#2,181 All-time worldwide

#4 1976 releases

Movie profile

King Kong

Name: King Kong
Genre: Adventure, Fantasy, Horror
Released: 1976-09-08
Duration: 134 min

1976 · 134 min · The De Laurentiis Company

Adventure Fantasy Horror

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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.

Worldwide gross $90.6M

Budget $23.0M

Gross minus budget $67.6M

ROI 3.94x

Domestic gross

$43.5M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$47.1M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$18.7M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where King Kong ranks

Positioned across the all-time chart, release year, studio, franchise and genre indexes where enough mapped data exists.

Open rankings

All-time worldwide #2,181 All-time chart position of 13,006 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1976 releases #4 Release-year chart position of 71 titles Ranked against movies released in 1976. Studio / company #2 The De Laurentiis Company of 22 titles Position inside the mapped The De Laurentiis Company movie set. Franchise #1 King Kong (1976) of 2 titles Ranked against mapped movies from the same franchise. Primary genre #717 Adventure of 2,164 titles Genre context based on the first mapped genre on this profile.

Nearby worldwide ranks

Comparable titles immediately around this movie by reported worldwide gross.

#2,178 Autumn in New York 2000 · $90.7M #2,179 Galaxy Quest 1999 · $90.7M #2,180 My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2 2016 · $90.6M #2,182 Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy 2004 · $90.6M #2,183 Lee Cronin's The Mummy 2026 · $90.6M #2,184 Madea Goes to Jail 2009 · $90.5M

Quick answer

How did King Kong (1976) perform at the box office?

High confidence

King Kong (1976) earned a reported $90.6M worldwide against a reported $23.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $67.6M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 3.94x. In this database it currently ranks #2,181 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #4 among 1976 releases.

Worldwide gross: $90,614,445
Budget: $23,000,000
Gross minus budget: $67,614,445
ROI: 3.94x

Source: Reported box office data. Last updated: Jul 8, 2026. Gross-minus-budget is not studio net profit. It excludes marketing, distribution fees, revenue splits, tax incentives and later home/streaming revenue.

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Movie facts

Production details

Release date: Sep 8, 1976
Production: The De Laurentiis Company
Countries: US

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Studio / production companyThe De Laurentiis Company FranchiseKing Kong (1976) Release year chart1976 box office Genre chartAdventure Genre chartFantasy Genre chartHorror

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1976, King Kong is positioned in this dataset as a Adventure, Fantasy, Horror title from The De Laurentiis Company. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $90.6M, reported production budget is $23.0M, gross-minus-budget is $67.6M, ROI is 3.94x. For comparison, it currently sits #2,181 all-time in the current chart set and #4 among 1976 releases. Streaming availability should be checked against the selected United States region because provider rights can change.

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Data noteGross minus budget is not studio net profit. It excludes marketing, distribution fees, revenue splits, tax incentives and downstream revenue. Domestic, international and opening weekend figures marked as estimated are modelled estimates.