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#6,152 All-time worldwide
#142 2002 releases

Movie profile

Kung Pow: Enter the Fist

2002 · 81 min · O Entertainment

Comedy Action
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $17.0M
Budget $10.0M
Gross minus budget $7.0M
ROI 1.70x

Domestic gross

$6.8M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$10.2M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$1.9M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Kung Pow: Enter the Fist 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 #6,152 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 2002 releases #142 Release-year chart position of 249 titles Ranked against movies released in 2002. Studio / company #2 O Entertainment of 2 titles Position inside the mapped O Entertainment movie set. Primary genre #2,396 Comedy of 4,840 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 Pow: Enter the Fist (2002) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Kung Pow: Enter the Fist (2002) earned a reported $17.0M worldwide against a reported $10.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $7.0M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 1.70x. In this database it currently ranks #6,152 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #142 among 2002 releases.

Worldwide gross
$17,000,000
Budget
$10,000,000
Gross minus budget
$7,000,000
ROI
1.70x
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

A movie within a movie, created to spoof the martial arts genre. Writer/director Steve Oedekerk uses contemporary characters and splices them into a 1970s kung-fu film, weaving the new and old together. As the main character, The Chosen One, Oedekerk sets off to avenge the deaths of his parents at the hands of kung-fu legend Master Pain. Along the way he encounters some strange characters.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Jan 25, 2002
Production
O Entertainment, 20th Century Fox
Countries
US

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Why this movie matters

Released in 2002, Kung Pow: Enter the Fist is positioned in this dataset as a Comedy, Action title from O Entertainment. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $17.0M, reported production budget is $10.0M, gross-minus-budget is $7.0M, ROI is 1.70x. For comparison, it currently sits #6,152 all-time in the current chart set and #142 among 2002 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.