Name: King Kong
Director: Peter Jackson
Genre: Action, Adventure, Romance
Released: 2005
Cast: Naomi Watts, Adrien Brody, Jack Black, Andy Serkis, Colin Hanks

Date	Rank	Gross	Daily Chg	Weekly Chg	Total	Theaters	Average	Days
Wed Dec 14	#1	$9.8M		—	$9.8M	3,567	$3K	1
Thu Dec 15	#1	$6.3M	-35%	—	$16.1M	3,567	$2K	2
Fri Dec 16	#1	$14.5M	+130%	—	$30.5M	3,568	$4K	3
Sat Dec 17	#1	$20.1M	+39%	—	$50.6M	3,568	$6K	4
Sun Dec 18	#1	$15.6M	-23%	—	$66.2M	3,568	$4K	5
Mon Dec 19	#1	$5.6M	-64%	—	$71.8M	3,568	$2K	6
Tue Dec 20	#1	$5.2M	-7%	—	$77.1M	3,568	$1K	7
Wed Dec 21	#2	$4.9M	-7%	-50%	$81.9M	3,568	$1K	8
Thu Dec 22	#2	$5.4M	+11%	-14%	$87.3M	3,568	$2K	9
Fri Dec 23	#2	$7.8M	+46%	-46%	$95.2M	3,576	$2K	10
Sat Dec 24	#2	$4.6M	-42%	-77%	$99.7M	3,576	$1K	11
Sun Dec 25	#1	$8.9M	+94%	-43%	$108.6M	3,576	$2K	12
Mon Dec 26	#1	$12.0M	+36%	+113%	$120.6M	3,576	$3K	13
Tue Dec 27	#2	$7.9M	-34%	+51%	$128.5M	3,576	$2K	14
Wed Dec 28	#2	$7.1M	-10%	+46%	$135.6M	3,576	$2K	15
Thu Dec 29	#2	$7.1M	n/c	+32%	$142.7M	3,576	$2K	16
Fri Dec 30	#2	$8.8M	+24%	+12%	$151.5M	3,627	$2K	17
Sat Dec 31	#2	$7.2M	-19%	+57%	$158.7M	3,627	$2K	18
Sun Jan 1	#1	$8.8M	+23%	-1%	$167.5M	3,627	$2K	19
Mon Jan 2	#2	$7.1M	-20%	-41%	$174.6M	3,627	$2K	20
Tue Jan 3	#2	$2.3M	-68%	-71%	$176.8M	3,627	$625	21
Wed Jan 4	#2	$1.6M	-29%	-77%	$178.4M	3,627	$445	22
Thu Jan 5	#2	$1.6M	n/c	-77%	$180.1M	3,627	$445	23
Fri Jan 6	#4	$3.4M	+111%	-61%	$183.5M	3,480	$980	24
Sat Jan 7	#3	$5.7M	+68%	-20%	$189.2M	3,480	$2K	25
Sun Jan 8	#3	$3.5M	-40%	-61%	$192.7M	3,480	$995	26
Mon Jan 9	#3	$749K	-78%	-89%	$193.4M	3,480	$215	27
Tue Jan 10	#3	$733K	-2%	-68%	$194.2M	3,480	$210	28
Wed Jan 11	#5	$660K	-10%	-59%	$194.8M	3,482	$189	29
Thu Jan 12	#4	$646K	-2%	-60%	$195.5M	3,482	$185	30
Fri Jan 13	#8	$1.8M	+177%	-48%	$197.3M	2,805	$637	31
Sat Jan 14	#7	$3.3M	+82%	-43%	$200.5M	2,805	$1K	32
Sun Jan 15	#7	$2.5M	-23%	-28%	$203.0M	2,805	$887	33
Mon Jan 16	#7	$1.5M	-38%	+105%	$204.5M	2,805	$546	34
Tue Jan 17	#8	$393K	-74%	-46%	$204.9M	2,805	$140	35
Wed Jan 18	#10	$367K	-7%	-45%	$205.3M	2,805	$130	36
Thu Jan 19	#10	$366K	n/c	-43%	$205.7M	2,805	$130	37
Fri Jan 20	#11	$1.0M	+177%	-43%	$206.7M	2,205	$460	38
Sat Jan 21	#8	$2.1M	+108%	-35%	$208.8M	2,205	$955	39
Sun Jan 22	#8	$1.1M	-48%	-56%	$209.9M	2,205	$499	40
Mon Feb 20	#29	$73K			$216.3M	331	$219	69

Weekend	Rank	Gross	Chg	Total	Theaters	Average	Wks
Dec 16-18	1	$50.1M	—	$66.2M	3,568	$14K	1
Dec 23-25	1	$21.3M	-57.6%	$108.6M	3,576	$6K	2
Dec 30-Jan 1	2	$24.8M	+16.5%	$167.5M	3,627	$7K	3
Jan 6-8	3	$12.6M	-49.0%	$192.7M	3,482	$4K	4
Jan 13-15	7	$7.5M	-40.4%	$203.0M	2,814	$3K	5
Jan 20-22	11	$4.2M	-43.9%	$209.9M	2,205	$2K	6
Jan 27-29	16	$2.3M	-44.4%	$213.2M	1,322	$2K	7
Feb 3-5	21	$1.2M	-49.4%	$214.9M	868	$1K	8
Feb 10-12	24	$536K	-54.9%	$215.7M	441	$1K	9
Feb 17-19	28	$377K	-29.5%	$216.3M	331	$1K	10
Feb 24-26	31	$273K	-27.6%	$216.7M	264	$1K	11
Mar 3-5	33	$207K	-24.2%	$217.0M	250	$828	12
Mar 10-12	30	$268K	+29.3%	$217.3M	269	$995	13
Mar 17-19	32	$215K	-19.7%	$217.6M	229	$938	14
Mar 24-26	33	$185K	-13.8%	$217.9M	196	$944	15
Mar 31-Apr 2	34	$93K	-49.8%	$218.1M	131	$710	16

Performance Charts

Charts show the first 10 weeks · see the tables above for the full run

Daily Gross

Cumulative Total

Weekend Gross Trend

Theater Count

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

Week-over-Week Drop

Weekly Gross Decline (%)

Cast & Crew

Directed byPeter Jackson

ScreenplayPeter Jackson, Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens

Produced byJan Blenkin, Carolynne Cunningham, Fran Walsh, Peter Jackson

CinematographyAndrew Lesnie

MusicJames Newton Howard

Prod. DesignGrant Major

StarringNaomi Watts, Adrien Brody, Jack Black, Andy Serkis, Colin Hanks, Thomas Kretschmann

StudioUniversal Pictures