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#10,060 All-time worldwide
#23 1963 releases

Movie profile

King Kong vs. Godzilla

1963 · 96 min · Universal International Pictures

Action Science Fiction Comedy Adventure Fantasy
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $2.7M
Budget $12,000
Gross minus budget $2.7M
ROI 225.00x

Domestic gross

$1.1M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$1.6M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$302,400

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 #10,060 All-time chart position of 13,006 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1963 releases #23 Release-year chart position of 38 titles Ranked against movies released in 1963. Studio / company #5 Universal International Pictures of 12 titles Position inside the mapped Universal International Pictures movie set. Franchise #2 Americanized Godzilla of 3 titles Ranked against mapped movies from the same franchise. Primary genre #2,633 Action of 2,974 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 (1963) perform at the box office?

Medium confidence

King Kong vs. Godzilla (1963) earned a reported $2.7M worldwide against a reported $12.0K production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $2.7M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 225.00x. In this database it currently ranks #10,060 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #23 among 1963 releases.

Worldwide gross
$2,700,000
Budget
$12,000
Gross minus budget
$2,688,000
ROI
225.00x
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
Jun 26, 1963
Production
Universal International Pictures, Ryder Sound Services, Inc., TOHO
Countries
US, JP

Related indexes

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Studio / production companyUniversal International Pictures FranchiseAmericanized Godzilla Release year chart1963 box office Genre chartAction Genre chartScience Fiction Genre chartComedy Genre chartAdventure

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1963, King Kong vs. Godzilla is positioned in this dataset as a Action, Science Fiction, Comedy title from Universal International Pictures. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $2.7M, reported production budget is $12,000, gross-minus-budget is $2.7M, ROI is 225.00x. For comparison, it currently sits #10,060 all-time in the current chart set and #23 among 1963 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.