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The Way of the Dragon

1972 · directed by Bruce Lee · 100 min
24,503 feet · Prominence
624th of 15,261 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw61

$27m worldwide in 1972 — $213m in today's money.

As released$27mIn 2026 money$213mRank1,565 of 8,589In 197213 of 31

How Draw works

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

Praise73

Critics 73, awards 0. Half each, so Praise lands at 73.

Critics73 → 37Awards0 → 0

No award rows on file. The awards pass reads Wikidata, which is thin for older and non-English films, so an empty ledger is usually missing data rather than an absence of honours.

How Praise works

Half critics, half a tiered award record where Picture and Directing carry most of the weight. Praise is the verdict at the time; Legacy is the verdict since.

Legacy60

Judged directly: Bruce Lee Colosseum fight iconic.

Verdict60 of 100IMDb7.1 from 44kWikipedia21k views a monthAge54 years

Scored beside it · 498 of 3,430 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 61 praise 73 legacy 60averages 65, which places it at24,503 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.

In these careers — elevation for this film

No scored career runs through this film yet. The people-side engine currently covers 108careers, and this film’s cast sits outside them. Top billing: Bruce Lee, Nora Miao, Chuck Norris, Wei Ping-Ao.