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Enter the Dragon or fully titled as Enter the Dragon: The Deadly Three is a 1973 martial arts film directed by Robert Clouse and written by Michael Allin. The film stars Bruce Lee, John Saxon, Ahna Capri, Bob Wall, Shih Kien, and Jim Kelly. Enter the Dragon was Bruce Lee's final completed film appearance before his death on 20 July 1973 at the age of 32. An American-Hong Kong co-production, the film premiered in Hong Kong on 26 July 1973, six days after Lee’s death, and in Los Angeles on 19 August 1973.

Enter the Dragon was estimated to have grossed over $400 million worldwide (equivalent to an estimated $2 billion adjusted for inflation as of 2022^[update]) against a budget of $850,000. It is the most successful martial arts film ever and is widely regarded as one of the greatest martial arts films of all time.^[1] In 2004, it was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".^[2]^[3]^[4] Among the first films to combine martial arts action with spy film elements and the emerging blaxploitation genre, its success led to a series of similar productions combining the martial arts and blaxploitation genres.^[5] The film's themes have generated scholarly debate about the changes taking place within post-colonial Asian societies following the end of World War II.^[6]

Enter the Dragon is also considered one of the most influential action films of all time, with its success contributing to mainstream worldwide interest in the martial arts as well as inspiring numerous fictional works, including action films, television shows, action games, comic books, manga, and anime.

Plot

Lee, a martial artist and instructor from the Shaolin temple, is approached by British intelligence agent Braithwaite, who asks for his help in an undercover mission to investigate Han, a suspected crime lord, who was one of the students in Shaolin temple.

Since Han's island is only partly in British jurisdiction, they are unable to conduct any formal investigations into Han's involvement in drug trafficking and prostitution. Han's only connection to the outside world is his martial arts school, where he holds a tournament that invites fighters from across the world to compete. Lee agrees to help Braithwaite, believing his efforts will redeem the honor of the Shaolin temple that was tarnished by Han. His mission is to gather evidence that will prove Han's involvement in illegal activities, which will prompt the authorities to raid the island. While Lee will be mostly be on his own and unarmed during this mission, Braithwaite informs him that they have planted a covert agent on the island, Mei-Ling, who they have lost contact with. Shortly before his departure, Lee also learns that Han's bodyguard O'Hara is responsible for the death of his sister Su-Lin.

Joining Lee are other competitors, including Roper, an American playboy and gambler who is indebted and on the run from the mob; Williams, an African-American activist who is on the run after defending himself against racist police officers in Los Angeles; and Parsons, an arrogant and overconfident New Zealander. They are all taken from Hong Kong harbour to Han's island on a motorised junk; on the way, Lee humiliates Parsons in return for abusing one of the crew.

On the evening of their arrival, all of the tournament competitors attend a banquet, where Han himself appears and greets them. Lee spots Mei-Ling among Han's entourage. After the banquet, Han's assistant Tania goes to each of the competitor's rooms to offer them girls for the night. Williams chooses several women, while Roper chooses Tania as a mutual attraction grows between them. Lee chooses Mei Ling, who is able to brief him on the island and what's been happening. Mei-Ling has been unable to escape Han's observation in the palace, but lets Lee know that the girls are slowly disappearing over time.

On the first day of the tournament, Parsons is selected to fight Williams. Williams defeats him easily, and Parsons is never seen again. Roper is selected to fight Liu, one of the other visitors, and also defeats him.

That night, Lee stealthily searches the island that night for evidence and finds a secret entrance to an underground compound base where drugs are being manufactured and tested on unwitting prisoners. He runs into Han's guards but takes them down and flees before they can identify him. Lee is seen by Williams, who is outside for fresh air and practice, despite rules against being outside after night. The next morning, Han warns the competitors about wandering out of their rooms at night. He punishes his guards for their inability to fulfill their duties by leaving them to be killed by Bolo, his musclebound enforcer. After the execution, the competition resumes as Lee is called to his first match against O'Hara. Lee easily overwhelms O'Hara, who attempts to attack Lee with broken glass bottles in retaliation; ignoring Han's furious orders to stand down. This leads to Lee killing O'Hara, thus avenging Su-Lin's death. An embarrassed Han ends the day's competition after stating that O'Hara's treachery has disgraced them.

Later, Han summons Williams into his office and accuses him of attacking the guards the previous night. Williams denies this and demands to leave the island. He is able to fight off Han's men, but Han himself attacks Williams and beats him to death, revealing a metal prosthetic left hand. Han takes Roper on a tour of his underground base and invites him to be his representative for his illegal operations in the United States. Han also implicitly threatens to imprison Roper with other martial artists who joined his tournaments in the past. Roper reluctantly accepts after Han drops the brutalized corpse of Williams into a pit of acid, hinting that Roper will face the same fate if he refuses to cooperate. The same night, Lee infiltrates the underground base again to gather sufficient evidence to warrant Han's arrest. He sends a telegram message to Braithwaite, but the island's security alarms go off and he is discovered. After a prolonged battle with Han's guards, Lee is trapped by Han and imprisoned.

The next morning, Braithwaite receives Lee's telegram and orders a raid on the island. Han commands Roper to fight Lee in the main square of the tournament, but Roper refuses and Han has him fight Bolo instead. Roper beats Bolo after a gruelling battle, so Han orders all his men to attack and kill Lee and Roper. The island's prisoners, released by Mei-Ling, and the other invited martial artists aid Lee and Roper in fighting Han's guards in a giant melee. Amid the chaos, Han attempts to fight his way out to escape, only to have Lee corner him in his museum. Lee proves to be a superior fighter over Han, who resorts to using a spear and a bladed replacement for his prosthetic hand to fight Lee. He retreats into a room full of mirrors, which proves disorientating for Lee until he remembers his lessons at the Shaolin Temple. Smashing the mirrors to spoil Han's trickery, Lee faces down Han and kicks him into a mirror impaled by the spear, killing him.

An exhausted Roper sits down in the main square, looking at the aftermath of the melee, where Tania was killed. Lee emerges from his fight, and both men exchange a thumbs-up as the military arrives to take control of the island.

Cast

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Production

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Opening Warner Bros.'s logo from the film^[7]

Development

Due to the success of his earlier films, Warner Bros. started a co-production with Bruce Lee's Concord Production Inc.^[7], co-distribution to Raymond Chow's Golden Harvest^{[lower-alpha 1]}. They brought in producers Fred Weintraub and Paul Heller's^[8] Sequoia Pictures (a production house affiliated with Warner Bros.). The film was produced on a tight production budget of $850,000.^[9] Fighting sequences were staged by Bruce Lee.^[10]

The screenplay title was originally named Blood and Steel. Bruce Lee came up with the name Enter The Dragon and was intending to use it for The Way of the Dragon but surrendered the title to Warner Bros.^[11] Heller produced a treatment inspired by the comic strip Terry and the Pirates and hired screenwriter Michael Allin to develop it into a screenplay. Allin conceived of the film as an homage to James Bond.^[12] The story features heroic protagonists who are Asian, White, and Black, as the producers wanted a film that would appeal to the widest possible international audience.^[13]

Pre-production

Lee and Allin did not get along, and Weintraub told Lee that he would fire Allin but did not actually do so.^[14] Lee perceived the film as a cheap B-movie that would serve as a transitional film to introduce his talents and style to Hollywood.^[15] Lee's role was originally conceived as a straightforward Chinese version of James Bond. Lee rejected this because of Bond's status as a symbol of British imperialism and convinced the producers to re-conceive of his character as a Shaolin monk.^[16] Lee insisted on re-titling the film Enter the Dragon, to considerable resistance from the studio.^[17]

The scene in which Lee states that his style is "Fighting Without Fighting" is based upon a famous anecdote involving the 16th century samurai Tsukahara Bokuden.^[18]^[19]

All of the actors were hired at low wages.^[20] Rod Taylor was first choice for playing the down-on-his-luck martial artist Roper. Director Robert Clouse had already worked with Taylor in the 1970 film Darker than Amber. However, Taylor was dropped after Bruce Lee deemed him to be too tall for the role.^[21]^[22] John Saxon, who was a black belt in Judo and Shotokan Karate (he studied under grandmaster Hidetaka Nishiyama for three years),^[23] became the preferred choice.^[24] During contractual negotiations, Saxon's agent told the film's producers that if they wanted him they would have to change the plot so that the character of Williams is killed instead of Roper. They agreed and the script was changed.^[25] In a six decade career, the character would become one of Saxon's best known roles.^[26]

Rockne Tarkington was originally cast in the role of Williams. However, he unexpectedly dropped out days before the production was about to begin in Hong Kong. Producer Fred Weintraub knew that karate world champion Jim Kelly had a training dojo in Crenshaw, Los Angeles, so he hastily arranged a meeting. Weintraub was immediately impressed, and Kelly was cast in the film.^[27] The success of Kelly's appearance launched his career as a star: after Enter the Dragon, he signed a three-film deal with Warner Bros.^[28] and went on to make several martial arts-themed blaxploitation films in the 1970s.^[29]

Filming

Jackie Chan has uncredited roles as various guards during the fights with Lee. However, Yuen Wah was Lee's main stunt double for the film, responsible for the gymnastics stunts such as the cartwheels and jumping back flip in the opening fight.^[30]

