<Tr> <Th> Box office </Th> <Td> $2.8 million ($51 million adjusted for inflation) </Td> </Tr> <P> King Kong is a 1933 American pre-Code monster adventure film directed and produced by Merian C. Cooper and Ernest B. Schoedsack . The screenplay by James Ashmore Creelman and Ruth Rose was from an idea conceived by Cooper and Edgar Wallace . It stars Fay Wray, Bruce Cabot and Robert Armstrong, and opened in New York City on March 2, 1933, to rave reviews . It has been ranked by Rotten Tomatoes as the greatest horror film of all time and the twentieth greatest film of all time . </P> <P> The film tells of a gigantic, prehistoric, island - dwelling ape called Kong who dies in an attempt to possess a beautiful young woman . King Kong is especially noted for its stop - motion animation by Willis O'Brien and a groundbreaking musical score by Max Steiner . In 1991, it was deemed "culturally, historically and aesthetically significant" by the Library of Congress and selected for preservation in the National Film Registry . It has been remade twice, in 1976 and 2005, while a reboot, Kong: Skull Island, was released in 2017 . </P> <P> In New York Harbor, filmmaker Carl Denham (Robert Armstrong), famous for making wildlife films in remote and exotic locations, charters Captain Englehorn's (Frank Reicher) ship Venture for his new project, but is unable to secure an actress for a female role he has reluctantly added to the script . Due to set sail that night, Denham searches the streets of New York for a suitable woman . He meets penniless Ann Darrow (Fay Wray) and convinces her to join him for what he proposes as the adventure of a lifetime . The Venture quickly gets underway and, during the voyage, the surly first mate, Jack Driscoll (Bruce Cabot), gradually falls in love with Ann . </P>

King kong’s movements in the 1933 film were created using a manual technique called ____