How Tall Kong Is In Each Movie (Including MonsterVerse)

King Kong’s height has changed quite bit since his debut in 1933. Here’s how tall he is in every movie, including both MonsterVerse films.

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King Kong’s height has changed quite a bit since his first movie appearance in 1933. After turning into a cinematic legend, the American pop culture icon has been featured in a number of big-screen adventures, with each adaptation making at least some changes to both the monster himself and the story.

Kong is one of the two most popular characters in the giant monster movie genre. The other, Godzilla, has starred in over 30 movies, most of which being with Japanese studio Toho. Given that so many filmmakers have been able to try their hand at Godzilla, there are multiple different versions in existence at this point. Kong, on the other hand, has a much smaller list of movie appearances. Prior to Godzilla vs Kong, the ape has been the focus of eight live-action films, some of which being sequels. In total, there are six versions of Kong that have been brought to the big screen.

Unlike Godzilla, Kong is traditionally depicted as a sympathetic figure capable of connecting and even caring for humans. A key aspect of his character that tends to vary from film to film is his size, which ranges from 12 feet to 335 feet. Here’s how tall Kong is in every movie.

King Kong (1933)

King Kong director Merian C. Cooper delivered a history-making film when he brought King Kong to life in 1933. The movie’s use of special effects and stop-motion animation to make it appear that a gorilla of gigantic proportions was attacking New York City and scaling the Empire State Building was unprecedented. Interestingly, they used different models for Kong, so his size was inconsistent. He was 18 feet in the Skull Island portion of the story, and 24 feet while loose in the city. That being said, marketing and other action sequences placed him at approximately 50 feet tall.

Son of Kong (1933)

Released in December 1933 was a direct sequel to King Kong: Son of Kong. As the title implies, the movie centered on the giant ape’s offspring, who is nicknamed “Little Kong” by one of the human characters. This creature, who is far from an adult member of his species, stood out for his white fur, which made him visually distinct from his father. Though he was created using many of the same models from the 1933 film, Little Kong was no more than 12 feet tall.

King Kong vs. Godzilla (1962)

Kong received a major size upgrade when Toho worked out a deal with RKO for a crossover with their own mascot, Gojira. In 1962’s King Kong vs. Godzilla, a new version of Kong was introduced. This particular take on Kong, who was much bulkier and less agile than usual, stood at a towering 147 feet. This major adjustment allowed him to fight on the same level as Godzilla. Thanks to the size change and the addition of new electrical powers, Kong was able to push the kaiju to his limit.

King Kong Escapes (1967)

After King Kong vs. Godzilla, Toho was given one more opportunity to utilize Kong. Despite him appearing to be the same version that fought Godzilla in 1962, his size in King Kong Escapes was lowered considerably from his appearance in the previous film. He was only 65 feet tall for his fights with the giant Allosaurus known as Gorosaurus and Kong’s robotic counterpart, Mechani-Kong. However, that still puts him above most interpretations of the monster.

King Kong (1976)

In 1976, Paramount produced a remake of the 1933 classic, and made very little changes to the iconic monster’s portrayal, except that he was significantly larger in proportion to the movie’s human cast and less monster-like in terms of his personality. In one memorable scene, Paramount’s 55-foot-tall King Kong climbed the World Trade Center, which stood in as a replacement for the Empire State Building.

King Kong Lives (1986)

Ten years later, a sequel to 1976’s King Kong – King Kong Lives – continued the ape’s story by giving him a family. A five-foot increase in height bumped Paramount’s version up to 60 feet, which made him the largest Kong in an American production (up until the release of Kong: Skull Island).

King Kong (2005)

Acclaimed director Peter Jackson rebooted King Kong in 2005. Instead of upping his size as the 1976 remake did, the Universal movie went in the other direction. Whereas the 1933 Kong sometimes towered around 50 feet, this character’s height didn’t exceed 25 feet. In the 2005 reboot’s interpretation of the story, the monster’s stature was explained by the revelation that he’s the last surviving member of a prehistoric species called “Megaprimatus kong”.

Kong: Skull Island (2017)

The second installment in Legendary’s MonsterVerse, Kong: Skull Island, took away the monster’s “King” title, but didn’t detract from his image as a powerful beast who reigns over the other denizens of Skull Island. At 104 feet, the MonsterVerse’s Kong is the biggest to appear on the big screen since his crossover with Gojira in 1962. It was revealed that in the MonsterVerse mythos, Kong is countered as one of several Titans that lives on Earth, with others being Godzilla, Rodan, Mothra, King Ghidorah, and more.

Godzilla vs. Kong (2021)

On March 31, Toho’s Kong will lose his title as the largest version of the monster to grace the big screen. He’s about to be dwarfed by the titular Titan from Godzilla vs. Kong. An official poster for the upcoming film has confirmed that Kong will be taller than ever at an impressive 335 feet. Admittedly, he’ll still be a bit shorter than the 394-foot-tall Godzilla, but that will at least help even the playing field in time for their highly-anticipated showdown. It’s a huge change from his first MonsterVerse appearance in Skull Island as well as a repeat of King Kong vs. Godzilla’s biggest revision to the monster – but it was one that had to happen. Legendary’s Godzilla is far larger than all versions that have come before him. Skull Island’s Kong was only a third of his height, so the size gap had to be narrowed in order for him to have any hope of posing a physical challenge.

As for how the size increase works in regards to the movie’s story, Kong getting bigger was set up in Skull Island when it was made clear that Kong wasn’t fully grown yet. Apparently, Kong was still an adolescent at this time. Since that film was set in the early 1970s, enough time has passed for the King of Skull Island to grow a whopping 231 feet.

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