2005 · 3h 7m · Action, Adventure, Romance
King Kong
Directed byPeter Jackson
IMDb
7.2
475K votes
Metacritic
81
critics
Rotten Tomatoes
84%
critics
Box office
$551M
2.7x its $207M budget
Released Dec 14, 2005 by Universal Pictures and WingNut Films
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Critics vs the crowd
Critics (Metacritic)81
Audience (IMDb x 10)72
Critics liked it more than audiences did, by 9 points.
Top billed
Cast
Crew
- Director
- Peter Jackson
- Music
- James Newton Howard
- Cinematography
- Andrew Lesnie
- Editing
- Jamie Selkirk
4 nominations, 3 wins
Awards record
- NominatedBest Production Design · Academy Awards 2006Art Direction: Grant Major; Set Decoration: Dan Hennah and Simon Bright
- WonBest Visual Effects · Academy Awards 2006Joe Letteri, Brian Van't Hul, Christian Rivers and Richard Taylor
- WonBest Sound · Academy Awards 2006Christopher Boyes, Michael Semanick, Michael Hedges and Hammond Peek
- WonBest Sound Editing · Academy Awards 2006Mike Hopkins and Ethan Van der Ryn
Takes
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