King Kong
An ambitious oil explorer leads a team to capture a colossal ape on a remote island, only to unleash a monstrous showdown as they haul him to New York, where the city itself becomes the arena.
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Synopsis
An oil company expedition disrupts a giant ape in his habitat and captures him, bringing him to New York for exploitation.
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A crew of 49+ credited
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Craft leads on file
Edited by Ralph E WintersShot by Richard H KlineScored by John BarryDesigned by Mario Chiari
Box Office
1976 · Box office
✅ Made its money back — grossed 3.9× its budget
Why 2.5×?
Cinemas keep roughly half of every ticket sold, and a wide release’s marketing often costs about as much again as the film — so a movie needs to gross around 2.5× its production budget just to break even theatrically. It’s a rule of thumb, not the studio’s ledger (home video and streaming come later).
Worldwide gross
$90.6M
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Cast & Crew
49 unique people credited
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Supporting cast
26John Lone
as Chinese Cook
Garry Walberg
as Army General
Keny Long
as Ape Masked Man
Sid Conrad
as Petrox Chairman
George S Whiteman
as Army Helicopter Pilot
Wayne Heffley
as Air Force General
Todd Baker
as Shea Stadium Spectator
Corbin Bernsen
as Reporter
Ray Buktenica
as Naval Officer
Larry M Byrd
as Excited Fan
Peter Cullen
as King Kong (voice)
S C Dacy
as Newspaper Photographer
James Dunaway
as Man in Audience
Ned Gill
as Crushed Spectator
Donald F Glut
as Guy in Ampitheater
Walt Gorney
as Subway Driver
Shawn Mcallister
as Police Sergeant
Eve Mcveagh
as Reporter
Larry Naschel
as Victim
Ira S Rosenstein
as Logan
David Roya
as Ship's Radio Operator
David Ulmer
as Man Running in Terror
Kristephan Warren Stevens
as Kid with Afro on Bleachers
Brent Huff
as Extra
Rick Baker
as King Kong
Harrison Ressler
as Photographer (uncredited)
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