King Kong (2005) - Box Office Mojo

King Kong

Domestic Total Gross: $218,080,025
Distributor: Universal	Release Date: December 14, 2005
Genre: Period Adventure	Runtime: 3 hrs. 7 min.
MPAA Rating: PG-13	Production Budget: $207 million

Total Lifetime Grosses

Domestic:	$218,080,025	39.6%
+ Foreign:	$332,437,332	60.4%

= Worldwide:	$550,517,357

Domestic Summary

Opening Weekend:	$50,130,145
(#1 rank, 3,568 theaters, $14,049 average)
% of Total Gross:	23.0%
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Widest Release:

3,627 theaters

Close Date:

April 6, 2006

In Release:

114 days / 16.3 weeks

The Players

Director:	Peter Jackson
Writers:	Philippa Boyens Fran Walsh
Actors:	Naomi Watts Jack Black Adrien Brody Colin Hanks Andy Serkis Jamie Bell Kyle Chandler
Producers:	Peter Jackson Fran Walsh
Cinematographer:	Andrew Lesnie
Composer:	James Newton Howard

2005 Academy Awards®

Nominated for Four Oscars, Including Three Wins.
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Genres

Genre	Rank
Adventure - Period	7
Adventure Remake	1
CGI Star	9
Creature Feature	4

Franchises

Franchise	Rank
Showdown: Holiday 2005: 'Kong' vs. 'Narnia' vs. 'Goblet'	3
Showdown: Monster Mash: Kong vs. Hulk vs. Godzilla	1
Showdown: Superman Vs. Other Wednesday Openers	3

Charts

Chart	Rank
All Time Domestic	133
All Time Worldwide	128
Yearly 2005	5
Yearly Opening Weekends 2005	8
Yearly PG-13 Rated 2005	4
Worldwide Openings	68
Worldwide Yearly 2005	5
Foreign Opening Weekends	52
Non-Friday Opening Weekends	32
Opening Weeks	179
Opening Wednesdays	36
Single Day Gross	494
Single Day Monday Gross	57
Single Day Saturday Gross	192
Single Day Wednesday Gross	74
Non-Holiday Monday Gross	24
Opening Weekends	186
Opening Weekends - December	11
Opening Weekends - Holiday	35
Top 7-Day Grosses	167
Most Weekends at #1 (non-consecutive)	212
Consecutive Weekends At #1	205
Martin Lurther King 4-Day Holiday Weekends	125
Third Weekends	55
Fourth Weekends	115
Fifth Weekends	184
Smallest Drops, 3,000+ theaters (Super-Saturation)	652
Smallest Drops, 2,500+ theaters (Saturation)	1,264
Smallest Drops, 2,000+ theaters (Very Wide)	1,783
Smallest Drops, All Wide Releases	3,613
Rated PG-13	77
Rated PG-13, Opening Weekends	120
Widest Releases	232
Widest Opening Releases	244
Widest PG-13 Rated Openings	130
Widest PG-13 Rated Releases	124
Fastest to $100 million	187
Fastest to $150 million	124
Fastest to $200 million	102
Slowest to $100 million	416
Slowest to $200 million	60
BOM Users' Grades	211
BOM Users' Grades (2005 Releases)	24
Charts (Premier Pass Users Only)	Rank
Highest All Time Rank (on March 23, 2006)	52
Yearly (Wide) 2005	5
Yearly Opening Weekends (Wide) 2005	8
Non-Friday Opening Weekends Adjusted	35
Opening Weeks Adjusted	173
Non-Opening Thursday Gross Adjusted	128
Non-Opening Tuesday Gross Adjusted	91
Non-Opening Wednesday Gross Adjusted	85
Single Day Monday Gross Adjusted	55
Single Day Saturday Gross Adjusted	175
Single Day Thursday Gross Adjusted	149
Single Day Tuesday Gross Adjusted	100
Single Day Wednesday Gross Adjusted	80
Opening Weekends Adjusted - December	11
Opening Weekends Adjusted	178
Opening Weekends Adjusted - Holiday	39
Third Weekends Adjusted	63
Fourth Weekends Adjusted	177
Rated PG-13 Adjusted	82
Rated PG-13, Opening Weekends Adjusted	119