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#2,833 All-time worldwide
#68 2001 releases

Movie profile

Kiss of the Dragon

2001 · 98 min · Europa Corp

Action Crime Thriller
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $64.4M
Budget $25.0M
Gross minus budget $39.4M
ROI 2.58x

Domestic gross

$25.8M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$38.7M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$7.2M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Kiss of the Dragon 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 #2,833 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 2001 releases #68 Release-year chart position of 250 titles Ranked against movies released in 2001. Studio / company #12 Europa Corp of 28 titles Position inside the mapped Europa Corp movie set. Primary genre #1,029 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.

#2,830 Monster Trucks 2016 · $64.5M #2,831 Tiger Wolf Rabbit 2024 · $64.5M #2,832 Monk Comes Down the Mountain 2015 · $64.5M #2,834 Taxi 2 2000 · $64.4M #2,835 Baby Mama 2008 · $64.4M #2,835 Miracle 2004 · $64.4M

Quick answer

How did Kiss of the Dragon (2001) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Kiss of the Dragon (2001) earned a reported $64.4M worldwide against a reported $25.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $39.4M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 2.58x. In this database it currently ranks #2,833 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #68 among 2001 releases.

Worldwide gross
$64,437,847
Budget
$25,000,000
Gross minus budget
$39,437,847
ROI
2.58x
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

Liu Jian, an elite Chinese police officer, comes to Paris to arrest a Chinese drug lord. When Jian is betrayed by a French officer and framed for murder, he must go into hiding and find new allies.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Jul 6, 2001
Production
EuropaCorp, Current Entertainment, Quality Growth International Ltd.
Countries
FR, US

Related indexes

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Studio / production companyEuropa Corp Release year chart2001 box office Genre chartAction Genre chartCrime Genre chartThriller

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Why this movie matters

Released in 2001, Kiss of the Dragon is positioned in this dataset as a Action, Crime, Thriller title from EuropaCorp. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $64.4M, reported production budget is $25.0M, gross-minus-budget is $39.4M, ROI is 2.58x. For comparison, it currently sits #2,833 all-time in the current chart set and #68 among 2001 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.