King Kong
Beauty conquered the beast!
Adventurous filmmaker Carl Denham sets out to produce a motion picture unlike anything the world has seen before.Alongside his leading lady Ann Darrow and his first mate Jack Driscoll, they arrive on an island and discover a legendary creature said to be neither beast nor man.
- Director
- Merian C. Cooper
- Signature
- Craft · Tension · Wonder
- Worldwide
- $10M
Who's in it
Cast
The billed ensemble, with character names. Open any performer for their Nutevio filmography.
26 billed performers
The Nutevio profile
Movie DNA
How King Kong actually feels to watch, measured on the twelve traits our editors track across every Nutevio title.
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Story overview
What It's About
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Adventurous filmmaker Carl Denham sets out to produce a motion picture unlike anything the world has seen before. Alongside his leading lady Ann Darrow and his first mate Jack Driscoll, they arrive on an island and discover a legendary creature said to be neither beast nor man. Denham captures the monster to be displayed on Broadway as King Kong, the eighth wonder of the world.
Where to watch
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Why We Recommend It
Why It's Ranked
King Kong appears in 2 Nutevio collections. Here is the argument behind each placement.
- Best Horror Movies Ranked #34
Placed at #34 by the Nutevio ranking model. An editor's written case is on the way.
- Horror Movies Ranked #35
Placed at #35 by the Nutevio ranking model. An editor's written case is on the way.
The numbers
Box Office & Release
King Kong returned 14.9× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $672,000
- Opening weekend
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- Domestic gross
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- International gross
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- Worldwide gross
- $10M
- Release date
- Apr 7, 1933
- Runtime
- 1h 40m
- MPAA rating
- —
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States of America
Figures from the verified production record. Fields we cannot source are left blank rather than estimated.
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