Mighty Joe Young (1998)

Summary: A legendary fifteen-foot tall mountain gorilla named Joe is taken to an animal sanctuary in California by zoologist Gregg O'Hara (Bill Paxton) and Jill Young (Charlize Theron), with whom he grew up. Poacher Strasser (Rade Serbedzi...

Release Date: December 25, 1998

Genres: Action, Adventure, Family

Director: Ron Underwood

Writers: Merian C. Cooper

, Ruth Rose

, Mark Rosenthal

Runtime: 1 h 54 min

MPAA: PG

Production: RKO Pictures, Walt Disney Pictures, The Jacobson Company, RKO Pictures

Distributor: American Broadcasting Company (ABC), Disney+

Countries: United States, United Kingdom

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 90,000,000

Domestic: $ 50,632,037

King Kong (1976)

Summary: A petroleum exploration expedition comes to an isolated island and encounters a colossal giant gorilla.

Release Date: December 17, 1976

Genres: Adventure, Horror

Director: John Guillermin

Writers: James Ashmore Creelman

, Ruth Rose

, Merian C. Cooper

Runtime: 2 h 14 min

MPAA: PG

Production: Dino De Laurentiis Company

Distributor: National Broadcasting Company (NBC), Paramount Home Entertainment, Scream Factory, HBO Max

Countries: United States, Japan

Language: English

Franchise: King Kong

Movie budget: $ 24,000,000

Domestic: $ 52,614,445

King Kong (1933)

Summary: A film crew goes to a tropical island for a location shoot, where they capture a colossal ape who takes a shine to their blonde starlet, and bring him back to New York City.

Release Date: April 07, 1933

Genres: Adventure, Horror, Sci-Fi

Directors: Merian C. Cooper