Before You Watch The Video Below, First A little Background About The Movie:
Enter the Dragon is a 1973 martial arts film directed by Robert Clouse from a story written by Michael Allin. It stars Bruce Lee, John Saxon and Jim Kelly. It was Lee’s final completed film appearance before his death on 20 July 1973 at the age of 32. An American and Hong Kong co-production, it premiered in Los Angeles on 19 August 1973, one month after Lee’s death.Enter the Dragon was estimated to have grossed over US$400 million worldwide (estimated to be the equivalent of over $2 billion adjusted for inflation as of 2022), against a budget of $850,000.
Having earned more than 400 times its budget, it is one of the most profitable films of all time as well as the most successful martial arts film. It was also widely regarded as one of the greatest martial arts films of all time. In 2004, it was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being “culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant”.
Box office:
Enter the Dragon was one of the most successful films of 1973. Upon release in Hong Kong, the film grossed HK$3,307,536, which was huge business for the time, but less than Lee’s previous 1972 films Fist of Fury and The Way of the Dragon.The film went on to gross over $220 million internationally by 1981, making it the highest-grossing martial arts film of all time. It was reportedly still among the top 50 all-time highest-grossing films in 1990.
By 1998, it had grossed more than $300 million worldwide. As of 2001, it has grossed an estimated total of over $400 million worldwide, having earned more than 400 times its original budget. The film’s cost-to-profit ratio makes it one of the most commercially successful and profitable films of all time. Adjusted for inflation, the film’s worldwide gross is estimated to be the equivalent of over $2 billion as of 2022.