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KING KONG

Domestic Total Gross: $218,080,025
Distributor: UniversalRelease Date: December 14, 2005
Genre: Period AdventureRunning Time: 3 hrs. 7 min.
MPAA Rating: PG-13Production Budget: $207 million
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TOTAL LIFETIME GROSSES
Domestic:  $218,080,025    39.6%
+ Foreign:  $332,437,332    60.4%

= Worldwide:  $550,517,357  

DOMESTIC SUMMARY
Opening Weekend: $50,130,145
(3,568 theaters, $14,049 average)
% of Total Gross: 23.0%
Widest Release:  3,627 theaters
Close Date:  April 6, 2006
In Release:  114 days / 16.3 weeks

2005 ACADEMY AWARDS®
Nominated for 4 Oscars, including 3 wins. CLICK TO VIEW FULL BREAKDOWN...

GENRES (click to view) Rank
Adventure - Period 6
CGI Star 1
Creature Feature 3

FRANCHISES (click to view) Rank
Showdown: Holiday 2005: 'Kong' vs. 'Narnia' vs. 'Goblet' 3
Showdown: Lord of the Rings Showdown 4
Showdown: Monster Mash: Kong vs. Hulk vs. Godzilla 1
Showdown: Superman Vs. Other Wednesday Openers 3

CHARTS (click to view) Rank
All Time Domestic 69
All Time Adjusted 197
All Time Worldwide 52
Yearly 2005 5
Yearly Opening Weekends 2005 8
Yearly PG-13 Rated 2005 4
Worldwide Openings 25
Worldwide Yearly 2005 5
Foreign Opening Weekends 15
Opening Weeks 82
Theater Averages (Wide Releases) - All Time 127
Theater Averages - Wide Opening Weekends 112
Opening Wednesdays 25
New Years Days 11
Sunday Share of Opening Weekends 156
Opening Weekends 81
Opening Weekends - December 5
Opening Weekends - Holiday 16
Top 7-Day Grosses 77
Most Weekends at #1 (non-consecutive) 169
Consecutive Weekends At #1 157
Martin Lurther King 4-Day Holiday Weekends 83
Second Weekends 151
Third Weekends 25
Fourth Weekends 64
Fifth Weekends 120
Smallest Drops, 3,000+ theaters (Super-Saturation) 312
Smallest Drops, 2,500+ theaters (Saturation) 733
Smallest Drops, 2,000+ theaters (Very Wide) 1,165
Smallest Drops, All Wide Releases 2,829
Rated PG-13 37
Rated PG-13, Opening Weekends 52
Widest Releases 78
Widest Opening Releases 85
Fastest to $100 million 89
Fastest to $150 million 56
Fastest to $200 million 45
Slowest to $100 million 290
Slowest to $200 million 40
BOM Users' Grades 143
BOM Users' Grades (2005 Releases) 21
CHARTS (Premier Pass Users Only)Rank
Highest All Time Rank (on March 23, 2006) 52
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THE PLAYERS (click name to view)
Director:Peter Jackson
Actors:Naomi Watts
Jack Black
Adrien Brody
Andy Serkis
Producer:Peter Jackson
Cinematographer:Andrew Lesnie
Composer:James Newton Howard
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GRADE BREAKDOWN
As: 2,272 53.3%
Bs: 1,233 28.9%
Cs: 380 8.9%
Ds: 146 3.4%
Fs: 232 5.4%

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