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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
Summary
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Weekend
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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
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
7
Adventure Remake
1
CGI Star
4
Creature Feature
3
Franchises
Franchise
Rank
Showdown: Holiday 2005: 'Kong' vs. 'Narnia' vs. 'Goblet'
3
Showdown: Lord of the Rings Showdown
5
Showdown: Monster Mash: Kong vs. Hulk vs. Godzilla
1
Showdown: Superman Vs. Other Wednesday Openers
3
Charts
Chart
Rank
All Time Domestic
103
All Time Worldwide
91
Yearly 2005
5
Yearly Opening Weekends 2005
8
Yearly PG-13 Rated 2005
4
Worldwide Openings
50
Worldwide Yearly 2005
5
Foreign Opening Weekends
35
Non-Friday Opening Weekends
28
Opening Weeks
133
Opening Wednesdays
32
Single Day Gross
340
Single Day Monday Gross
43
Single Day Saturday Gross
132
Single Day Wednesday Gross
62
Non-Holiday Monday Gross
15
Theater Averages (Wide Releases) - All Time
192
Theater Averages - Wide Opening Weekends
168
Opening Weekends
136
Opening Weekends - December
8
Opening Weekends - Holiday
25
Top 7-Day Grosses
125
Most Weekends at #1 (non-consecutive)
189
Consecutive Weekends At #1
183
Martin Lurther King 4-Day Holiday Weekends
107
Third Weekends
39
Fourth Weekends
89
Fifth Weekends
155
Smallest Drops, 3,000+ theaters (Super-Saturation)
506
Smallest Drops, 2,500+ theaters (Saturation)
1,057
Smallest Drops, 2,000+ theaters (Very Wide)
1,543
Smallest Drops, All Wide Releases
3,291
Rated PG-13
58
Rated PG-13, Opening Weekends
87
Widest Releases
155
Widest Opening Releases
168
Widest PG-13 Rated Openings
89
Widest PG-13 Rated Releases
85
Fastest to $100 million
143
Fastest to $150 million
92
Fastest to $200 million
76
Slowest to $100 million
364
Slowest to $200 million
49
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
32
Opening Weeks Adjusted
143
Non-Opening Thursday Gross Adjusted
110
Non-Opening Tuesday Gross Adjusted
72
Non-Opening Wednesday Gross Adjusted
72
Single Day Monday Gross Adjusted
48
Single Day Saturday Gross Adjusted
140
Single Day Thursday Gross Adjusted
127
Single Day Tuesday Gross Adjusted
81
Single Day Wednesday Gross Adjusted
71
Opening Weekends Adjusted - December
9
Opening Weekends Adjusted
142
Opening Weekends Adjusted - Holiday
31
Third Weekends Adjusted
57
Fourth Weekends Adjusted
161
Rated PG-13 Adjusted
73
Rated PG-13, Opening Weekends Adjusted
95
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