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The Way of the Dragon

1972 · directed by Bruce Lee · 100 min
24,396 feet · Prominence
702nd of 24,106 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw61

Lifetime worldwide gross $27m, re-releases included; about $213m in 2026 money.

Rank1,632 of 11,051In 197214 of 38

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

Awards claim half the headroom above the critics' score.

Critics73 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.

Legacy60

Judged directly: Bruce Lee Colosseum fight iconic.

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

Scored beside it · 582 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 61 praise 73 legacy 60averages 65, placing it at24,396 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

▲ Wei Ping-Ao

In these careers — elevation for this film

Bruce Lee20,266 ftChuck Norris19,088 ftNora Miao18,264 ftWei Ping-Ao18,043 ft