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KING KONG

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


GENRES (click to view) Rank
Adventure - Period 6
CGI Star 1
Creature Feature 3

FRANCHISES (click to view) Rank
Showdown: Holiday 2005: 'Kong' vs. 'Narnia' vs. 'Goblet' 3
Showdown: Lord of the Rings Showdown 4
Showdown: Monster Mash: Kong vs. Hulk vs. Godzilla 1
Showdown: Superman Vs. Other Wednesday Openers 3

CHARTS (click to view) Rank
All Time Domestic 74
All Time Worldwide 55
Yearly 2005 5
Yearly Opening Weekends 2005 8
Yearly PG-13 Rated 2005 4
Worldwide Openings 29
Worldwide Yearly 2005 5
Foreign Opening Weekends 18
Non-Friday Opening Weekends 24
Opening Weeks 93
Opening Wednesdays 28
Single Day Gross 216
Single Day Monday Gross 28
Single Day Saturday Gross 84
Single Day Wednesday Gross 42
Non-Holiday Monday Gross 7
Theater Averages (Wide Releases) - All Time 137
Theater Averages - Wide Opening Weekends 122
New Years Days 11
Sunday Share of Opening Weekends 166
Opening Weekends 92
Opening Weekends - December 5
Opening Weekends - Holiday 17
Top 7-Day Grosses 86
Most Weekends at #1 (non-consecutive) 171
Consecutive Weekends At #1 159
Martin Lurther King 4-Day Holiday Weekends 83
Second Weekends 165
Third Weekends 27
Fourth Weekends 68
Fifth Weekends 129
Smallest Drops, 3,000+ theaters (Super-Saturation) 342
Smallest Drops, 2,500+ theaters (Saturation) 780
Smallest Drops, 2,000+ theaters (Very Wide) 1,218
Smallest Drops, All Wide Releases 2,903
Rated PG-13 39
Rated PG-13, Opening Weekends 58
Widest Releases 92
Widest Opening Releases 99
Widest PG-13 Rated Openings 48
Widest PG-13 Rated Releases 45
Fastest to $100 million 100
Fastest to $150 million 61
Fastest to $200 million 50
Slowest to $100 million 302
Slowest to $200 million 40
BOM Users' Grades 169
BOM Users' Grades (2005 Releases) 23
CHARTS (Premier Pass Users Only)Rank
Highest All Time Rank (on March 23, 2006) 52
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2005 ACADEMY AWARDS®
Nominated for 4 Oscars, including 3 wins. CLICK TO VIEW FULL BREAKDOWN...

THE PLAYERS (click name to view)
Director:Peter Jackson
Actors:Naomi Watts
Jack Black
Adrien Brody
Andy Serkis
Producer:Peter Jackson
Cinematographer:Andrew Lesnie
Composer:James Newton Howard
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GRADE BREAKDOWN
As: 2,412 51.6%
Bs: 1,400 30.0%
Cs: 440 9.4%
Ds: 171 3.7%
Fs: 250 5.3%

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MERCHANDISE LINKS
• DVD: King Kong (2-disc Special Edition), King Kong, King Kong (Deluxe Extended Edition), King Kong (HD-DVD), King Kong (Deluxe Extended Edition Gift Set)
• Blu-ray: King Kong


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