Video Business magazine notes that King Kong has “aped its way to become the top-selling DVD in Universal Studios’ history, surpassing sales of $100 million in its first six days in stores. According to the studio, consumers bought 6.5 million discs through Sunday. Peter Jackson’s King Kong remake reached a worldwide theatrical gross of $550 million, making it one of Universal’s top films behind Jurassic Park and E.T. ‘Hands down, Kong ranks as one of Universal’s biggest and most successful cinematic triumphs of all time’, Universal Home Entertainment’s president Craig Kornblau said, ‘and consumers recognize the singular-event status of this spectacular breakthrough motion picture, which has been further bolstered by the film’s stunning technical achievements including its Oscar win for best visual effects'”. The King Kong Special Edition 2-disc set is in stores now.