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	13
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	168
All Time Adjusted	262
All Time Worldwide	174
Yearly 2005	5
Yearly Opening Weekends 2005	8
Yearly PG-13 Rated 2005	4
Worldwide Openings	108
Worldwide Yearly 2005	5
Foreign Opening Weekends	95
Non-Friday Opening Weekends	36
Opening Weeks	228
Opening Wednesdays	42
Single Day Gross	685
Single Day Monday Gross	83
Single Day Saturday Gross	261
Single Day Wednesday Gross	106
Non-Holiday Monday Gross	38
Opening Weekends	244
Opening Weekends - December	14
Opening Weekends - Holiday	48
Top 7-Day Grosses	217
Most Weekends at #1 (non-consecutive)	241
Consecutive Weekends At #1	234
Martin Lurther King 4-Day Holiday Weekends	147
Third Weekends	75
Fourth Weekends	150
Smallest Drops, 3,000+ theaters (Super-Saturation)	826
Smallest Drops, 2,500+ theaters (Saturation)	1,499
Smallest Drops, 2,000+ theaters (Very Wide)	2,056
Smallest Drops, All Wide Releases	3,986
Rated PG-13	98
Rated PG-13, Opening Weekends	154
Widest Releases	355
Widest Opening Releases	371
Widest PG-13 Rated Openings	192
Widest PG-13 Rated Releases	188
Fastest to $100 million	242
Fastest to $150 million	162
Fastest to $200 million	136
Slowest to $100 million	469
Slowest to $200 million	68
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	36
Opening Weeks Adjusted	208
Non-Opening Thursday Gross Adjusted	148
Non-Opening Tuesday Gross Adjusted	125
Non-Opening Wednesday Gross Adjusted	109
Single Day Monday Gross Adjusted	68
Single Day Saturday Gross Adjusted	212
Single Day Thursday Gross Adjusted	170
Single Day Tuesday Gross Adjusted	135
Single Day Wednesday Gross Adjusted	96
Opening Weekends Adjusted - December	13
Opening Weekends Adjusted	212
Opening Weekends Adjusted - Holiday	45
Third Weekends Adjusted	76
Fourth Weekends Adjusted	194
Rated PG-13 Adjusted	98
Rated PG-13, Opening Weekends Adjusted	140