#4,854 All-time worldwide

#13 1972 releases

Movie profile

The Way of the Dragon

Name: The Way of the Dragon
Genre: Action, Crime
Released: 1972-12-30
Duration: 100 min

1972 · 100 min · Orange Sky Golden Harvest

Action Crime

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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.

Worldwide gross $27.0M

Budget $130,000

Gross minus budget $26.9M

ROI 207.69x

Domestic gross

$10.8M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$16.2M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$3.0M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where The Way of the Dragon ranks

Positioned across the all-time chart, release year, studio, franchise and genre indexes where enough mapped data exists.

Open rankings

All-time worldwide #4,854 All-time chart position of 13,006 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1972 releases #13 Release-year chart position of 48 titles Ranked against movies released in 1972. Studio / company #11 Orange Sky Golden Harvest of 31 titles Position inside the mapped Orange Sky Golden Harvest movie set. Primary genre #1,538 Action of 2,974 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.

#4,851 A Clockwork Orange 1971 · $27.0M #4,852 Home Again 2017 · $27.0M #4,853 The Big Hit 1998 · $27.0M #4,862 Clerks II 2006 · $27.0M #4,863 Spy Hard 1996 · $27.0M #4,864 The Baader Meinhof Complex 2008 · $26.9M

Quick answer

How did The Way of the Dragon (1972) perform at the box office?

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The Way of the Dragon (1972) earned a reported $27.0M worldwide against a reported $130.0K production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $26.9M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 207.69x. In this database it currently ranks #4,854 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #13 among 1972 releases.

Worldwide gross: $27,000,000
Budget: $130,000
Gross minus budget: $26,870,000
ROI: 207.69x

Source: Reported box office data. Last updated: Jul 8, 2026. Gross-minus-budget is not studio net profit. It excludes marketing, distribution fees, revenue splits, tax incentives and later home/streaming revenue.

Synopsis

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Movie facts

Production details

Release date: Dec 30, 1972
Production: Orange Sky Golden Harvest, Concord Productions
Countries: HK, CN, IT

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Studio / production companyOrange Sky Golden Harvest Release year chart1972 box office Genre chartAction Genre chartCrime

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1972, The Way of the Dragon is positioned in this dataset as a Action, Crime title from Orange Sky Golden Harvest. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $27.0M, reported production budget is $130,000, gross-minus-budget is $26.9M, ROI is 207.69x. For comparison, it currently sits #4,854 all-time in the current chart set and #13 among 1972 releases. Streaming availability should be checked against the selected United States region because provider rights can change.

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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.