I'm surprised a sequel was even made, since the film clearly underperformed.
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TaraDeS — 5 months ago(October 24, 2025 09:13 PM)
exithereplease October 24, 2025 09:35 PM
Member since October 5, 2025
I'm surprised a sequel was even made, since the film clearly underperformed.
exithereplease October 24, 2025 09:36 PM
Member since October 5, 2025
The sad part is…people take Wikipedia for truth and it somehow becomes facts.
I guess if anyone can edit anything..
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The sad part is that you spit out one OP after the other, telling Scheiße.
It wasn't Wikipedia who claimed, King Kong (1976) would be bigger than Jaws.
Producer Laurentiis said that and Wiki only quoted him.
And the movie hadn't
"clearly underperformed"
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It earned more than three times its budget.
Box office
King Kong did not match De Laurentiis's or studio expectations at the box office. Laurentiis claimed that the film would outgross the previous year's Jaws and Paramount expected it to gross $150 million. Despite the perceived failure, the film was highly profitable, earning back over triple its budget.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_Kong_(1976_film)#Box_office
You should go back to MovieChat with your demolition-service.
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JulietteMelvin — 4 months ago(November 13, 2025 08:15 AM)
Wikipedia summaries always flatten the story, especially for productions as chaotic as this one. Studio expectations, technical limits and audience trends back then all pulled in different directions. I think the marketing tried to position it as the next giant event, which creates that “bigger than JAWS” myth. Ironically, that’s similar to how
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MissMargoChanning — 4 months ago(November 13, 2025 09:38 PM)
Personally, this version is my least favorite.
The 1930s version with Fay Wray was terrific. Her first sight of Kong was horrifying.
Peter Jackson's version was a masterpiece. CGI was called for, and done well in that case.
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TaraDeS — 4 months ago(November 13, 2025 11:19 PM)
MissMargoChanning November 13, 2025 10:38 PM
Member since August 27, 2018
Personally, this version is my least favorite.
The 1930s version with Fay Wray was terrific. Her first sight of Kong was horrifying.
Peter Jackson's version was a masterpiece. CGI was called for, and done well in that case.
And with this statement you're Wikipedia's King Kong. 🤪
] — 4 months ago(November 13, 2025 09:28 PM)