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#7,022 All-time worldwide
#9 1962 releases

Movie profile

King Kong vs. Godzilla

1962 · 97 min · Toho

Science Fiction Fantasy Action
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $12.6M
Budget —
Gross minus budget —
ROI —

Domestic gross

$5.0M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$7.5M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$1.4M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where King Kong vs. Godzilla 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 #7,022 All-time chart position of 13,006 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1962 releases #9 Release-year chart position of 36 titles Ranked against movies released in 1962. Studio / company #42 Toho of 83 titles Position inside the mapped Toho movie set. Franchise #2 Godzilla (Showa) of 15 titles Ranked against mapped movies from the same franchise. Primary genre #844 Science Fiction of 1,251 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.

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Quick answer

How did King Kong vs. Godzilla (1962) perform at the box office?

Medium confidence

King Kong vs. Godzilla (1962) has a reported worldwide box office gross of $12.6M. In this database it currently ranks #7,022 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #9 among 1962 releases.

Worldwide gross
$12,550,000
Budget
Not available
Gross minus budget
Not available
ROI
Not available
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.

Synopsis

Story

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Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Aug 11, 1962
Production
TOHO, Tokyo Laboratory
Countries
JP, US

Related indexes

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Studio / production companyToho FranchiseGodzilla (Showa) Release year chart1962 box office Genre chartScience Fiction Genre chartFantasy Genre chartAction

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AI summary

Why this movie matters

Released in 1962, King Kong vs. Godzilla is positioned in this dataset as a Science Fiction, Fantasy, Action title from TOHO. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $12.6M. For comparison, it currently sits #7,022 all-time in the current chart set and #9 among 1962 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.