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King Kong vs. Godzilla

Kingu Kongu tai Gojira · 1962
SHOWA · 1962-08-11 · dir. Ishiro Honda · 97 min · 50 m tall · Toho canonical
COMPOSITE-0.56
REGIONS6/6
PILLARS3/3
King Kong vs. Godzilla (1962) theatrical poster1962
King Kong vs. Godzilla (1962) · © Toho Co., Ltd.. Shown at thumbnail scale for critical commentary. Poster via en.wikipedia.org.

採点HOW THIS SCORE WAS BUILTthree pillars, renormalised over the ones this film has

AUDIENCE-0.67
CRITICS-0.65
CRITIC LISTS+0.03

Composite = (70% × -0.67 + 15% × -0.65 + 15% × +0.03) ÷ 100% = -0.56, at the house weights. Spread across pillars: 0.70.

地域THE SIX REGIONSone region, one vote

WORLD
23
-0.13
USA
26
-0.24
JAPAN
19
-0.26
SPAIN
34
-0.84
FRANCE
36
-1.76
CHINA
31
-0.83

Liked most in Japan (19), least in France (36) — a spread of 17 places.

Rank within each region, and the region's own z-score below it. These six are not a world panel: they are the six platforms that cover at least 30 of the canonical 38 films, which is why France is here and Germany, Korea, India and Brazil are not. How the regions were chosen.

出典EVERY OBSERVATION12 rows · a dot marks the ones the ranking used

SOURCEREGIONMETRICVALUESAMPLEIN RANKING
AlloCine •Franceaverage rating1.9 / 5112yessource
Douban •Chinaaverage rating6.3 / 102,715yessource
FilmAffinity •Spanish-speakingaverage rating4.9 / 101,005yessource
Filmarks •Japanaverage rating3.3 / 54,250yessource
IMDb •Internationaluser rating6.2 / 103,200yessource
Letterboxd •Internationalaverage rating3.07 / 533,611yessource
Rotten Tomatoes •United Statesaudience average rating3.5 / 51,768yessource
Rotten Tomatoes •United Statescritic average rating5.1 / 1021yessource
Metacritic—user score5.8 / 1031nosource
Rotten TomatoesUnited Statespopcornmeter56 / 1001,768nosource
Metacritic—metascore40 / 1004nosource
Rotten TomatoesUnited Statestomatometer52 / 10021nosource

順位CRITIC LISTS10 placements

LISTKINDPLACEDPERCENTILEPUBLISHED
ねとらぼリサーチ (ITmedia)
ねとらぼリサーチ編集部
poll8 of 30762024-08-27source
Screen Rant
Nicholas Raymond
list9 of 30722019-05-25source
Slant Magazine
Rob Humanick
list16 of 43642024-03-29source
Variety
Matthew Chernov
list17 of 35532024-03-28source
AwardsWatch
Kevin L. Lee
list19 of 38512024-04-01source
IndieWire
Wilson Chapman (with David Ehrlich)
list19 of 38512024-03-28source
Grunge
Nicholas Vrchoticky
list19 of 36492022-02-03source
Den of Geek
Don Kaye
list8 of 15502019-10-29source
Paste Magazine
Jim Vorel
list21 of 35412024-03-28source
Tom's Guide
Mohammad Tabari
list28 of 33162019-06-01source

賞AWARDSnot in the score, and why

No awards recorded. Only five films in the franchise have any, which is exactly why awards are not in the score — see the method.

興行BOX OFFICEnever one merged number

Worldwide gross
$8,700,000 territory not stated — not comparable
Japan, yen
¥3.5億 配給収入 — distributor rentals
Japan admissions
11,200,000 initial run
Budget
$432,000
distributor rentals — roughly half of gross; NOT comparable to a 興行収入 figure

box office source · Japan source

統計THE FILM ITSELFmonsters, settings, credits

Featured kaiju
King Kong, Giant Octopus besides Godzilla
Headline kaiju
King Kong
Settings
Tokyo, Faro Island in order of prominence
Continuity
Showa
Canon
Toho canonical
Studio
Toho
Effects
Eiji Tsuburaya
Music
Akira Ifukube

珍記録NOVELTY STATISTICScolour, not quality

First glimpse
26:18
First full appearance
26:18
Godzilla screen time
9:13
Share of runtime
9.5% runtime 97 min
Godzilla's height
50 m official Toho/Legendary in-universe height
Narrative locations, P840
1 Tokyo
Japan admissions, initial run
11,200,000 INITIAL RELEASE ONLY; cross-verified vs ja.wikipedia. Cumulative figur…

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