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	160
All Time Adjusted	256
All Time Worldwide	162
Yearly 2005	5
Yearly Opening Weekends 2005	8
Yearly PG-13 Rated 2005	4
Worldwide Openings	98
Worldwide Yearly 2005	5
Foreign Opening Weekends	84
Non-Friday Opening Weekends	34
Opening Weeks	216
Opening Wednesdays	40
Single Day Gross	632
Single Day Monday Gross	80
Single Day Saturday Gross	243
Single Day Wednesday Gross	99
Non-Holiday Monday Gross	36
Opening Weekends	226
Opening Weekends - December	13
Opening Weekends - Holiday	43
Top 7-Day Grosses	205
Most Weekends at #1 (non-consecutive)	233
Consecutive Weekends At #1	226
Martin Lurther King 4-Day Holiday Weekends	141
Third Weekends	70
Fourth Weekends	140
Smallest Drops, 3,000+ theaters (Super-Saturation)	777
Smallest Drops, 2,500+ theaters (Saturation)	1,428
Smallest Drops, 2,000+ theaters (Very Wide)	1,977
Smallest Drops, All Wide Releases	3,881
Rated PG-13	93
Rated PG-13, Opening Weekends	146
Widest Releases	316
Widest Opening Releases	331
Widest PG-13 Rated Openings	178
Widest PG-13 Rated Releases	172
Fastest to $100 million	228
Fastest to $150 million	153
Fastest to $200 million	129
Slowest to $100 million	450
Slowest to $200 million	63
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	200
Non-Opening Thursday Gross Adjusted	142
Non-Opening Tuesday Gross Adjusted	116
Non-Opening Wednesday Gross Adjusted	104
Single Day Monday Gross Adjusted	66
Single Day Saturday Gross Adjusted	205
Single Day Thursday Gross Adjusted	164
Single Day Tuesday Gross Adjusted	125
Single Day Wednesday Gross Adjusted	92
Opening Weekends Adjusted - December	13
Opening Weekends Adjusted	204
Opening Weekends Adjusted - Holiday	45
Third Weekends Adjusted	74
Fourth Weekends Adjusted	190
Rated PG-13 Adjusted	94
Rated PG-13, Opening Weekends Adjusted	136