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	14
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	169
All Time Adjusted	263
All Time Worldwide	176
Yearly 2005	5
Yearly Opening Weekends 2005	8
Yearly PG-13 Rated 2005	4
Worldwide Openings	110
Worldwide Yearly 2005	5
Foreign Opening Weekends	96
Non-Friday Opening Weekends	36
Opening Weeks	230
Opening Wednesdays	42
Single Day Gross	694
Single Day Monday Gross	84
Single Day Saturday Gross	264
Single Day Wednesday Gross	107
Non-Holiday Monday Gross	39
Opening Weekends	246
Opening Weekends - December	14
Opening Weekends - Holiday	48
Top 7-Day Grosses	219
Most Weekends at #1 (non-consecutive)	242
Consecutive Weekends At #1	235
Martin Lurther King 4-Day Holiday Weekends	147
Third Weekends	76
Fourth Weekends	151
Smallest Drops, 3,000+ theaters (Super-Saturation)	831
Smallest Drops, 2,500+ theaters (Saturation)	1,505
Smallest Drops, 2,000+ theaters (Very Wide)	2,062
Smallest Drops, All Wide Releases	3,993
Rated PG-13	98
Rated PG-13, Opening Weekends	155
Widest Releases	359
Widest Opening Releases	375
Widest PG-13 Rated Openings	193
Widest PG-13 Rated Releases	189
Fastest to $100 million	244
Fastest to $150 million	163
Fastest to $200 million	137
Slowest to $100 million	470
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	209
Non-Opening Thursday Gross Adjusted	148
Non-Opening Tuesday Gross Adjusted	127
Non-Opening Wednesday Gross Adjusted	108
Single Day Monday Gross Adjusted	69
Single Day Saturday Gross Adjusted	214
Single Day Thursday Gross Adjusted	170
Single Day Tuesday Gross Adjusted	137
Single Day Wednesday Gross Adjusted	97
Opening Weekends Adjusted - December	13
Opening Weekends Adjusted	213
Opening Weekends Adjusted - Holiday	45
Third Weekends Adjusted	77
Fourth Weekends Adjusted	195
Rated PG-13 Adjusted	98
Rated PG-13, Opening Weekends Adjusted	140