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| Edited by | Ted Cheesman |
| Music by | Max Steiner |
| Distributed by | RKO Radio Pictures |
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| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $672,254.75[3] |
| Box office | $5.3 million[3] |
King Kong is a 1933 American pre-Code adventure horror monster film[4] directed and produced by Merian C. Cooper and Ernest B. Schoedsack, with special effects by Willis H. O'Brien. Produced and distributed by RKO Radio Pictures, it is the first film in the King Kong franchise. The film stars Fay Wray, Robert Armstrong and Bruce Cabot. In the film, a giant ape dubbed King Kong captured from Skull Island attempts to possess a beautiful young woman.
King Kong opened in New York City on March 2, 1933, to rave reviews. It is ranked by Rotten Tomatoes as the greatest horror film of all time[5] and the fifty-sixth greatest film of all time.[6] In 1991, it was deemed "culturally, historically and aesthetically significant" by the Library of Congress and selected for preservation in the National Film Registry.[7][8] A sequel, titled Son of Kong, was fast-tracked and released the same year, and several more films were made in the following decades, including two remakes in 1976 and 2005, and a cinematic universe (dubbed the MonsterVerse) featuring Kong starting with Kong: Skull Island in 2017.
- ^ King Kong at the American Film Institute Catalog
- ^ King Kong (DVD). Warner Bros. Home Entertainment. May 10, 2015.
- ^ a b * Jewel, Richard (1994). "RKO Film Grosses: 1931–1951". Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television. 14 (1): 39.
1933 release: $1,856,000; 1938 release: $306,000; 1944 release: $685,000
- "King Kong (1933) – Notes". Turner Classic Movies. Archived from the original on December 16, 2019. Retrieved January 7, 2012.
1952 release: $2,500,000; budget: $672,254.75
- "King Kong (1933) – Notes". Turner Classic Movies. Archived from the original on December 16, 2019. Retrieved January 7, 2012.
- ^ Sprague, Mike (April 7, 2021). "Horror History: KING KONG (1933) Is Now 88 Years Old". Dread Central. Archived from the original on September 9, 2021. Retrieved September 9, 2021.
- ^ "Best Horror Movies – King Kong (1933)". Rotten Tomatoes. Archived from the original on April 1, 2010. Retrieved July 3, 2018.
- ^ "Top 100 Movies of All Time – Rotten Tomatoes". Rotten Tomatoes. Archived from the original on February 1, 2018. Retrieved October 14, 2016.
- ^ Daniel Eagan, (2010). America's Film Legacy: The Authoritative Guide to the Landmark Movies in the National Film Registry. The Continuum International Publishing Group Inc, New York, NY p.22
- ^ Kehr, Dave (September 26, 1991). "U.S. FILM REGISTRY ADDS 25 SIGNIFICANT MOVIES". Chicago Tribune. Archived from the original on June 17, 2020. Retrieved July 20, 2020.