The Legend of Drunken Master
He's got a secret weapon with a lot of kick.
Returning home with his father after a shopping expedition, Wong Fei-Hong is unwittingly caught up in the battle between foreigners who wish to export ancient Chinese artifacts and loyalists who don't want the pieces to leave the country.Fei-Hong must fight against the foreigners using his Drunken Boxing style, and overcome his father's antagonism as well.
- Director
- Lau Kar-leung
- Signature
- Action · Craft · Humour
- Worldwide
- $34M
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Returning home with his father after a shopping expedition, Wong Fei-Hong is unwittingly caught up in the battle between foreigners who wish to export ancient Chinese artifacts and loyalists who don't want the pieces to leave the country. Fei-Hong must fight against the foreigners using his Drunken Boxing style, and overcome his father's antagonism as well.
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Box Office & Release
The Legend of Drunken Master returned 3.4× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $10M
- Opening weekend
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- Domestic gross
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- International gross
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- Worldwide gross
- $34M
- Release date
- Feb 3, 1994
- Runtime
- 1h 42m
- MPAA rating
- R
- Language
- Cantonese
- Country
- Hong Kong
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