Sammo Hung also has an uncredited role in the opening fight scene against Lee at the start of the film.^[31]

Lee originally wanted to cast Chuck Norris as Han's bodyguard, O'Hara; Bob Wall was the second choice.^[20] A rumour surrounding the making of Enter The Dragon claims that Wall did not like Bruce Lee and that their fight scenes were not choreographed. However, Wall has denied this, stating he and Lee were good friends.^[32] In one of their fight scenes, Lee injured his hand on a shattered bottle held by Wall, which angered Lee.^[33]

The production hired prostitutes to play Han's harem. The visibility of their roles led the actresses to demand higher wages, which then led the stuntmen to consider striking, because they were paid less.^[34]

The film was shot on location in Hong Kong. In keeping with local film-making practices, scenes were filmed without sound: dialogue and sound effects were added or dubbed in during post-production. Bruce Lee, after he had been goaded or challenged, fought several real fights with the film's extras and some set intruders during filming.^[35] The scenes on Han's Island were filmed at a residence known as Palm Villa near the coastal town of Stanley.^[36] The villa is now demolished and the area heavily redeveloped around Tai Tam Bay where the martial artists were filmed coming ashore.^[37]^[38]

Soundtrack

Argentinian musician Lalo Schifrin composed the film's musical score. While Schifrin was widely known at the time for his jazz scores, he also incorporated funk and traditional film score elements into the film's soundtrack.^[39] He composed the score by sampling sounds from China, Korea, and Japan. The soundtrack has sold over 500,000 copies, earning a gold record.^[5]

Release

Theatrical

Studio executives were impressed by the quality of the film and the earlier surprise success of Five Fingers of Death, which demonstrated a market for kung fu films. Enter the Dragon was heavily advertised in the United States before its release. The budget for advertising was over US$1 million. It was unlike any promotional campaign that had been seen before, and was extremely comprehensive. To advertise the film, the studio offered free Karate classes, produced thousands of illustrated flip books, comic books, posters, photographs, and organised dozens of news releases, interviews, and public appearances for the stars. Esquire, The Wall Street Journal, Time, and Newsweek all wrote stories on the film.^[40]

Enter the Dragon was one of the most successful films of 1973.^[40] Upon release in Hong Kong, the film grossed Template:HK$,^[41] which was huge business for the time, but less than Lee's previous 1972 films Fist of Fury and The Way of the Dragon.

In North America, the film was receiving offers of US$500,000Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character "[". from American distributors by April 1973 for the distribution rights, several months before release.^[42] Upon its limited release in August 1973 in four theatres in New York, the film entered the weekly box office charts at number 17 with a gross of $140,010Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character "[". in 3 days.^[43]^[44] Upon its expansion the following week, it topped the charts for two weeks.^[45] Over the next four weeks, it remained in the top 10 while competing with other kung fu films, including Lady Kung Fu, The Shanghai Killers and Deadly China Doll which held the top spot for one week each.^[46]

In October, Enter the Dragon regained the top spot in its eighth week.^[46] It sold 14.1 million tickets^[47] and grossed $25,000,000Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character "[". from its initial US release, making it the year's fourth highest-grossing film in the market.^[48] It was repeatedly re-released throughout the 1970s, with each re-release entering the top five in the box office charts.^[49] The film's US gross had increased to $100 million by 1982,^[50]^[51] and more than $120 million (equivalent to $Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character "[". million adjusted for inflation) by 1998.^[52]

In the UK, the film initially monopolised several London West End cinemas for five weeks, before becoming a sellout success across Britain and the rest of Europe.^[53] In England, it grossed over $2.5 million.^[54] In Spain, it was the seventh top-grossing film of 1973,^[55] selling 2,462,489 tickets.^[56] In France, it was one of the top five highest-grossing films of 1974 (above two other Lee films, The Way of the Dragon at number 8 and Fist of Fury at number 12), with 4,444,582 ticket sales.^[57] In Germany, it was one of the top 10 highest-grossing films of 1974, with 1.7 million ticket sales.^[58] In Greece, the film earned $1,000,000Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character "[". in its first year of release.^[59]

In Japan, it was the second highest-grossing film of 1974 with distributor rental earnings of Template:JPY.^[60] It was the highest-grossing film of all time in the Philippines.^[54] In South Korea, the film sold 229,681 tickets in the capital city of Seoul.^[61] In India, the movie was released in 1975 and opened to full houses; in one Bombay theatre, New Excelsior, it had a packed 32-week run.^[62] The film was also a success in Iran, where there was a theatre which played it daily up until the 1979 Iranian Revolution.^[49]

Against a tight budget of $850,000,^[9] the film grossed US$100,000,000Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character "[". upon its initial 1973 worldwide release,^[63]^[64]^[65] making it one of the world's highest-grossing films of all time up until then.^[64] The film went on to have multiple re-releases around the world over the next several decades, significantly increasing its worldwide gross.^[9] The film went on to gross over $220 million internationally by 1981, making it the highest-grossing martial arts film of all time.^[66] It was reportedly still among the top 50 all-time highest-grossing films in 1990.^[67]

By 1998, it had grossed more than $300 million worldwide.^[68] As of 2001^[update], it has grossed an estimated total of over $400 million worldwide,^[69] having earned more than 400 times its original budget.^[9] The film's cost-to-profit ratio makes it one of the most commercially successful and profitable films of all time.^[53]^[70] Adjusted for inflation, the film's worldwide gross is estimated to be the equivalent of around $2 billion as of 2022^[update].^[71]^[72]

Home media

Enter the Dragon has remained one of the most popular martial arts films since its premiere and has been released numerous times worldwide on multiple home video formats. For almost three decades, many theatrical and home video versions were censored for violence, especially in the West. In the UK alone, at least four different versions have been released. Since 2001, the film has been released uncut in the UK and most other territories.^[73]^[74]^[75] Most DVDs and Blu-rays come with a wide range of extra features in the form of documentaries, interviews, etc. In 2013, a second, remastered HD transfer appeared on Blu-ray, billed as the "40th Anniversary Edition".^[76]^[77]

In 2020, new 2K digital restorations of the theatrical cut and special edition were included as part of the Bruce Lee: His Greatest Hits box set by The Criterion Collection (under licensed from Warner Bros. Home Entertainment through the physical home media joint venture in US and Canada named Studio Distribution Services and Fortune Star Media Limited), which featured all of Lee's films, as well as Game of Death II.^[78] In 2023 Warner Bros. Home Entertainment released a 4K restored version with HDR and Dolby Atmos audio track on 4K Blu-Ray disc as part of the movies 50th anniversary.^[79]

Reception

Upon release, the film initially received mixed reviews from several critics,^[46] including a favourable review from Variety magazine.^[80] The film eventually went on to be well received by most critics, and it is widely regarded as one of the best films of 1973.^[81]^[82]^[83] Critics have referred to Enter the Dragon as "a low-rent James Bond thriller",^[84]^[85] a "remake of Dr. No" with elements of Fu Manchu.^[86] J.C. Maçek III of PopMatters wrote, "Of course the real showcase here is the obvious star here, Bruce Lee, whose performance as an actor and a fighter are the most enhanced by the perfect sound and video transfer. While Kelly was a famous martial artist and a surprisingly good actor and Saxon was a famous actor and a surprisingly good martial artist, Lee proves to be a master of both fields."^[87]

Many acclaimed newspapers and magazines reviewed the film. Variety described it as "rich in the atmosphere", the music score as "a strong asset" and the photography as "interesting".^[88] The New York Times gave the film a rave review: "The picture is expertly made and well-meshed; it moves like lightning and brims with color. It is also the most savagely murderous and numbing hand-hacker (not a gun in it) you will ever see anywhere."^[89]

The film holds an 88% approval rating on the review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes based on 78 reviews, with an average rating of 7.80/10. The site's critical consensus reads, "Badass to the max, Enter the Dragon is the ultimate kung-fu movie and fitting (if untimely) Bruce Lee swan song."^[90] On Metacritic, it has a weighted average score of 83 out of 100 based on reviews from 16 critics, indicating "universal acclaim".^[91] In 2004, the film was deemed "culturally significant" by the Library of Congress and selected for preservation in the National Film Registry.^[92]

Enter the Dragon was selected as the best martial arts film of all time, in a 2013 poll of The Guardian and The Observer critics.^[1] The film also ranks No. 474 on Empire magazine's 2008 list of The 500 Greatest Movies of All Time.^[93]

Enter the Dragon has been parodied and referenced in places such as the 1976 film The Pink Panther Strikes Again, the satirical publication The Onion, the Japanese game-show Takeshi's Castle, and the 1977 John Landis comedy anthology film The Kentucky Fried Movie (in its lengthy "A Fistful of Yen" sequence, basically a comedic, note for note remake of Dragon) and also in the film Balls of Fury.^[94] It was also parodied on television in That '70s Show during the episode Jackie Moves On with regular character Fez taking on the Bruce Lee role. Several clips from the film are comically used during the theatre scene in The Last Dragon. Lee's martial arts films were broadly lampooned in the recurring Almost Live! sketch Mind Your Manners with Billy Quan. Ram Gopal Varma directed the martial-arts film Ladki: Dragon Girl after being heavily inspired by the film.

