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#8,157 All-time worldwide
#68 1982 releases

Movie profile

Dragon Lord

1982 · 96 min · Paragon Films

Action Comedy
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $8.9M
Budget —
Gross minus budget —
ROI —

Domestic gross

$3.6M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$5.3M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$997,319

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Dragon Lord ranks

Positioned across the all-time chart, release year, studio, franchise and genre indexes where enough mapped data exists.
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All-time worldwide #8,157 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1982 releases #68 Release-year chart position of 157 titles Ranked against movies released in 1982. Studio / company #7 Paragon Films of 12 titles Position inside the mapped Paragon Films movie set. Primary genre #2,243 Action of 2,939 titles Genre context based on the first mapped genre on this profile.

Nearby worldwide ranks

Comparable titles immediately around this movie by reported worldwide gross.

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Quick answer

How did Dragon Lord (1982) perform at the box office?

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Dragon Lord (1982) has a reported worldwide box office gross of $8.9M. In this database it currently ranks #8,157 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #68 among 1982 releases.

Worldwide gross
$8,904,632
Budget
Not available
Gross minus budget
Not available
ROI
Not available
Source: TMDb. Last updated: Jul 13, 2026. View source Gross-minus-budget is not studio net profit. It excludes marketing, distribution fees, revenue splits, tax incentives and later home/streaming revenue.

Synopsis

Story

Dragon and his madcap pal Cowboy spend their days getting into mischief, frustrating the elders, chasing girls, and competing in the village sport. When Dragon overhears a fiendish plot by smugglers to sell China's national treasures overseas, the pair leap into action. Also, Cowboy's wealthy father is kidnapped by the villainous and lethal Big Boss, and the scene is set for a furious martial arts showdown.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Jan 21, 1982
Production
Paragon Films, Lo Wei Motion Picture Company, Authority Films Ltd.
Countries
HK

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Studio / production companyParagon Films Release year chart1982 box office Genre chartAction Genre chartComedy

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1982, Dragon Lord is positioned in this dataset as a Action, Comedy title from Paragon Films. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $8.9M. For comparison, it currently sits #8,157 all-time in the current chart set and #68 among 1982 releases. Streaming availability should be checked against the selected United States region because provider rights can change.

AI-generated contextual summary based on available movie, genre, ranking and box office data. It does not replace official distributor notes or financial reporting.
Data noteGross minus budget is not studio net profit. It excludes marketing, distribution fees, revenue splits, tax incentives and downstream revenue. Domestic, international and opening weekend figures marked as estimated are modelled estimates.