King Kong Lives (1986)

King Kong Lives
Theatrical Performance
Domestic Box Office $4,711,220Details
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Metrics

Opening Weekend:$1,172,942 (24.9% of total gross)
Legs:4.02 (domestic box office/biggest weekend)
Domestic Share:100.0% (domestic box office/worldwide)
Production Budget:$10,000,000 (worldwide box office is 0.5 times production budget)
Theater counts:1,105 opening theaters/1,105 max. theaters, 2.6 weeks average run per theater
Infl. Adj. Dom. BO $13,174,206

Latest Ranking on Cumulative Box Office Lists

RecordRankAmount
All Time Domestic Box Office (Rank 6,601-6,700) 6,656 $4,711,220
All Time Worldwide Box Office (Rank 10,101-10,200) 10,122 $4,711,220
All Time Domestic Box Office for Remake Movies (Rank 201-300) 218 $4,711,220
All Time Worldwide Box Office for Remake Movies (Rank 201-300) 285 $4,711,220

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Movie Details

Domestic Releases: December 19th, 1986 (Wide) by De Laurentiis Entertainment Group
Running Time: 105 minutes
Franchise: King Kong
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Keywords: Animals Gone Bad, Action Adventure, Animal Lead, Creature Feature, Famously Bad
Source:Remake
Genre:Adventure
Production Method:Live Action
Creative Type:Fantasy
Production Countries: United States
Languages: English

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Domestic Cumulative Box Office Records

Weekend Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Dec 19, 1986 12 $1,172,942   1,105 $1,061   $1,172,942 1
Dec 26, 1986 11 $1,152,507 -2% 1,105 $1,043   $3,055,491 2
Jan 2, 1987 14 $483,824 -58% 359 $1,348   $4,637,958 3
Jan 9, 1987 23 $183,303 -62% 359 $511   $4,637,958 4

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Worldwide Cumulative Box Office Records


Uncategorized

John Ashton    Col. Nevitt
Peter Michael Goetz    Dr. Andrew Ingersoll
Mike Starr    Cell Guard
Linda Hamilton    Amy Franklin

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Production and Technical Credits

John Guillermin    Director
Ronald Shusett    Screenwriter
Steven Pressfield    Screenwriter
Merian C. Cooper    Story Creator
Edgar Wallace    Story Creator

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Metrics

Opening Weekend:$1,172,942 (24.9% of total gross)
Legs:4.02 (domestic box office/biggest weekend)
Domestic Share:100.0% (domestic box office/worldwide)
Production Budget:$10,000,000 (worldwide box office is 0.5 times production budget)
Theater counts:1,105 opening theaters/1,105 max. theaters, 2.6 weeks average run per theater
Infl. Adj. Dom. BO $13,174,206

Latest Ranking on Cumulative Box Office Lists

RecordRankAmount
All Time Domestic Box Office (Rank 6,601-6,700) 6,656 $4,711,220
All Time Worldwide Box Office (Rank 10,101-10,200) 10,122 $4,711,220
All Time Domestic Box Office for Remake Movies (Rank 201-300) 218 $4,711,220
All Time Worldwide Box Office for Remake Movies (Rank 201-300) 285 $4,711,220

See the Box Office tab (Domestic) and International tab (International and Worldwide) for more Cumulative Box Office Records.


Movie Details

Domestic Releases: December 19th, 1986 (Wide) by De Laurentiis Entertainment Group
Running Time: 105 minutes
Franchise: King Kong
Comparisons: vs. Profile
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Keywords: Animals Gone Bad, Action Adventure, Animal Lead, Creature Feature, Famously Bad
Source:Remake
Genre:Adventure
Production Method:Live Action
Creative Type:Fantasy
Production Countries: United States
Languages: English

Uncategorized

John Ashton    Col. Nevitt
Peter Michael Goetz    Dr. Andrew Ingersoll
Mike Starr    Cell Guard
Linda Hamilton    Amy Franklin

For a description of the different acting role types we use to categorize acting perfomances, see our Glossary.

Production and Technical Credits

John Guillermin    Director
Ronald Shusett    Screenwriter
Steven Pressfield    Screenwriter
Merian C. Cooper    Story Creator
Edgar Wallace    Story Creator

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Domestic Cumulative Box Office Records

Weekend Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Dec 19, 1986 12 $1,172,942   1,105 $1,061   $1,172,942 1
Dec 26, 1986 11 $1,152,507 -2% 1,105 $1,043   $3,055,491 2
Jan 2, 1987 14 $483,824 -58% 359 $1,348   $4,637,958 3
Jan 9, 1987 23 $183,303 -62% 359 $511   $4,637,958 4

Daily Box Office Performance

Weekly Box Office Performance

Worldwide Cumulative Box Office Records