In August 2007, the now-defunct Warner Independent Pictures announced that television producer Kurt Sutter would be remaking the film as a noir-style thriller entitled Awaken the Dragon with Korean singer-actor Rain.^[95]^[96]^[97] It was announced in September 2014 that Spike Lee would work on the remake. In March 2015, Brett Ratner revealed that he wanted to make the remake.^[98]^[99] In July 2018, David Leitch was in early talks to direct the remake.^[100] As of 2024, there are no further updates on this project.

Enter the Dragon has been cited as one of the most influential action films of all time. Sascha Matuszak of Vice called it the most influential kung fu film and said it "is referenced in all manner of media, the plot line and characters continue to influence storytellers today and the impact was particularly felt in the revolutionizing way the film portrayed African-Americans, Asians and traditional martial arts."^[101] Joel Stice of Uproxx called it "arguably the most influential kung fu movie of all time."^[102] Kuan-Hsing Chen and Beng Huat Chua cited its fight scenes as influential as well as its "hybrid form and its mode of address" which pitches "an elemental story of good against evil in such a spectacle-saturated way."^[103] Quentin Tarantino cited Enter the Dragon as a formative influence on his career.^[104]

According to Scott Mendelson of Forbes, Enter the Dragon contains spy film elements similar to the James Bond film series. Enter the Dragon was the most successful action-spy film to not be part of the James Bond film series; Enter the Dragon had an initial global box office comparable to the James Bond films of that era, and a lifetime gross surpassing every James Bond film up until GoldenEye. Mendelson argues that, had Bruce Lee lived after Enter the Dragon was released, the film had the potential to launch an action-spy film franchise starring Bruce Lee that could have rivalled the success of the James Bond franchise.^[105]

The film had an impact on MMA. In the opening fight sequence, where Lee fights Sammo Hung, Lee demonstrated elements of what would later become known as MMA. Both fighters wore what would later become common MMA clothing items, including kempo gloves and small shorts, and the fight ends with Lee utilising an armbar (then used in judo and jiu-jitsu) to submit Hung. According to UFC Hall of Fame fighter Urijah Faber, "that was the moment" that MMA was born.^[106]^[107]

The Dragon Ball manga and anime franchise, debuted in 1984, was inspired by Enter the Dragon, which Dragon Ball creator Akira Toriyama was a fan of.^[108]^[109] The title Dragon Ball was also inspired by Enter the Dragon and the piercing eyes of Goku's Super Saiyan transformation was based on Bruce Lee's paralysing glare.^[108]^[110]

Enter the Dragon inspired early beat 'em up brawler games. It was cited by game designer Yoshihisa Kishimoto as a key inspiration behind Technōs Japan's brawler Nekketsu Kōha Kunio-kun, released as Renegade in the West.^[111]^[112] Its spiritual successor Double Dragon also drew inspiration from Enter the Dragon, with the game's title being a homage to the film.^[111] Double Dragon also features two enemies named Roper and Williams, a reference to the two characters Roper and Williams from Enter the Dragon. The sequel Double Dragon II: The Revenge includes opponents named Bolo and Oharra.

Enter the Dragon was the foundation for fighting games.^[113]^[114] The film's tournament plot inspired numerous fighting games, such as the Tekken series, for example.^[115] The Street Fighter video game franchise, debuted in 1987, was inspired by Enter the Dragon, with the gameplay centered around an international fighting tournament, and each character having a unique combination of ethnicity, nationality and fighting style. Street Fighter went on to set the template for all fighting games that followed.^[116] The little-known 1985 Nintendo arcade game Arm Wrestling contains voice leftovers from the film, as well as their original counterparts. The popular fighting game Mortal Kombat borrows multiple plot elements from Enter the Dragon as does its movie adaptation.

