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Kate Bumps Kong (March 10th, 1933)
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The opening week gross of “King Kong” at the two new Radio City showplaces totaled around $121,000 ($88,000 at the Music Hall and $33,000 at the New Roxy), which was strong business for those Depression times but not enough to hold over at both theatres.
Do you know what Christopher Strong made and did it play just one week?
The bank holiday started on March 6 and lasted until March 13th. 88k was only ok for a week at the Music. Good but not great. Perhaps the film should not have played at the RKO Roxy and would have done blockbuster business at the Music Hall and have been held over a second week. Or the bank holiday really did hurt business and if FDR hadn’t implemented it both theaters would have done tremendous business.
“Christopher Strong” ran just one week, and was replaced by Fox’s “Sailor’s Luck,” a romantic comedy with James Dunn and Sally Eilers, and new stage show on March 16th. “King Kong” continued for a third and final week at the New Roxy, still with a theme-related stage show. For the USA, this was a terrible economic period, with many banks closing, and some to never re-open.
Variety originally estimated opening week gross with “Christopher Strong” as $75,000, but in following issue reported $58,000, “the lowest yet” since film/stage policy started.
Wow 58k. I assume well under nut.