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#5,294 All-time worldwide
#156 2008 releases

Movie profile

Kung Fu Dunk

2008 · 98 min · Shanghai Film Group

Action Adventure Comedy
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $22.9M
Budget $10.0M
Gross minus budget $12.9M
ROI 2.29x

Domestic gross

$9.2M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$13.7M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$2.6M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Kung Fu Dunk 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 #5,294 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 2008 releases #156 Release-year chart position of 247 titles Ranked against movies released in 2008. Studio / company #1 Shanghai Film Group of 3 titles Position inside the mapped Shanghai Film Group movie set. Primary genre #1,622 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 Kung Fu Dunk (2008) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Kung Fu Dunk (2008) earned a reported $22.9M worldwide against a reported $10.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $12.9M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 2.29x. In this database it currently ranks #5,294 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #156 among 2008 releases.

Worldwide gross
$22,896,728
Budget
$10,000,000
Gross minus budget
$12,896,728
ROI
2.29x
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

Shi-Jie is a brilliant martial artist from the Kung Fu School. One day, he encounters a group of youths playing basketball and shows off how easy it is for him, with his martial arts training, to do a Slam Dunk. Watching him was Chen-Li, a shrewd businessman, who recruits him to play varsity basketball at the local university.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Feb 7, 2008
Production
Shanghai Film Group, Chang-Hong Channel Film & Video Co., JCE Movies
Countries
CN, HK, TW

Related indexes

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Studio / production companyShanghai Film Group Release year chart2008 box office Genre chartAction Genre chartAdventure Genre chartComedy

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AI summary

Why this movie matters

Released in 2008, Kung Fu Dunk is positioned in this dataset as a Action, Adventure, Comedy title from Shanghai Film Group. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $22.9M, reported production budget is $10.0M, gross-minus-budget is $12.9M, ROI is 2.29x. For comparison, it currently sits #5,294 all-time in the current chart set and #156 among 2008 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.