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Drunken Master

1978 · directed by Yuen Woo-ping · 111 min
24,048 feet · Prominence
858th of 24,106 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw53

Lifetime worldwide gross $16m, re-releases included; about $83m in 2026 money.

Rank3,271 of 11,051In 197832 of 58

How Draw works

Inflation-adjusted worldwide box office, on one global curve, and nothing else. It does not know whether a film was good.

Praise75

Awards claim half the headroom above the critics' score.

Critics75 baseAwards0 signal → +0 lift

No award rows on file, usually missing data rather than missing honours. Wikidata is thin for older and non-English films.

How Praise works

Critics set the score; a tiered award record, Picture and Directing carrying the most weight, claims half the headroom above it. Praise is the verdict at the time; Legacy is the verdict since.

Legacy58

Judged directly: Defined kung-fu comedy, hugely influential template.

Verdict58 of 100IMDb7.4 from 47kWikipedia11k views a monthAge48 years

Scored beside it · 687 of 4,039 films judged

If it does not belong in this company, the number is wrong.

How Legacy works

Legacy is a judgment, not a formula. A film can be adored by critics and culturally quiet, or lightly reviewed and permanently lodged in the culture, and no arithmetic over IMDb numbers tells the difference. Every signal behind it keeps updating.

draw 53 praise 75 legacy 58averages 62, placing it at24,048 ft
How the three become one number

Added, not multiplied, so a film transcendent on one pillar and weak on another is not zeroed out. A compression curve then squeezes the top, because the seven greatest films ever made should not be four thousand feet apart.

Whose apex this is

▲ Jackie Chan▲ Simon Yuen Siu-Tien▲ Hwang Jang-Lee▲ Dean Shek Tin

In these careers — elevation for this film

Jackie Chan20,099 ftSimon Yuen Siu-Tien18,674 ftHwang Jang-Lee18,134 ftDean Shek Tin17,943 ft