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King Kong

Beauty conquered the beast!

7.6(1,681)19331h 40m8

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
Part of King Kong (1933) Collection · 2 films
  • new york city
  • ship
  • exotic island
  • island
  • monster
  • unsociability
  • screenplay
  • movie business
  • great depression
  • dinosaur
  • black and white
  • pre-code

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Behind the camera

Produced in

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

Frequently asked questions

King Kong was released on 7 April 1933.

Audience reviews

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    tmdb27219454

    8/2/2019

    10/10

    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…

  • C

    CinemaSerf

    6/13/2022

    8/10

    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…

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    GenerationofSwine

    1/10/2023

    10/10

    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…

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    Dr Nostromo

    3/17/2026

    8/10

    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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