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King Kong(2005)
Released
2005 · FILM

King Kong

A desperate vaudeville star agrees to a risky sea-bound movie shoot in hopes of fame, only to discover the crew is sailing toward a forbidden island teeming with deadly secrets that could destroy everyone on board.

“The eighth wonder of the world.”

Directed by
Peter Jackson, Peter Jackson Nm0001392
Written by
Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens
Rated
MPA · PG-13
Runtime
187 min
ActionAdventureRomance

Synopsis

In 1933 New York, an ambitious movie producer persuades his cast and a hired ship crew to travel to the uncharted Skull Island. There, they encounter Kong, a massive ape who quickly becomes infatuated with the leading actress.

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How many hands made this film

The scale of the collaboration

A crew of 460+ credited

Why a floor?

This is a minimum, not a total. We only count the credits we’ve captured so far, and coverage is uneven — a blockbuster might show a few hundred names while another of the same size shows a couple dozen. The real crews all ran into the thousands. The number here only grows as full credits are enriched — so we frame it as a floor, never a headcount.

Craft leads on file

Edited by Jamie SelkirkShot by Andrew LesnieScored by James Newton HowardDesigned by Grant MajorSound by Christopher BoyesCostumes by Terry RyanStunts by Chris Anderson

Box Office

2005 · Box office

✅ Made its money back — grossed 2.7× 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

$562.4M

Budget$207.0M
Worldwide gross$562.4M
break-even (2.5×)

US & Canada: $218.1M — 39% of worldwide · International: $344.3M (61%)

Opening weekend: $16.1M — 7% of its US run. It had legs — it kept earning long after opening weekend.

Opening week (7-day): $16.1M — 7% of its US & Canada run.

Peak 3,567 theaters

Full synopsis

Versions & cuts

  • extended· 200 min

Also known as

  • King Kongde
  • (English)King Kong
  • (Bulgarian)Кинг Конг
Release dates around the world5 countries · show
  • United StatesDec 5, 2005
  • GermanyDec 7, 2005
  • FranceDec 10, 2005
  • NorwayDec 12, 2005
  • SpainDec 13, 2005

Companies

ProductionUniversal Pictures, WingNut Films, Big Primate Pictures, MFPV Film
DistributionUniversal Pictures, United International Pictures (UIP), Bontonfilm, Buena Vista International Finland
Special effectsWeta Workshop, Wētā FX, CafeFX, Asylum VFX, Gentle Giant Studios
Other companiesARRI Rental, Alias/Wavefront Technologies, Apple, Arriscan, Autodesk

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