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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

2005 ACADEMY AWARDS®
Nominated for 4 Oscars, including 3 wins. CLICK TO VIEW FULL BREAKDOWN...


GENRES (click to view) Rank
Adventure - Period 6
CGI Star 2
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 77
All Time Worldwide 59
Yearly 2005 5
Yearly Opening Weekends 2005 8
Yearly PG-13 Rated 2005 4
Worldwide Openings 32
Worldwide Yearly 2005 5
Foreign Opening Weekends 21
Non-Friday Opening Weekends 24
Opening Weeks 97
Opening Wednesdays 29
Single Day Gross 230
Single Day Monday Gross 31
Single Day Saturday Gross 90
Single Day Wednesday Gross 47
Non-Holiday Monday Gross 10
Theater Averages (Wide Releases) - All Time 144
Theater Averages - Wide Opening Weekends 126
New Years Days 14
Sunday Share of Opening Weekends 167
Opening Weekends 95
Opening Weekends - December 7
Opening Weekends - Fall 95
Opening Weekends - Holiday 20
Top 7-Day Grosses 90
Most Weekends at #1 (non-consecutive) 173
Consecutive Weekends At #1 161
Martin Lurther King 4-Day Holiday Weekends 90
Second Weekends 171
Third Weekends 28
Fourth Weekends 71
Fifth Weekends 132
Smallest Drops, 3,000+ theaters (Super-Saturation) 350
Smallest Drops, 2,500+ theaters (Saturation) 794
Smallest Drops, 2,000+ theaters (Very Wide) 1,236
Smallest Drops, All Wide Releases 2,928
Rated PG-13 42
Rated PG-13, Opening Weekends 61
Widest Releases 93
Widest Opening Releases 101
Widest PG-13 Rated Openings 49
Widest PG-13 Rated Releases 45
Fastest to $100 million 106
Fastest to $150 million 65
Fastest to $200 million 53
Slowest to $100 million 305
Slowest to $200 million 42
BOM Users' Grades 176
BOM Users' Grades (2005 Releases) 22
CHARTS (Premier Pass Users Only)Rank
Highest All Time Rank (on March 23, 2006) 52
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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: 2,485 51.1%
Bs: 1,477 30.3%
Cs: 475 9.8%
Ds: 176 3.6%
Fs: 254 5.2%

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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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