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Kong: Skull Island(2017)
Released
2017 · FILM

Kong: Skull Island

A daring expedition led by a ruthless corporate mogul and an elite military unit ventures onto the mysterious Skull Island to prove a controversial theory, only to be hunted by a colossal ape that turns their scientific quest into a fight for survival.

“All hail the king.”

Directed by
Jordan Vogt Roberts
Written by
Dan Gilroy, Max Borenstein
Rated
MPA · PG-13
Runtime
118 min
ActionAdventureFantasy
Streaming on
  • Paramount+

Synopsis

A team of explorers ventures deep into the treacherous, primordial island to explore the mysterious and dangerous home of the king of the apes.

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A crew of 56+ credited

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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 Richard PearsonShot by Larry FongScored by Henry JackmanDesigned by Stefan Dechant

Box Office

2017 · Box office

✅ Made its money back — grossed 3.1× 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

$566.7M

Budget$185.0M
Worldwide gross$566.7M
break-even (2.5×)

US & Canada: $168.1M — 30% of worldwide · International: $398.6M (70%)

Opening weekend: $61.0M — 36% of its US run. Front-loaded — most of its money arrived opening weekend.

Opening week (7-day): $81.3M — 48% of its US & Canada run.

Peak 3,846 theaters

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Also known as

  • Kong: Skull Islandde
  • Kong: La Isla Calaveraes
  • Skull Island: Blood Of The Kinges

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