← Apex Mountain

King Kong

2005 · directed by Peter Jackson · 188 min
24,640 feet · Prominence
584th of 15,261 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw78

$562m worldwide in 2005 — $950m in today's money.

As released$562mIn 2026 money$950mRank208 of 8,589In 20055 of 209

How Draw works

Inflation-adjusted worldwide box office, on one global curve, and nothing else. It does not know whether a film was good.

Praise86

Critics 83, awards 35. Half each, so Praise lands at 86.

Critics83 → 41Awards35 → 17

Oscars3 won Visual Effects, Sound, Sound Editing1 nominated Production Design
How Praise works

Half critics, half a tiered award record where Picture and Directing carry most of the weight. Praise is the verdict at the time; Legacy is the verdict since.

Legacy40

Judged directly: Remake overshadowed by the 1933 original.

Verdict40 of 100IMDb7.2 from 465kWikipedia45k views a monthAge21 years

Scored beside it · 1,219 of 3,430 films judged

If it does not belong in this company, the number is wrong.

How Legacy works

Legacy is a judgment, not a formula. A film can be adored by critics and culturally quiet, or lightly reviewed and permanently lodged in the culture, and no arithmetic over IMDb numbers tells the difference. Every signal behind it keeps updating.

draw 78 praise 86 legacy 40averages 68, which places it at24,640 ft
How the three become one number

Added, not multiplied, so a film transcendent on one pillar and weak on another is not zeroed out. A compression curve then squeezes the top, because the seven greatest films ever made should not be four thousand feet apart.

In these careers — elevation for this film

No scored career runs through this film yet. The people-side engine currently covers 108careers, and this film’s cast sits outside them. Top billing: Naomi Watts, Adrien Brody, Jack Black, Andy Serkis.