King Kong

1933 American monster adventure film
Movie film Q309048
King Kong
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King Kong

Summary

King Kong is a film[1]. It ranks in the top 1% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,252 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • King Kong's image is recorded as Kingkongposter.jpg[3].
  • King Kong's instance of is recorded as film[4].
  • King Kong's director is recorded as Merian C. Cooper[5].
  • King Kong's director is recorded as Ernest B. Schoedsack[6].
  • King Kong's screenwriter is recorded as James Ashmore Creelman[7].
  • King Kong's screenwriter is recorded as Ruth Rose[8].
  • King Kong's screenwriter is recorded as Edgar Wallace[9].
  • King Kong's composer is recorded as Max Steiner[10].
  • King Kong's movement is recorded as Pre-Code Hollywood[11].
  • King Kong's genre is recorded as speculative fiction film[12].
  • King Kong's genre is recorded as kaiju[13].
  • King Kong's genre is recorded as adventure film[14].
  • King Kong's genre is recorded as horror film[15].
  • King Kong's genre is recorded as fantasy film[16].
  • King Kong's genre is recorded as drama film[17].
  • King Kong's genre is recorded as science fiction film[18].
  • King Kong's logo image is recorded as King-kong-1933-movie-logo.webp[19].
  • King Kong's followed by is recorded as The Son of Kong[20].
  • King Kong's cast member is recorded as Robert Armstrong[21].
  • King Kong's cast member is recorded as Fay Wray[22].
  • King Kong's cast member is recorded as Bruce Cabot[23].
  • King Kong's cast member is recorded as Frank Reicher[24].
  • King Kong's cast member is recorded as James Flavin[25].
  • King Kong's cast member is recorded as Sam Hardy[26].
  • King Kong's cast member is recorded as Noble Johnson[27].

Body

Authorship and Creation

Producers include David O. Selznick[28], Merian C. Cooper[29], and Ernest B. Schoedsack[30]. Directors include Merian C. Cooper[5] and Ernest B. Schoedsack[6]. Screenwriters include James Ashmore Creelman[7], Ruth Rose[8], and Edgar Wallace[9]. Cast members include Robert Armstrong[21], Fay Wray[22], Bruce Cabot[23], Frank Reicher[24], James Flavin[25], and Sam Hardy[26].

Publication

Publication dates include +1933-04-07T00:00:00Z[31], +1933-09-08T00:00:00Z[32], and +1933-00-00T00:00:00Z[33]. King Kong's original language of film or TV show is recorded as English[34]. Genres include speculative fiction film[12], kaiju[13], adventure film[14], horror film[15], fantasy film[16], and drama film[17]. Its part of is recorded as National Film Registry[35].

Subject and Themes

King Kong's movement is recorded as Pre-Code Hollywood[11].

Reception

Reviews include 96%[36], 92/100[37], and 7.9/10[38].

Adaptations and Inspiration

King Kong's followed by is recorded as The Son of Kong[20].

Why It Matters

King Kong ranks in the top 1% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,252 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[39] It is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.[40]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . AlloCiné. Retrieved . stopklatka.pl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . IMDb. Retrieved . cinematografo.it. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . IMDb. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . AlloCiné. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . AlloCiné. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . AlloCiné. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . AlloCiné. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . FilmAffinity. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . FilmAffinity. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . FilmAffinity. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  26. [28] . wikidata.org.
  27. [29] . wikidata.org.
  28. [30] . wikidata.org.
  29. [35] . loc.gov. Retrieved . loc.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  30. [34] . wikidata.org.
  31. [36] . wikidata.org.
  32. [37] . wikidata.org.
  33. [38] . IMDb. wikidata.org.
  34. [31] . Box Office Mojo. wikidata.org.
  35. [32] . sfi.se. sfi.se. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  36. [33] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [39] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [40] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 5w ago · Joao4669 · 2026-04-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Composer Max Steiner
    Executive producer David O. Selznick
    Takes place in fictional universe King Kong universe
    Followed by
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