

King Kong
Beauty conquered the beast!
Adventurous filmmaker Carl Denham sets out to produce a motion picture unlike anything the world has seen before. Alongside his leading lady Ann Darrow and his first mate Jack Driscoll, they arrive on an island and discover a legendary creature said to be neither beast nor man. Denham captures the monster to be displayed on Broadway as King Kong, the eighth wonder of the world.
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- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $672K
- Box office
- $10M
- Language
- English
- new york city
- ship
- exotic island
- island
- monster
- unsociability
- screenplay
- movie business
- great depression
- dinosaur
- black and white
- pre-code
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United States of America
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Release dates
IndiaIN
- Theatrical9 Jan 1934
United StatesUS
- PremiereNew York City2 Mar 1933
- PremiereBaltimore, Maryland15 Mar 1933
- PremiereLos Angeles, California24 Mar 1933
- Theatrical7 Apr 1933
United KingdomGB
- Theatrical (limited)London17 Apr 1933
- Theatrical23 Jun 1933
- PhysicalPGVHS13 Nov 1985
CanadaCA
- Theatrical13 Apr 1933
BrazilBR
- Theatrical26 May 1933
GermanyDE
- Theatrical61 Dec 1933
HungaryHU
- TheatricalKN17 Oct 1933
IndonesiaID
- Theatrical12 May 1933
ItalyIT
- TheatricalT2 Dec 1933
JapanJP
- Theatrical14 Sept 1933
MexicoMX
- Theatrical27 Jul 1933
NetherlandsNL
- Theatrical28 Apr 1933
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King Kong was released on 7 April 1933.
Audience reviews
4- T10/10
tmdb27219454
8/2/2019
In watching this movie, and I'm talking about actually scrutinizing it intently, I was shocked at the amount and the extremity of the violence that was in the picture. Natives were being bitten, swallowed and purposely stepped upon by Kong. The sailors were chased, trampled and eaten by the dinosaurs and then we have all the New York City violence on top of it all where Kong tosses a woman to her death and bites on a…
- C8/10
CinemaSerf
6/13/2022
Shown recently by the BBC and wow, how fantastically this has stood the test of time. I can see why there have been so many remakes of this iconic tale of ambition, power and true love but none that shine a candle to this - even after over 80 years. Robert Armstrong and Fay Wray do their bit as the producer and the starlet, but the true stars are lighting, photography and special effects which are masterful as we vis…
- G10/10
GenerationofSwine
1/10/2023
So this is the bar, and this is the reason that people don't like any of the remakes... except the 2005 remake, people don't like that because it stinks. But this shot for the moon. It promised the audience a giant ape, it gave the audience a giant ape... and a sort of love story that was really cute and relatable that brought it all together. It reached for the stars visually, it grabbed one, and it told an am…
- D8/10
Dr Nostromo
3/17/2026
77/100 Giant ape on isolated island brought back to NYC. Chaos ensues. I've seen clips and have heard about this film my entire life but I've never just sat down and watched it. My goodness! Not only did this exceed my expectations, it's downright gruesome. Kong chomping on people, people bouncing as they hit the bottom of a canyon, bloody monster fights, etc. They pulled out all the stops and I would suspect that…
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