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Enter the Dragon essay by Michael Sragow at National Film Registry
Enter the Dragon essay by Daniel Eagan in America's Film Legacy: The Authoritative Guide to the Landmark Movies in the National Film Registry, A&C Black, 2010 ISBN 0826429777, pages 694–696
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+| caption        = [[Hong Kong]] film poster{{efn|name=postercutout|[[:File:Enter the dragon.jpg|Poster]] cutout: ''[https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/archive/d/db/20260401013449%21Logo_Golden_Harvest_in_the_poster_Enter_the_Dragon.png A Concord Production]''<ref name="AFI info">A coproduction between [[Concord Production Inc.|Concord]] and [[Warner Bros. Pictures|Warner Bros.]]: A parting thought – In my own process in Bruce Lee Jeet Kune Do: Bruce Lee's Commentaries on the Martial Way, to: [https://books.google.it/books?id=aWPlUuZievMC&pg=PA391 page 391] and ''[[wikidata:Q133573231|Sequoia Pictures]]'': {{cite web |url=https://catalog.afi.com/Catalog/moviedetails/54969 |title=Enter the Dragon |website=[[AFI Catalog of Feature Films]] |access-date=12 August 2023 |archive-date=4 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231104050311/https://catalog.afi.com/Catalog/moviedetails/54969 |url-status=live }}</ref>''[[:File:Logo Golden Harvest in the poster Enter the Dragon.png|distributed by GH]] to [[Hong Kong]]''[[File:Logo Concord in the poster Enter the Dragon.jpg|thumb|''[[:File:Enter the dragon.jpg|Poster]] cutout ([[:File:Concord production inc.jpg|logo]])'']]}}
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-| studio         = {{Unbulleted list |Sequoia Pictures|[[Concord Production Inc.]]|[[Warner Bros. Pictures|Warner Bros.]]<ref name="AFI info">{{cite web |url=https://catalog.afi.com/Catalog/moviedetails/54969 |title=Enter the Dragon |website=[[AFI Catalog of Feature Films]] |access-date=12 August 2023 |archive-date=4 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231104050311/https://catalog.afi.com/Catalog/moviedetails/54969 |url-status=live }}|</ref>}}
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 | runtime        = 102 minutes<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbfc.co.uk/releases/enter-dragon-1973|title=Enter the Dragon|work=British Board of Film Classification|access-date=17 July 2020|archive-date=18 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200718061809/https://www.bbfc.co.uk/releases/enter-dragon-1973|url-status=dead}}</ref>
-| language       = {{Unbulleted list |English|Cantonese}}
+| language       = {{ubl|English|Cantonese}}
 | budget         = $850,000
 | gross          = $400 million
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-'''''Enter the Dragon''''' ({{lang-zh|t=龍爭虎鬥}}) is a 1973 [[martial arts film]] directed by [[Robert Clouse]] and written by Michael Allin. The film stars [[Bruce Lee]], [[John Saxon]], [[Ahna Capri]], [[Robert Wall|Bob Wall]], [[Shih Kien]], and [[Jim Kelly (martial artist)|Jim Kelly]]. ''Enter the Dragon'' was Bruce Lee's final completed film appearance before his death on 20 July 1973 at the age of 32. An American-Hong Kong co-production, the film was premiered in [[Los Angeles]] on 19 August 1973, one month after Lee's death.
+'''''Enter the Dragon''''' or fully titled as '''''Enter the Dragon: The Deadly Three''''' is a 1973 [[martial arts film]] directed by [[Robert Clouse]] and written by Michael Allin. The film stars [[Bruce Lee]], [[John Saxon]], [[Ahna Capri]], [[Robert Wall|Bob Wall]], [[Shih Kien]], and [[Jim Kelly (martial artist)|Jim Kelly]]. ''Enter the Dragon'' was Bruce Lee's final completed film appearance before his death on 20 July 1973 at the age of 32. An American-Hong Kong co-production, the film premiered in [[Hong Kong]] on 26 July 1973, six days after Lee’s death, and in [[Los Angeles]] on 19 August 1973.
-''Enter the Dragon'' was estimated to have grossed over {{US$|400 million|long=no}} worldwide (equivalent to an estimated {{US$|2 billion|long=no}} adjusted for inflation {{as of|2022|lc=y}}) against a budget of $850,000. It is the most successful martial arts film ever and is widely regarded as one of the [[List of films considered the best|greatest martial arts films of all time]].<ref name="Guardian"/> In 2004, it was selected for preservation in the United States [[National Film Registry]] by the [[Library of Congress]] as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".<ref name=":0">{{Cite journal|last=FLANIGAN|first=b. p.|date=1 January 1974|title=KUNG FU KRAZY: or The Invasion of the 'Chop Suey Easterns'|jstor=42683410|journal=Cinéaste|volume=6|issue=3|pages=8–11}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.loc.gov/item/prn-04-215/films-added-to-national-film-registry-for-2004/2004-12-28/|title=Librarian of Congress Adds 25 Films to National Film Registry|website=Library of Congress|access-date=28 April 2020|archive-date=7 April 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200407183706/https://www.loc.gov/item/prn-04-215/films-added-to-national-film-registry-for-2004/2004-12-28/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Complete National Film Registry Listing |url=https://www.loc.gov/programs/national-film-preservation-board/film-registry/complete-national-film-registry-listing/|access-date=15 June 2020|website=Library of Congress|archive-date=5 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305191832/https://www.loc.gov/programs/national-film-preservation-board/film-registry/complete-national-film-registry-listing/|url-status=live}}</ref> Among the first films to combine martial arts action with [[spy film]] elements and the emerging [[blaxploitation]] genre, its success led to a series of similar productions combining the martial arts and blaxploitation genres.<ref name="press.uillinois.edu">{{Cite web|url=http://www.press.uillinois.edu/books/catalog/87gmg8en9780252032738.html|title=UI Press {{!}} Edited by Poshek Fu {{!}} China Forever: The Shaw Brothers and Diasporic Cinema|last=Fu|first=Poshek|website=www.press.uillinois.edu|access-date=10 May 2016|archive-date=4 June 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160604003439/http://www.press.uillinois.edu/books/catalog/87gmg8en9780252032738.html|url-status=live}}</ref> The film's themes have generated scholarly debate about the changes taking place within post-colonial Asian societies following the end of [[World War II]].<ref name="Kato 62–99">{{Cite journal|last=Kato|first=M. T.|date=1 January 2005|title=Burning Asia: Bruce Lee's Kinetic Narrative of Decolonization|jstor=41490933|journal=Modern Chinese Literature and Culture|volume=17|issue=1|pages=62–99}}</ref>
+''Enter the Dragon'' was estimated to have grossed over {{US$|400 million|long=no}} worldwide (equivalent to an estimated {{US$|2 billion|long=no}} adjusted for inflation {{as of|2022|lc=y}}) against a budget of $850,000. It is the most successful martial arts film ever and is widely regarded as [[List of films considered the best| one  of the greatest martial arts films of all time]].<ref name="Guardian"/> In 2004, it was selected for preservation in the United States [[National Film Registry]] by the [[Library of Congress]] as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".<ref name=":0">{{Cite journal|last=FLANIGAN|first=b. p.|date=1 January 1974|title=KUNG FU KRAZY: or The Invasion of the 'Chop Suey Easterns'|jstor=42683410|journal=Cinéaste|volume=6|issue=3|pages=8–11}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.loc.gov/item/prn-04-215/films-added-to-national-film-registry-for-2004/2004-12-28/|title=Librarian of Congress Adds 25 Films to National Film Registry|website=Library of Congress|access-date=28 April 2020|archive-date=7 April 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200407183706/https://www.loc.gov/item/prn-04-215/films-added-to-national-film-registry-for-2004/2004-12-28/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Complete National Film Registry Listing |url=https://www.loc.gov/programs/national-film-preservation-board/film-registry/complete-national-film-registry-listing/|access-date=15 June 2020|website=Library of Congress|archive-date=5 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305191832/https://www.loc.gov/programs/national-film-preservation-board/film-registry/complete-national-film-registry-listing/|url-status=live}}</ref> Among the first films to combine martial arts action with [[spy film]] elements and the emerging [[blaxploitation]] genre, its success led to a series of similar productions combining the martial arts and blaxploitation genres.<ref name="press.uillinois.edu">{{Cite web|url=http://www.press.uillinois.edu/books/catalog/87gmg8en9780252032738.html|title=UI Press {{!}} Edited by Poshek Fu {{!}} China Forever: The Shaw Brothers and Diasporic Cinema|last=Fu|first=Poshek|website=www.press.uillinois.edu|access-date=10 May 2016|archive-date=4 June 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160604003439/http://www.press.uillinois.edu/books/catalog/87gmg8en9780252032738.html|url-status=live}}</ref> The film's themes have generated scholarly debate about the changes taking place within post-colonial Asian societies following the end of [[World War II]].<ref name="Kato 62–99">{{Cite journal|last=Kato|first=M. T.|date=1 January 2005|title=Burning Asia: Bruce Lee's Kinetic Narrative of Decolonization|jstor=41490933|journal=Modern Chinese Literature and Culture|volume=17|issue=1|pages=62–99}}</ref>
 ''Enter the Dragon'' is also considered one of the most influential [[action film]]s of all time, with its success contributing to mainstream worldwide interest in the [[martial arts]] as well as inspiring numerous fictional works, including action films, [[television show]]s, [[action game]]s, [[comic book]]s, [[manga]], and [[anime]].
-==Plot==
+== Plot ==
-Lee, a martial artist and instructor from Shaolin temple, [[British Hong Kong|Hong Kong]], is approached by [[British intelligence agencies|British intelligence agent]] Braithwaite, who asks for his help in an [[covert operation|undercover mission]] to investigate suspected crime lord Han, who was one of the students in Shaolin temple. Lee is persuaded to attend a high-profile martial arts tournament on Han's private island to gather evidence that will prove Han's involvement in [[Illegal drug trade|drug trafficking]] and [[prostitution]].
+Lee, a martial artist and instructor from the [[Shaolin Monastery|Shaolin temple]], is approached by [[British intelligence agencies|British intelligence agent]] Braithwaite, who asks for his help in an [[covert operation|undercover mission]] to investigate Han, a suspected crime lord, who was one of the students in Shaolin temple.
