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The Legend of Drunken Master

1994 · directed by Lau Kar-leung · 102 min
24,016 feet · Prominence
873rd of 24,106 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw52

Lifetime worldwide gross $34m, re-releases included; about $76m in 2026 money.

Rank3,423 of 11,051In 199452 of 178

How Draw works

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

Praise80

Awards claim half the headroom above the critics' score.

Critics80 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.

Legacy55

Judged directly: Canonical Jackie Chan fight choreography.

Verdict55 of 100IMDb7.5 from 51kWikipedia5k views a monthAge32 years

Scored beside it · 819 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 52 praise 80 legacy 55averages 62, placing it at24,016 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

▲ Anita Mui Yim-Fong▲ Ram Chiang Chi-Kwong

In these careers — elevation for this film

Jackie Chan20,072 ftAnita Mui Yim-Fong18,702 ftTi Lung18,044 ftRam Chiang Chi-Kwong17,764 ftBill Tung Biu17,632 ft