<Tr> <Th> Budget </Th> <Td> $273 million </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Box office </Th> <Td> $550.5 million </Td> </Tr> <P> King Kong is a 2005 epic monster adventure film co-written, produced, and directed by Peter Jackson . A remake of the 1933 film of the same name, the film stars Naomi Watts, Jack Black, Adrien Brody, and, through motion capture, Andy Serkis as the title character . Set in 1933, King Kong tells the story of an ambitious filmmaker who coerces his cast and hired ship crew to travel to the mysterious Skull Island . There they encounter Kong, a legendary giant gorilla, whom they capture and take to New York City . </P> <P> Filming for King Kong took place in New Zealand from September 2004 to March 2005 . The project's budget climbed from an initial $150 million to a then - record - breaking $207 million . It was released on December 14, 2005 in Germany and on December 16 in the United States, and made an opening of $50.1 million . While it performed lower than expected, King Kong made domestic and worldwide grosses that eventually added up to $550 million, becoming the fourth - highest - grossing film in Universal Pictures history at the time . It also generated $100 million in DVD sales upon its home video release . The film garnered positive reviews from critics and appeared on several top ten lists for 2005 . It was praised for its special effects, performances, sense of spectacle and comparison to the 1933 original . It won three Academy Awards for Best Sound Editing, Best Sound Mixing and Best Visual Effects . </P>

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