-Since Han's island is only partly in their jurisdiction, they are unable to conduct any formal investigations. Han does not allow firearms on the island to prevent assassination attempts and raids from international authorities. He runs a martial arts school as cover for his illegal operations and holds the tournament to recruit martial artists to expand his illegal business. Lee agrees to help Braithwaite, believing his efforts will also redeem the honor of the Shaolin temple that was tarnished by Han. Shortly before his departure, Lee also learns that Han's bodyguard O'Hara is responsible for the death of his sister Su Lin.
+Since Han's island is only partly in British jurisdiction, they are unable to conduct any formal investigations into Han's involvement in [[Illegal drug trade|drug trafficking]] and [[prostitution]]. Han's only connection to the outside world is his martial arts school, where he holds a tournament that invites fighters from across the world to compete. Lee agrees to help Braithwaite, believing his efforts will redeem the honor of the Shaolin temple that was tarnished by Han. His mission is to gather evidence that will prove Han's involvement in illegal activities, which will prompt the authorities to raid the island. While Lee will be mostly be on his own and unarmed during this mission, Braithwaite informs him that they have planted a [[Covert operation|covert agent]] on the island, Mei-Ling, who they have lost contact with. Shortly before his departure, Lee also learns that Han's bodyguard O'Hara is responsible for the death of his sister Su-Lin.
-Lee arrives on Han's island and receives a warm reception. Joining him are other competitors, including Roper, an American playboy and [[gambling|gambler]], who is indebted and on the run from the mob, and Williams, an African-American activist, who is on the run after defending himself against two racist police officers in [[Los Angeles]]. Roper and Williams are former [[Karate]] brothers and fellow [[Vietnam veteran]]s, who also have a betting scam going: one will underperform until the other can get a bet on the outcome at good odds. Roper and Williams win their first fights easily.
+Joining Lee are other competitors, including Roper, an American playboy and [[gambling|gambler]] who is indebted and on the run from the mob;  Williams, an African-American activist who is on the run after defending himself against racist police officers in [[Los Angeles]]; and Parsons, an arrogant and overconfident New Zealander.  They are all taken from Hong Kong harbour to Han's island on a motorised junk;  on the way, Lee humiliates Parsons in return for abusing one of the crew.
-The rules of Han's tournament are simple: competitors compete in one-on-one matches against each other, the opponent, who gets knocked to the ground loses each round. Any weapons are strictly prohibited in the fighting arena. At the end of the first day, the competitors are all offered girls of their choice by Han's assistant Tania. Williams chooses several women, while Roper cunningly chooses Tania as a mutual attraction grows between them. Lee chooses a girl, which he saw in Han's entourage, who is Mei Ling, a [[Covert operation|covert agent]] whom Braithwaite had placed on the island to gather intelligence. However, Mei Ling has been unable to escape Han's strict observation never to leave their rooms.
+On the evening of their arrival, all of the tournament competitors attend a banquet, where Han himself appears and greets them. Lee spots Mei-Ling among Han's entourage. After the banquet, Han's assistant Tania goes to each of the competitor's rooms to offer them girls for the night. Williams chooses several women, while Roper chooses Tania as a mutual attraction grows between them. Lee chooses Mei Ling, who is able to brief him on the island and what's been happening. Mei-Ling has been unable to escape Han's observation in the palace, but lets Lee know that the girls are slowly disappearing over time.
-That night, Lee begins to stealthily search and infiltrate the island for evidence and finds a secret entrance to an underground compound base where drugs are being manufactured and tested on unwitting prisoners. Lee runs into Han's guards, but manages to take them down and flee before they can identify him. Lee is seen by Williams, who is outside for some fresh air and practice, despite strict rules against being outside after night. The next morning, Han warns the competitors about wandering out of their rooms at night. Han punishes his guards for their inability to fulfill their duties by leaving them to be killed by Bolo, Han's musclebound enforcer and chief bodyguard. After the execution, the competition resumes as Lee is called to his first match, which is against O'Hara.
+On the first day of the tournament, Parsons is selected to fight Williams. Williams defeats him easily, and Parsons is never seen again.  Roper is selected to fight Liu, one of the other visitors, and also defeats him.
-During the fight, Han warns O'Hara to step down as Lee keeps outclassing him in a humiliating fashion. Lee kills O'Hara with a stomp after he tries to attack him with a pair of half-shattered glass bottles, thus avenging Su Lin's death. An embarrassed Han abruptly ends the day's competition after stating that O'Hara's treachery has disgraced them. Later, Han summons Williams in his office and accuses him of attacking the guards the previous night. Williams denies this and wants to leave the island, so Han brutally beats him to death with his iron [[Prosthesis|prosthetic]] left hand.
+That night, Lee stealthily searches the island that night for evidence and finds a secret entrance to an underground compound base where drugs are being manufactured and tested on unwitting prisoners. He runs into Han's guards but takes them down and flees before they can identify him. Lee is seen by Williams, who is outside for fresh air and practice, despite rules against being outside after night. The next morning, Han warns the competitors about wandering out of their rooms at night. He punishes his guards for their inability to fulfill their duties by leaving them to be killed by Bolo, his musclebound enforcer. After the execution, the competition resumes as Lee is called to his first match against O'Hara. Lee easily overwhelms O'Hara, who attempts to attack Lee with broken glass bottles in retaliation; ignoring Han's furious orders to stand down. This leads to Lee killing O'Hara, thus avenging Su-Lin's death. An embarrassed Han ends the day's competition after stating that O'Hara's treachery has disgraced them.
-Han takes Roper on a tour of his underground base and invites him to be his representative for his illegal operations in the [[United States]]. Han also implicitly threatens to imprison Roper with other martial artists who joined Han's tournaments in the past. Roper reluctantly accepts after Han drops the brutalized corpse of Williams into a pit of acid, hinting that Roper will face the same fate if he refuses to cooperate. The same night, Lee infiltrates the underground base again to gather sufficient evidence to warrant Han's arrest and manages to send a message to Braithwaite. After a prolonged battle with Han's guards, Lee is eventually lured into a door trap to get imprisoned and captured.
+Later, Han summons Williams into his office and accuses him of attacking the guards the previous night. Williams denies this and demands to leave the island. He is able to fight off Han's men, but Han himself attacks Williams and beats him to death, revealing a metal [[Prosthesis|prosthetic]] left hand. Han takes Roper on a tour of his underground base and invites him to be his representative for his illegal operations in the [[United States]]. Han also implicitly threatens to imprison Roper with other martial artists who joined his tournaments in the past. Roper reluctantly accepts after Han drops the brutalized corpse of Williams into a pit of acid, hinting that Roper will face the same fate if he refuses to cooperate. The same night, Lee infiltrates the underground base again to gather sufficient evidence to warrant Han's arrest. He sends a [[telegram]] message to Braithwaite, but the island's security alarms go off and he is discovered. After a prolonged battle with Han's guards, Lee is trapped by Han and imprisoned.
-The next morning, Han commands Roper to fight Lee, but Roper refuses and Han has him fight Bolo. Roper manages to overpower and beat Bolo after a gruelling battle. Han orders all his men to kill Lee and Roper. Despite facing insurmountable odds, the island's prisoners, released by Mei Ling, and the other invited martial artists aid Lee and Roper in defeating Han's guards. Amid the chaos, Han attempts to fight his way out to escape, only to have Lee pursue and corner him in his museum, where Han retrieves a bladed-talon replacement for his hand to prepare for a brutal fight. Han retreats into a room full of mirrors, which proves disorientating for Lee until Lee keeps remembers his lessons at the Shaolin Temple and smashes all the mirrors to spoil Han's illusions. Lee kicks Han, who gets impaled on his own spear that was halfway harpooned through a wall.
+The next morning, Braithwaite receives Lee's telegram and orders a raid on the island. Han commands Roper to fight Lee in the main square of the tournament, but Roper refuses and Han has him fight Bolo instead. Roper beats Bolo after a gruelling battle, so Han orders all his men to attack and kill Lee and Roper. The island's prisoners, released by Mei-Ling, and the other invited martial artists aid Lee and Roper in fighting Han's guards in a giant melee. Amid the chaos, Han attempts to fight his way out to escape, only to have Lee corner him in his museum. Lee proves to be a superior fighter over Han, who resorts to using a spear and a bladed replacement for his prosthetic hand to fight Lee. He retreats into a room full of mirrors, which proves disorientating for Lee until he remembers his lessons at the Shaolin Temple. Smashing the mirrors to spoil Han's trickery, Lee faces down Han and kicks him into a mirror impaled by the spear, killing him.
-Lee returns to Roper and they exchange a weary [[Thumb signal|thumbs-up]] as the military finally arrives to take control of the island.
+An exhausted Roper sits down in the main square, looking at the aftermath of the melee, where Tania was killed. Lee emerges from his fight, and both men exchange a [[Thumb signal|thumbs-up]] as the military arrives to take control of the island.
 == Cast ==
+{{castlist|
 * [[Bruce Lee]] as Lee
 * [[John Saxon]] as Roper
 * [[Jim Kelly (martial artist)|Jim Kelly]] as Williams<ref name=horn/><ref>{{cite news|url= https://articles.latimes.com/2010/jan/10/entertainment/la-ca-secondlook10-2010jan10/2|title= DVD set is devoted to '70s martial arts star Jim Kelly |newspaper= [[Los Angeles Times]] |date= 10 January 2010|access-date=28 January 2011 | first=Steve | last=Ryfle|url-status= dead|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20180715233633/http://articles.latimes.com/2010/jan/10/entertainment/la-ca-secondlook10-2010jan10/2 |archive-date= 15 July 2018 }}</ref>
