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#10,027 All-time worldwide
#29 1967 releases

Movie profile

King Kong Escapes

1967 · 104 min · Toho

Action Fantasy Horror Science Fiction
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $2.8M
Budget —
Gross minus budget —
ROI —

Domestic gross

$1.3M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$1.5M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$577,920

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where King Kong Escapes ranks

Positioned across the all-time chart, release year, studio, franchise and genre indexes where enough mapped data exists.
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All-time worldwide #10,027 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1967 releases #29 Release-year chart position of 60 titles Ranked against movies released in 1967. Studio / company #61 Toho of 82 titles Position inside the mapped Toho movie set. Primary genre #2,607 Action of 2,939 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.

#10,024 Winners and Sinners 1983 · $2.8M #10,025 In the Company of Men 1997 · $2.8M #10,026 24 Hour Party People 2002 · $2.8M #10,038 Heat 1986 · $2.8M #10,039 When We Were Kings 1996 · $2.8M #10,040 Hexed 1993 · $2.8M

Quick answer

How did King Kong Escapes (1967) perform at the box office?

Medium confidence

King Kong Escapes (1967) has a reported worldwide box office gross of $2.8M. In this database it currently ranks #10,027 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #29 among 1967 releases.

Worldwide gross
$2,800,000
Budget
Not available
Gross minus budget
Not available
ROI
Not available
Source: TMDb. Last updated: Jul 13, 2026. View source Gross-minus-budget is not studio net profit. It excludes marketing, distribution fees, revenue splits, tax incentives and later home/streaming revenue.

Synopsis

Story

An adaptation of the Rankin/Bass cartoon, "The King Kong Show". King Kong is brought in by the evil Dr. Who to dig for Element X in a mine when the robot Mechani-Kong is unable to do the task. This leads to the machine and the real Kong engaging in a tremendous battle atop Tokyo Tower.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Jul 22, 1967
Production
TOHO, Rankin/Bass Productions, Tokyo Laboratory
Countries
JP, US

Related indexes

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AI summary

Why this movie matters

Released in 1967, King Kong Escapes is positioned in this dataset as a Action, Fantasy, Horror title from TOHO. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $2.8M. For comparison, it currently sits #10,027 all-time in the current chart set and #29 among 1967 releases. Streaming availability should be checked against the selected United States region because provider rights can change.

AI-generated contextual summary based on available movie, genre, ranking and box office data. It does not replace official distributor notes or financial reporting.
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.