

Fox's sequel Dawn of the Planet of the Apes is doing impressive business at the Friday box office, where it's on track to earn $25 million or more for the day for a pleasing weekend debut of $65 million-plus.