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	8
Adventure Remake	2
CGI Star	12
Creature Feature	5

Franchises

Franchise	Rank
Series: King Kong	1
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	163
All Time Adjusted	257
All Time Worldwide	168
Yearly 2005	5
Yearly Opening Weekends 2005	8
Yearly PG-13 Rated 2005	4
Worldwide Openings	101
Worldwide Yearly 2005	5
Foreign Opening Weekends	87
Non-Friday Opening Weekends	35
Opening Weeks	221
Opening Wednesdays	42
Single Day Gross	647
Single Day Monday Gross	80
Single Day Saturday Gross	249
Single Day Wednesday Gross	103
Non-Holiday Monday Gross	36
Opening Weekends	234
Opening Weekends - December	14
Opening Weekends - Holiday	48
Top 7-Day Grosses	211
Most Weekends at #1 (non-consecutive)	237
Consecutive Weekends At #1	230
Martin Lurther King 4-Day Holiday Weekends	147
Third Weekends	72
Fourth Weekends	146
Smallest Drops, 3,000+ theaters (Super-Saturation)	804
Smallest Drops, 2,500+ theaters (Saturation)	1,466
Smallest Drops, 2,000+ theaters (Very Wide)	2,019
Smallest Drops, All Wide Releases	3,942
Rated PG-13	95
Rated PG-13, Opening Weekends	150
Widest Releases	337
Widest Opening Releases	350
Widest PG-13 Rated Openings	185
Widest PG-13 Rated Releases	181
Fastest to $100 million	235
Fastest to $150 million	156
Fastest to $200 million	131
Slowest to $100 million	461
Slowest to $200 million	67
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	203
Non-Opening Thursday Gross Adjusted	145
Non-Opening Tuesday Gross Adjusted	119
Non-Opening Wednesday Gross Adjusted	106
Single Day Monday Gross Adjusted	66
Single Day Saturday Gross Adjusted	205
Single Day Thursday Gross Adjusted	167
Single Day Tuesday Gross Adjusted	128
Single Day Wednesday Gross Adjusted	94
Opening Weekends Adjusted - December	13
Opening Weekends Adjusted	206
Opening Weekends Adjusted - Holiday	45
Third Weekends Adjusted	74
Fourth Weekends Adjusted	191
Rated PG-13 Adjusted	95
Rated PG-13, Opening Weekends Adjusted	137