 * [[Ahna Capri]] as Tania, Han's secretary<ref>{{cite news |title=Car Accident Claims Ahna Capri |publisher=[[Inside Kung Fu]] |url=http://www.insidekung-fu.com/content/view/212/37/ |access-date=10 January 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110311115341/http://www.insidekung-fu.com/content/view/212/37 |archive-date=11 March 2011 | first=Dave | last=Cater }}</ref>
-* [[Shih Kien]] as Han (voice dubbed by [[Keye Luke]])<ref>{{cite news|title= Lee's Dragon co-star dies at 96|publisher= [[BBC]]|date= 5 June 2009|url= http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/8085659.stm|access-date= 31 January 2011|archive-date= 8 June 2009|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20090608142504/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/8085659.stm|url-status= live}}</ref>
+* [[Shih Kien]] as Han<ref>{{cite news|title= Lee's Dragon co-star dies at 96|publisher= [[BBC]]|date= 5 June 2009|url= https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/8085659.stm|access-date= 31 January 2011|archive-date= 8 June 2009|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20090608142504/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/8085659.stm|url-status= live}}</ref>
+** [[Keye Luke]] as Han's voice ''(uncredited)''
 * [[Robert Wall|Bob Wall]] as O'Hara, Han's bodyguard<!-- closing credits, plus captions --><ref>{{cite news|title= Bob Wall Interview: "Pulling No Punches"|publisher= [[Black Belt Magazine|Black Belt]]|url= http://www.blackbeltmag.com/archives/564|access-date=2 December 2010|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20101220214509/http://www.blackbeltmag.com/archives/564|archive-date= 20 December 2010}}</ref><ref name="city on fire"/>
 * [[Angela Mao|Angela Mao Ying]] as Su-lin, Lee's sister
 * [[Betty Chung]] as Mei-ling, an undercover operative
 * Geoffrey Weeks as Braithwaite, a British Intelligence agent
-* [[Bolo Yeung|Yang Sze]] as Bolo, Han's enforcer
+* [[Bolo Yeung|Yeung Sze]] as Bolo, Han's enforcer
 * [[Peter Archer (actor)|Peter Archer]] as Parsons, an arrogant [[New Zealand]] martial artist and Williams' opponent
 * [[Tony Liu]] as Liu, Roper's opponent
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-* [[Sammo Hung]] as Lee's opponent (credited as Sammo Hung Kam-po)
+* [[Sammo Hung]] as Lee's opponent
-* [[Jackie Chan]] (uncredited) as a minor henchman
+;Uncredited
-* [[Yuen Wah]] (uncredited) as a tournament fighter{{efn|Yuen Wah also a stuntman and doubling for Bruce Lee in acrobatics.}}
+* [[Roy Chiao]] as the Shaolin abbot
-* [[Yuen Biao]] (uncredited) as a tournament fighter
+* [[Yuen Wah]]{{efn|Yuen Wah also a stuntman and doubling for Bruce Lee in acrobatics.}}, [[Yuen Biao]], and [[Phillip Ko]] as tournament fighters
-* [[Roy Chiao]] (uncredited) as the Shaolin abbot
+* [[Jackie Chan]], [[Lam Ching-ying]], and [[Alan Chui Chung-San]] as henchmen
-* [[Pat E. Johnson]] (uncredited) as a thug on golf course
+* Yuen Ting, [[Chung Fat]], and [[Cheung Wing-fat|Mars]] as henchmen executed by Bolo
+* [[Tadashi Yamashita]] as O'Hara's trainer
+* [[Pat E. Johnson]] as a thug on golf course<ref name="afi">{{Cite web |title=Enter the Dragon (1973) |url=https://catalog.afi.com/Catalog/moviedetails/54969 |access-date=2025-12-19 |website=[[AFI Catalog of Feature Films]]}}</ref>
+* [[Mang Hoi]] as a ship passenger
+}}
 == Production ==
-Due to the success of his earlier films, [[Warner Bros.]] began helping Bruce Lee with the film in 1972. They brought in producers [[Fred Weintraub]] and [[Paul Heller]].<ref>{{cite book|title=Distinguished Asian Americans: A Biographical Dictionary|first=Hyung-chan|last=Kim|publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group|year=1999|isbn=9780313289026|page=[https://archive.org/details/distinguishedasi00kimh/page/179 179]|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/distinguishedasi00kimh/page/179}}</ref> The film was produced on a tight production budget of $850,000.<ref name="Polly">{{cite book |last1=Polly |first1=Matthew |title=Bruce Lee: A Life |date=2019 |publisher=[[Simon and Schuster]] |isbn=978-1-5011-8763-6 |page=478 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5bGWDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA478 |quote=''Enter the Dragon'' struck a responsive chord across the globe. Made for a minuscule $850,000, it would gross $90 million worldwide in 1973 and go on to earn an estimated $350 million over the next forty-five years. |access-date=8 June 2020 |archive-date=20 June 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200620092030/https://books.google.com/books?id=5bGWDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA478 |url-status=live }}</ref> Fighting sequences were staged by Bruce Lee.<ref name="WorldCat">{{cite book |title=Enter the dragon |oclc=39222462 }}</ref>
+[[File:Warner logo.png|thumb|''Opening [[Warner Bros.]]'s logo from the film''<ref name="AFI info"/>]]
+===Development===
+Due to the success of his earlier films, [[Warner Bros. Pictures|Warner Bros.]] started a co-production with [[Bruce Lee]]'s [[Concord Production Inc.]]<ref name="AFI info"/>, co-distribution to [[Raymond Chow]]'s [[Orange Sky Golden Harvest|Golden Harvest]]{{efn|name=postercutout}}. They brought in producers [[Fred Weintraub]] and [[Paul Heller]]'s<ref>{{cite book|title=Distinguished Asian Americans: A Biographical Dictionary|first=Hyung-chan|last=Kim|publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group|year=1999|isbn=9780313289026|page=[https://archive.org/details/distinguishedasi00kimh/page/179 179]|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/distinguishedasi00kimh/page/179}}</ref> ''Sequoia Pictures'' (a production house affiliated with Warner Bros.). The film was produced on a tight production budget of $850,000.<ref name="Polly">{{cite book |last1=Polly |first1=Matthew |title=Bruce Lee: A Life | author-link = Matthew Polly | date=2019 |publisher=[[Simon and Schuster]] |isbn=978-1-5011-8763-6 |page=478 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5bGWDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA478 |quote=''Enter the Dragon'' struck a responsive chord across the globe. Made for a minuscule $850,000, it would gross $90 million worldwide in 1973 and go on to earn an estimated $350 million over the next forty-five years. |access-date=8 June 2020 |archive-date=20 June 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200620092030/https://books.google.com/books?id=5bGWDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA478 |url-status=live }}</ref> Fighting sequences were staged by Bruce Lee.<ref name="WorldCat">{{cite book |title=Enter the dragon |oclc=39222462 }}</ref>
+The screenplay title was originally named ''Blood and Steel''. [[Bruce Lee]] came up with the name ''Enter The Dragon'' and was intending to use it for ''[[The Way of the Dragon]]'' but surrendered the title to Warner Bros.{{Sfn|Polly|2019|p=404}} Heller produced a treatment inspired by the comic strip ''[[Terry and the Pirates]]'' and hired screenwriter Michael Allin to develop it into a screenplay. Allin conceived of the film as an homage to [[James Bond]].{{Sfn|Polly|2019|p=405}} The story features heroic protagonists who are Asian, White, and Black, as the producers wanted a film that would appeal to the widest possible international audience.<ref>{{cite book|first=Brian |last=Locke|title=Racial Stigma on the Hollywood Screen from World War II to the Present: The Orientalist Buddy Film|publisher=Springer|year= 2009|isbn= 9780230101678 |page=[https://books.google.com/books?id=CU9rAQAAQBAJ&q=peter+archer+enter+the+dragon&pg=PA71 71]}}</ref>
+===Pre-production===
+Lee and Allin did not get along, and Weintraub told Lee that he would fire Allin but did not actually do so.{{Sfn|Polly|2019|pp=407-408}} Lee perceived the film as a cheap B-movie that would serve as a transitional film to introduce his talents and style to Hollywood.{{Sfn|Polly|2019|p=411}} Lee's role was originally conceived as a straightforward Chinese version of James Bond. Lee rejected this because of Bond's status as a symbol of [[British Empire|British imperialism]] and convinced the producers to re-conceive of his character as a [[Shaolin Monastery|Shaolin monk]].{{Sfn|Polly|2019|pp=412-413}} Lee insisted on re-titling the film ''Enter the Dragon'', to considerable resistance from the studio.{{Sfn|Polly|2019|pp=420-421}}
-=== Writing ===
+The scene in which Lee states that his style is "Fighting Without Fighting" is based upon a famous anecdote involving the 16th century [[samurai]] [[Tsukahara Bokuden]].<ref name="martialDirect">{{cite web|last=Brockett|first=Kip|date=12 August 2007|title=Bruce Lee Said What? 'Finding the Truth in Bruce Lee's Writings'|url=http://www.martialdirect.com/articles/bruceleept1.htm|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170725232300/http://www.martialdirect.com/articles/bruceleept1.htm|archive-date=25 July 2017|work=Martialdirect.com}}</ref><ref name="bokuden">{{cite web|url=http://www.nineblue.com/kids/news_details.aspx?user_id=31|title=Bully Busters Art of Fighting without Fighting|date=12 August 2007|work=Nineblue.com|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080111103938/http://www.nineblue.com/kids/news_details.aspx?user_id=31|archive-date=11 January 2008|url-status=dead}}</ref>
-The screenplay title was originally named ''Blood and Steel''. The story features heroic protagonists who are Asian, White, and Black, as the producers wanted a film that would appeal to the widest possible international audience.<ref>{{cite book|first=Brian |last=Locke|title=Racial Stigma on the Hollywood Screen from World War II to the Present: The Orientalist Buddy Film|publisher=Springer|year= 2009|isbn= 9780230101678 |page=[https://books.google.com/books?id=CU9rAQAAQBAJ&q=peter+archer+enter+the+dragon&pg=PA71 71]}}</ref> The scene in which Lee states that his style is "Fighting Without Fighting" is based upon a famous anecdote involving the 16th century [[samurai]] [[Tsukahara Bokuden]].<ref name="martialDirect">{{cite web|last=Brockett|first=Kip|date=12 August 2007|title=Bruce Lee Said What? 'Finding the Truth in Bruce Lee's Writings'|url=http://www.martialdirect.com/articles/bruceleept1.htm|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170725232300/http://www.martialdirect.com/articles/bruceleept1.htm|archive-date=25 July 2017|work=Martialdirect.com}}</ref><ref name="bokuden">{{cite web|url=http://www.nineblue.com/kids/news_details.aspx?user_id=31|title=Bully Busters Art of Fighting without Fighting|date=12 August 2007|work=Nineblue.com|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080111103938/http://www.nineblue.com/kids/news_details.aspx?user_id=31|archive-date=11 January 2008|url-status=dead}}</ref>
