King Kong
The eighth wonder of the world.
In 1933 New York, an overly ambitious movie producer coerces his cast and hired ship crew to travel to mysterious Skull Island, where they encounter Kong, a giant ape who is immediately smitten with the leading lady.
- Director
- Peter Jackson
- Signature
- Drama · Craft · Action
- Worldwide
- $562M
Who's in it
Cast
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Story overview
What It's About
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In 1933 New York, an overly ambitious movie producer coerces his cast and hired ship crew to travel to mysterious Skull Island, where they encounter Kong, a giant ape who is immediately smitten with the leading lady.
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The record
Awards
3 wins · 4 nominations
Academy Awards
3 wins · 4 nominations
- WinnerAcademy Award for Best Production Design
- WinnerAcademy Award for Best Sound
- WinnerAcademy Award for Best Sound Editing
The numbers
Box Office & Release
King Kong returned 2.7× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $207M
- Opening weekend
- —
- Domestic gross
- —
- International gross
- —
- Worldwide gross
- $562M
- Release date
- Dec 12, 2005
- Runtime
- 3h 8m
- MPAA rating
- PG-13
- Language
- English
- Country
- Germany, New Zealand
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