King Kong
The most exciting original motion picture event of all time.
An oil company expedition disturbs the peace of a giant ape and brings him back to New York to exploit him.
- Director
- John Guillermin
- Signature
- Tension · Wonder · Action
- Worldwide
- $91M
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An oil company expedition disturbs the peace of a giant ape and brings him back to New York to exploit him.
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The numbers
Box Office & Release
King Kong returned 3.9× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $23M
- Opening weekend
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- Domestic gross
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- International gross
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- Worldwide gross
- $91M
- Release date
- Sep 8, 1976
- Runtime
- 2h 14m
- MPAA rating
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- Language
- English
- Country
- United States of America
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