-=== Casting ===
+All of the actors were hired at low wages.{{Sfn|Polly|2019|p=409}} [[Rod Taylor]] was first choice for playing the down-on-his-luck martial artist Roper. Director [[Robert Clouse]] had already worked with Taylor in the 1970 film ''[[Darker than Amber (film)|Darker than Amber]]''. However, Taylor was dropped after Bruce Lee deemed him to be too tall for the role.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.wingchunnews.ca/john-saxon-enter-the-dragon-star-dies-at-83/|title=John Saxon, 'Enter the Dragon' Star, Dies At 83|website=www.wingchunnews.ca|date=26 July 2020|access-date=5 January 2022|archive-date=5 December 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211205173809/https://www.wingchunnews.ca/john-saxon-enter-the-dragon-star-dies-at-83/|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cityonfire.com/commentary/etd.mp3|title=City On Fire (audio commentatary)|access-date=5 January 2022|archive-date=3 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303170453/http://www.cityonfire.com/commentary/etd.mp3|url-status=live}}</ref> [[John Saxon]], who was a black belt in [[Judo]] and [[Shotokan|Shotokan Karate]] (he studied under [[Grandmaster (martial arts)|grandmaster]] [[Hidetaka Nishiyama]] for three years),<ref>{{cite journal|date=April 1973|title=New Bruce Lee Film on its way to American movie theatres|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ndcDAAAAMBAJ|journal=[[Black Belt magazine]]|volume=11|pages=11–12|number=4|access-date=28 September 2020|archive-date=1 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210501231102/https://books.google.com/books?id=ndcDAAAAMBAJ|url-status=live}}</ref> became the preferred choice.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TNcDAAAAMBAJ&q=The+Growth+of+Judo+and+Karate+Declining+in+the+US&pg=PA4|title=Black Belt|first=|last= |date=1 August 1973|publisher=[[Active Interest Media]]|access-date=3 January 2018|via=Google Books|archive-date=1 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210501231041/https://books.google.com/books?id=TNcDAAAAMBAJ&q=The+Growth+of+Judo+and+Karate+Declining+in+the+US&pg=PA4|url-status=live}}</ref> During contractual negotiations, Saxon's agent told the film's producers that if they wanted him they would have to change the plot so that the character of Williams is killed instead of Roper. They agreed and the script was changed.<ref name="talk">{{cite book|title=Reflections on Blaxploitation: Actors and Directors Speak|last=Walker|first=David, Andrew J. Rausch, Chris Watson|publisher=Scarecrow Press|year= 2009|isbn=9780810867062|page=[https://books.google.com/books?id=LofIsZJPfEcC&q=john+saxon+enter+the+dragon&pg=PA112 112]}}</ref> In a six decade career, the character would become one of Saxon's best known roles.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.firstpost.com/entertainment/john-saxon-best-known-for-his-roles-in-enter-the-dragon-a-nightmare-on-elm-street-dies-at-83-8644151.html|title=John Saxon, best known for his roles in Enter the Dragon, A Nightmare on Elm Street, dies at 83|publisher=www.firstpost.com|date=27 July 2020|access-date=5 January 2022|archive-date=5 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220105112720/https://www.firstpost.com/entertainment/john-saxon-best-known-for-his-roles-in-enter-the-dragon-a-nightmare-on-elm-street-dies-at-83-8644151.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
-[[Rod Taylor]] was first choice for playing the down-on-his-luck martial artist Roper. Director [[Robert Clouse]] had already worked with Taylor in the 1970 film ''[[Darker than Amber (film)|Darker than Amber]]''. However, Taylor was dropped after Bruce Lee deemed him to be too tall for the role.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.wingchunnews.ca/john-saxon-enter-the-dragon-star-dies-at-83/|title=John Saxon, 'Enter the Dragon' Star, Dies At 83|website=www.wingchunnews.ca|date=26 July 2020|access-date=5 January 2022|archive-date=5 December 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211205173809/https://www.wingchunnews.ca/john-saxon-enter-the-dragon-star-dies-at-83/|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cityonfire.com/commentary/etd.mp3|title=City On Fire (audio commentatary)|access-date=5 January 2022|archive-date=3 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303170453/http://www.cityonfire.com/commentary/etd.mp3|url-status=live}}</ref> [[John Saxon]], who was a black belt in [[Judo]] and [[Shotokan|Shotokan Karate]] (he studied under [[Grandmaster (martial arts)|grandmaster]] [[Hidetaka Nishiyama]] for three years),<ref>{{cite journal|date=April 1973|title=New Bruce Lee Film on its way to American movie theatres|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ndcDAAAAMBAJ|journal=[[Black Belt magazine]]|volume=11|pages=11–12|number=4|access-date=28 September 2020|archive-date=1 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210501231102/https://books.google.com/books?id=ndcDAAAAMBAJ|url-status=live}}</ref> became the preferred choice.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TNcDAAAAMBAJ&q=The+Growth+of+Judo+and+Karate+Declining+in+the+US&pg=PA4|title=Black Belt|first=|last= |date=1 August 1973|publisher=[[Active Interest Media]]|access-date=3 January 2018|via=Google Books|archive-date=1 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210501231041/https://books.google.com/books?id=TNcDAAAAMBAJ&q=The+Growth+of+Judo+and+Karate+Declining+in+the+US&pg=PA4|url-status=live}}</ref> During contractual negotiations, Saxon's agent told the film's producers that if they wanted him they would have to change the plot so that the character of Williams is killed instead of Roper. They agreed and the script was changed.<ref name="talk">{{cite book|title=Reflections on Blaxploitation: Actors and Directors Speak|last=Walker|first=David, Andrew J. Rausch, Chris Watson|publisher=Scarecrow Press|year= 2009|isbn=9780810867062|page=[https://books.google.com/books?id=LofIsZJPfEcC&q=john+saxon+enter+the+dragon&pg=PA112 112]}}</ref> In a six decade career, the character would become one of Saxon's best known roles.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.firstpost.com/entertainment/john-saxon-best-known-for-his-roles-in-enter-the-dragon-a-nightmare-on-elm-street-dies-at-83-8644151.html|title=John Saxon, best known for his roles in Enter the Dragon, A Nightmare on Elm Street, dies at 83|publisher=www.firstpost.com|date=27 July 2020|access-date=5 January 2022|archive-date=5 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220105112720/https://www.firstpost.com/entertainment/john-saxon-best-known-for-his-roles-in-enter-the-dragon-a-nightmare-on-elm-street-dies-at-83-8644151.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
-[[Rockne Tarkington]] was originally cast in the role of Williams. However, he unexpectedly dropped out days before the production was about to begin in Hong Kong. Producer Fred Weintraub knew that karate world champion [[Jim Kelly (martial artist)|Jim Kelly]] had a training dojo in [[Crenshaw, Los Angeles]], so he hastily arranged a meeting. Weintraub was immediately impressed, and Kelly was cast in the film.<ref name=horn>{{citation|last=Horn|first=John|title=Jim Kelly, 'Enter the Dragon' star, dies at 67|newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]]|date=1 July 2013|url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/moviesnow/la-et-mn-jim-kelly-enter-the-dragon-star-dies-20130701,0,852055.story|access-date=19 August 2015|archive-date=22 April 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140422061104/http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/moviesnow/la-et-mn-jim-kelly-enter-the-dragon-star-dies-20130701,0,852055.story|url-status=live}}</ref> The success of Kelly's appearance launched his career as a star: after ''Enter the Dragon'', he signed a three-film deal with [[Warner Bros.|Warner Bros]]<ref name="Blackbelt">{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-c8DAAAAMBAJ&q=black+belt+may+1992+p+18&pg=PA22|title=Black Belt Magazine|last=Clary|first=David|date=May 1992|publisher=Active Interest Media, Inc.|pages=18–21|access-date=10 November 2020|archive-date=1 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210501231027/https://books.google.com/books?id=-c8DAAAAMBAJ&q=black+belt+may+1992+p+18&pg=PA22|url-status=live}}</ref> and went on to make several martial arts-themed [[blaxploitation]] films in the 1970s.<ref>''Reflections on Blaxploitation: Actors and Directors Speak'', 2009. pps.[https://books.google.com/books?id=LofIsZJPfEcC&q=jim+kelly+&pg=PA129 129–130] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181007111549/https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=LofIsZJPfEcC&lpg=PR1&pg=PA129#v=onepage&q=jim%20kelly%20 |date=7 October 2018 }}</ref>
+[[Rockne Tarkington]] was originally cast in the role of Williams. However, he unexpectedly dropped out days before the production was about to begin in Hong Kong. Producer Fred Weintraub knew that karate world champion [[Jim Kelly (martial artist)|Jim Kelly]] had a training dojo in [[Crenshaw, Los Angeles]], so he hastily arranged a meeting. Weintraub was immediately impressed, and Kelly was cast in the film.<ref name=horn>{{citation|last=Horn|first=John|title=Jim Kelly, 'Enter the Dragon' star, dies at 67|newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]]|date=1 July 2013|url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/moviesnow/la-et-mn-jim-kelly-enter-the-dragon-star-dies-20130701,0,852055.story|access-date=19 August 2015|archive-date=22 April 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140422061104/http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/moviesnow/la-et-mn-jim-kelly-enter-the-dragon-star-dies-20130701,0,852055.story|url-status=live}}</ref> The success of Kelly's appearance launched his career as a star: after ''Enter the Dragon'', he signed a three-film deal with Warner Bros.<ref name="Blackbelt">{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-c8DAAAAMBAJ&q=black+belt+may+1992+p+18&pg=PA22|title=Black Belt Magazine|last=Clary|first=David|date=May 1992|publisher=Active Interest Media, Inc.|pages=18–21|access-date=10 November 2020|archive-date=1 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210501231027/https://books.google.com/books?id=-c8DAAAAMBAJ&q=black+belt+may+1992+p+18&pg=PA22|url-status=live}}</ref> and went on to make several martial arts-themed [[blaxploitation]] films in the 1970s.<ref>''Reflections on Blaxploitation: Actors and Directors Speak'', 2009. pps.[https://books.google.com/books?id=LofIsZJPfEcC&q=jim+kelly+&pg=PA129 129–130] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181007111549/https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=LofIsZJPfEcC&lpg=PR1&pg=PA129#v=onepage&q=jim%20kelly%20 |date=7 October 2018 }}</ref>
