Gandalf writes: The Dominion Post today (Fri 16 Dec) carried these two articles on Kong: King Kong Launch a record for midweek - King Kong was always going to be a giant, but Wednesday was the biggest midweek movie opening in New Zealand ever, grossing $415,960 in 72 cinemas. [More]

Monkey Business - Before Peter Jackson's King Kong, big-budget Hollywood movies occasionally aired a "making of" documentary on television as part of the standard marketing blitz. But for detailed behind-the-scenes material, audiences usually had to wait till the release of the DVD. Not any more. [More]