King Kong (1976)

King Kong
Theatrical Performance
Domestic Box Office $52,614,445Details
International Box Office $38,000,000Details
Worldwide Box Office $90,614,445
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Metrics

Opening Weekend:$7,023,921 (13.3% of total gross)
Legs:7.49 (domestic box office/biggest weekend)
Domestic Share:58.1% (domestic box office/worldwide)
Production Budget:$23,000,000 (worldwide box office is 3.9 times production budget)
Theater counts:974 opening theaters/974 max. theaters, 1.0 weeks average run per theater

Latest Ranking on Cumulative Box Office Lists

RecordRankAmount
All Time Domestic Box Office (Rank 1,701-1,800) 1,762 $52,614,445
All Time International Box Office (Rank 2,301-2,400) 2,398 $38,000,000
All Time Worldwide Box Office (Rank 1,901-2,000) 1,987 $90,614,445
All Time Domestic Box Office for Remake Movies 80 $52,614,445
All Time International Box Office for Remake Movies 90 $38,000,000
All Time Worldwide Box Office for Remake Movies 80 $90,614,445

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Movie Details

Domestic Releases: December 17th, 1976 (Wide) by Paramount Pictures
Video Release: November 22nd, 2005 by Paramount Home Video
MPAA Rating: PG
Running Time: 134 minutes
Franchise: King Kong
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Keywords: Animals Gone Bad, Action Adventure
Source:Remake
Genre:Action
Production Method:Live Action
Creative Type:Science Fiction
Production Countries: United States
Languages: English

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Domestic Cumulative Box Office Records

Weekend Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Dec 17, 1976 1 $7,023,921   974 $7,211   $7,023,921 1

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Supporting Cast

Lobo Chan    Choy
Ed Lauter    Carnahan

Uncategorized

Corbin Bernsen    Reporter
René Auberjonois    Bagley
Jeff Bridges    Jack Prescott
Charles Grodin    Fred Wilson
Jessica Lange    Dwan
Peter Cullen    King Kong

For a description of the different acting role types we use to categorize acting perfomances, see our Glossary.

Production and Technical Credits

John Guillermin    Director

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Metrics

Opening Weekend:$7,023,921 (13.3% of total gross)
Legs:7.49 (domestic box office/biggest weekend)
Domestic Share:58.1% (domestic box office/worldwide)
Production Budget:$23,000,000 (worldwide box office is 3.9 times production budget)
Theater counts:974 opening theaters/974 max. theaters, 1.0 weeks average run per theater

Latest Ranking on Cumulative Box Office Lists

RecordRankAmount
All Time Domestic Box Office (Rank 1,701-1,800) 1,762 $52,614,445
All Time International Box Office (Rank 2,301-2,400) 2,398 $38,000,000
All Time Worldwide Box Office (Rank 1,901-2,000) 1,987 $90,614,445
All Time Domestic Box Office for Remake Movies 80 $52,614,445
All Time International Box Office for Remake Movies 90 $38,000,000
All Time Worldwide Box Office for Remake Movies 80 $90,614,445

See the Box Office tab (Domestic) and International tab (International and Worldwide) for more Cumulative Box Office Records.


Movie Details

Domestic Releases: December 17th, 1976 (Wide) by Paramount Pictures
Video Release: November 22nd, 2005 by Paramount Home Video
MPAA Rating: PG
Running Time: 134 minutes
Franchise: King Kong
Comparisons: vs. King Kong
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Keywords: Animals Gone Bad, Action Adventure
Source:Remake
Genre:Action
Production Method:Live Action
Creative Type:Science Fiction
Production Countries: United States
Languages: English

Supporting Cast

Lobo Chan    Choy
Ed Lauter    Carnahan

Uncategorized

Corbin Bernsen    Reporter
René Auberjonois    Bagley
Jeff Bridges    Jack Prescott
Charles Grodin    Fred Wilson
Jessica Lange    Dwan
Peter Cullen    King Kong

For a description of the different acting role types we use to categorize acting perfomances, see our Glossary.

Production and Technical Credits

John Guillermin    Director

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Domestic Cumulative Box Office Records

Weekend Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Dec 17, 1976 1 $7,023,921   974 $7,211   $7,023,921 1

Daily Box Office Performance

Weekly Box Office Performance


International Cumulative Box Office Records


Worldwide Cumulative Box Office Records