Kiss of the Dragon

Name: Kiss of the Dragon
Director: Chris Nahon
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Released: 2001
Cast: Jet Li, Bridget Fonda, Tchéky Karyo, Ric Young, Burt Kwouk

2001 • R • 1h 38m • Action, Crime, Thriller • 20th Century Fox

Kiss Fear Goodbye

🍅 52% 68%

3.21

6.6

Box office summary

Opening Weekend

$13.3M

3-day opening

Domestic Total

$36.8M

Final

Worldwide Total

$64.4M

$27.6M international

Domestic Legs2.8x

Budget$25M

2001 Rank#66

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Cast & Crew

Directed byChris Nahon ScreenplayLuc Besson, Robert Mark Kamen Produced byJet Li, Luc Besson, Happy Walters, Steven Chasman CinematographyThierry Arbogast MusicCraig Armstrong, Chino XL Prod. DesignJacques Bufnoir StarringJet Li, Bridget Fonda, Tchéky Karyo, Ric Young, Burt Kwouk, Laurence Ashley Studio20th Century Fox

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Jul 6-8 4 $13.3M — 2,025 $6,570 $13.3M

2 Jul 13-15 8 $6.0M −54.8% 2,100 $2,862 $24.1M

3 Jul 20-22 10 $2.9M −51.5% 1,655 $1,762 $29.7M

4 Jul 27-29 11 $1.8M −39.4% 1,214 $1,456 $33.0M

5 Aug 3-5 14 $714.2K −59.6% 591 $1,208 $34.7M

6 Aug 10-12 26 $203.2K −71.6% 244 $833 $35.2M

7 Aug 17-19 28 $178.6K −12.1% 218 $819 $35.5M

8 Aug 24-26 36 $111.0K −37.9% 162 $685 $35.7M

9 Aug 31-Sep 3 51 $64.8K −41.6% 105 $618 $35.9M

10 Sep 7-9 55 $51.6K −20.5% 87 $593 $35.9M

11 Sep 14-16 28 $302.5K +486.4% 94 $3,218 $36.3M

12 Sep 21-23 36 $167.2K −44.7% 79 $2,117 $36.5M

13 Sep 28-30 43 $99.8K −40.4% 75 $1,330 $36.6M

14 Oct 5-7 43 $80.2K −19.6% 53 $1,514 $36.7M

15 Oct 12-14 43 $70.1K −12.6% 36 $1,948 $36.8M

Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record

Weekend grossWk 10 · $51.6K

$13.3M

$6.0M

$2.9M

$1.8M

$714.2K

$203.2K

$178.6K

$111.0K

$64.8K

$51.6K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −20.5%

−54.8%

W1→2

−51.5%

W2→3

−39.4%

W3→4

−59.6%

W4→5

−71.6%

W5→6

−12.1%

W6→7

−37.9%

W7→8

−41.6%

W8→9

−20.5%

W9→10

Steepest −71.6%Best hold −12.1%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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