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

Box Office Performance

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 Torino Olympics	24	$536K	-54.9%	$215.7M	441	$1K	9
Feb 17-19 Torino Olympics	28	$377K	-29.5%	$216.3M	331	$1K	10
Feb 24-26 Torino Olympics	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

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

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

StudioUniversal Pictures