+===Filming===
 [[Jackie Chan]] has uncredited roles as various guards during the fights with Lee. However, [[Yuen Wah]] was Lee's main stunt double for the film, responsible for the gymnastics stunts such as the cartwheels and jumping back flip in the opening fight.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://ringtalk.com/those-amazing-bruce-lee-film-stunts|title=Those Amazing Bruce Lee Film Stunts|last=Boutwell|first=Malcolm|date=7 July 2015|website=ringtalk.com|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151130210705/http://ringtalk.com/those-amazing-bruce-lee-film-stunts|archive-date=30 November 2015|url-status=dead|access-date=29 September 2016}}</ref>
-[[Sammo Hung]] also has an uncredited role in the opening fight scene against Lee at the start of the film.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://blackbeltmag.com/bruce-lee-enter-the-dragon |title=Bruce Lee Movies: Enter the Dragon, Seen Through the Eyes of a Martial Arts Movies Expert |date=13 May 2013 |access-date=17 January 2021 |archive-date=21 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210121053241/https://blackbeltmag.com/bruce-lee-enter-the-dragon |url-status=live }}</ref>
+[[Sammo Hung]] also has an uncredited role in the opening fight scene against Lee at the start of the film.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://blackbeltmag.com/bruce-lee-enter-the-dragon |title=Bruce Lee Movies: Enter the Dragon, Seen Through the Eyes of a Martial Arts Movies Expert |work=Black Belt Magazine |date=13 May 2013 |access-date=17 January 2021 |archive-date=21 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210121053241/https://blackbeltmag.com/bruce-lee-enter-the-dragon |url-status=live }}</ref>
-A rumour surrounding the making of ''Enter The Dragon'' claims that actor [[Robert Wall|Bob Wall]] did not like Bruce Lee and that their fight scenes were not choreographed. However, Wall has denied this, stating he and Lee were good friends.<ref name="city on fire">{{cite web|url=http://www.cityonfire.com/feature-bob-wall-interview/|title=Bob Wall Interview|last=Bona|first=JJ|date=10 January 2011|website=Cityonfire|publisher=cityonfire.com|access-date=22 March 2018|archive-date=22 March 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180322210358/http://cityonfire.com/feature-bob-wall-interview/|url-status=live}}</ref>
+Lee originally wanted to cast [[Chuck Norris]] as Han's bodyguard, O'Hara; [[Robert Wall|Bob Wall]] was the second choice.{{Sfn|Polly|2019|p=409}} A rumour surrounding the making of ''Enter The Dragon'' claims that Wall did not like Bruce Lee and that their fight scenes were not choreographed. However, Wall has denied this, stating he and Lee were good friends.<ref name="city on fire">{{cite web|url=http://www.cityonfire.com/feature-bob-wall-interview/|title=Bob Wall Interview|last=Bona|first=JJ|date=10 January 2011|website=Cityonfire|publisher=cityonfire.com|access-date=22 March 2018|archive-date=22 March 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180322210358/http://cityonfire.com/feature-bob-wall-interview/|url-status=live}}</ref> In one of their fight scenes, Lee injured his hand on a shattered bottle held by Wall, which angered Lee.{{Sfn|Polly|2019|p=417}}
+The production hired prostitutes to play Han's harem. The visibility of their roles led the actresses to demand higher wages, which then led the stuntmen to consider striking, because they were paid less.{{Sfn|Polly|2019|p=418}}
-=== Filming ===
 The film was shot on location in Hong Kong. In keeping with local film-making practices, scenes were [[Cinema of Hong Kong#Language and sound|filmed without sound]]: dialogue and sound effects were added or dubbed in during [[post-production]]. Bruce Lee, after he had been goaded or challenged, fought several real fights with the film's [[Extra (acting)|extras]] and some set intruders during filming.<ref>{{cite book|title=Bruce Lee: Fighting Spirit|first=Bruce|last= Thomas|publisher=Pan Macmillan|year= 2008|isbn=9780283070662|page=300}}</ref> The scenes on Han's Island were filmed at a residence known as Palm Villa near the coastal town of [[Stanley, Hong Kong|Stanley]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.filmapia.com/where-is-it-shot/films/enter-the-dragon|title=Enter the Dragon Movie Shooting Locations|publisher=filmapia.com|access-date=24 March 2018|archive-date=25 March 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180325050214/http://www.filmapia.com/where-is-it-shot/films/enter-the-dragon|url-status=live}}</ref> The villa is now demolished and the area heavily redeveloped around [[Tai Tam Bay]] where the martial artists were filmed coming ashore.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.google.com/maps/@22.2290867,114.2190769,3a,82.6y,282.67h,89.5t/data=!3m8!1e1!3m6!1sAF1QipM4rkhV9EDx6QDj_-8MoA3zNfiLbCO4mlEl__42!2e10!3e11!6shttps:%2F%2Flh5.googleusercontent.com%2Fp%2FAF1QipM4rkhV9EDx6QDj_-8MoA3zNfiLbCO4mlEl__42%3Dw203-h100-k-no-pi0-ya307.86285-ro-0-fo100!7i10240!8i5120|title=Google Maps|website=Google Maps|access-date=5 January 2022|archive-date=5 March 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240305220641/https://www.google.com/maps/@22.2290867,114.2190769,3a,82.6y,282.67h,89.5t/data=!3m8!1e1!3m6!1sAF1QipM4rkhV9EDx6QDj_-8MoA3zNfiLbCO4mlEl__42!2e10!3e11!6shttps://lh5.googleusercontent.com/p/AF1QipM4rkhV9EDx6QDj_-8MoA3zNfiLbCO4mlEl__42%3Dw203-h100-k-no-pi0-ya307.86285-ro-0-fo100!7i10240!8i5120?shorturl=1|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hkcinemagic.com/en/page.asp?aid=326&page=12|title=Enter The Dragon / 龍爭虎鬥 (1973 / Dir: Robert Clouse)|website=www.hkcinemagic.com|date=18 September 2011|access-date=5 January 2022|archive-date=5 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220105143834/http://www.hkcinemagic.com/en/page.asp?aid=326&page=12|url-status=live}}</ref>
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 == Release ==
-=== Marketing ===
+=== Theatrical ===
-''Enter the Dragon'' was heavily advertised in the United States before its release. The budget for advertising was over {{US$|1 million|link=yes}}. It was unlike any promotional campaign that had been seen before, and was extremely comprehensive. To advertise the film, the studio offered free [[Karate]] classes, produced thousands of illustrated flip books, comic books, posters, photographs, and organised dozens of news releases, interviews, and public appearances for the stars. ''[[Esquire (magazine)|Esquire]]'', ''[[The Wall Street Journal]]'', ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'', and ''[[Newsweek]]'' all wrote stories on the film.<ref name="auto">{{Cite journal|last=Peirano|first=Pierre-François|date=22 April 2013|title=The Multiple Facets of Enter the Dragon (Robert Clouse, 1973)|url=http://inmedia.revues.org/613|journal=InMedia. The French Journal of Media and Media Representations in the English-Speaking World|issue=3|doi=10.4000/inmedia.613|issn=2259-4728|doi-access=free|access-date=10 May 2016|archive-date=13 May 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160513143215/http://inmedia.revues.org/613|url-status=live}}</ref>
+Studio executives were impressed by the quality of the film and the earlier surprise success of ''[[Five Fingers of Death]]'', which demonstrated a market for kung fu films. ''Enter the Dragon'' was heavily advertised in the United States before its release. The budget for advertising was over {{US$|1 million|link=yes}}. It was unlike any promotional campaign that had been seen before, and was extremely comprehensive. To advertise the film, the studio offered free [[Karate]] classes, produced thousands of illustrated flip books, comic books, posters, photographs, and organised dozens of news releases, interviews, and public appearances for the stars. ''[[Esquire (magazine)|Esquire]]'', ''[[The Wall Street Journal]]'', ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'', and ''[[Newsweek]]'' all wrote stories on the film.<ref name="auto">{{Cite journal|last=Peirano|first=Pierre-François|date=22 April 2013|title=The Multiple Facets of Enter the Dragon (Robert Clouse, 1973)|url=http://inmedia.revues.org/613|journal=InMedia. The French Journal of Media and Media Representations in the English-Speaking World|issue=3|doi=10.4000/inmedia.613|issn=2259-4728|doi-access=free|access-date=10 May 2016|archive-date=13 May 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160513143215/http://inmedia.revues.org/613|url-status=live}}</ref>
-=== Box office ===
 ''Enter the Dragon'' was one of the most successful [[1973 in film|films of 1973]].<ref name="auto"/> Upon release in Hong Kong, the film grossed {{HK$|3,307,536|link=yes}},<ref name="imdb">{{cite web |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0070034/ |title=Enter The Dragon (1973) |publisher=[[IMDb]] |access-date=8 June 2015 |archive-date=5 January 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170105190943/http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0070034/business |url-status=live }}</ref> which was huge business for the time, but less than Lee's previous 1972 films ''[[Fist of Fury]]'' and ''[[The Way of the Dragon]]''.
 In [[North America (box office territory)|North America]], the film was receiving offers of {{US$|500,000|year=1973|round=-5}} from American distributors by April 1973 for the distribution rights, several months before release.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lewis |first1=Dan |title=Newest Movie Craze: Chinese Agents |url=https://newspaperarchive.com/lima-news-apr-22-1973-p-30/ |access-date=15 April 2022 |work=[[Lima News]] |via=[[NewspaperArchive]] |date=22 April 1973 |page=30 |url-access=subscription |quote=Warner Brothers has just released one called "The Five Fingers of Death" and, with Fred Weintraub as producer, is now involved in the first American-Chinese production of a martial-science picture, a film that stars Bruce (Kato) Lee (...) "Enter the Dragon," is budgeted at {{US$|1 million|long=no}}. The first two pictures grossed more than {{US$|5 million|long=no}} in Southeast Asia alone, according to Weintraub. He also said American distributors are offering as much as $500,000 in advance for distribution rights. |archive-date=15 April 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220415055618/https://newspaperarchive.com/lima-news-apr-22-1973-p-30/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Upon its limited release in August 1973 in four theatres in New York, the film entered the weekly box office charts at number 17 with a gross of {{US$|140,010|long=no|year=1973|round=-4}} in 3 days.<ref>{{cite magazine|magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|title=50 Top-Grossing Films|date=29 August 1973|page=9}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|title=3 Days, 4 Sites, 'Dragon', $140,010|date=22 August 1973|page=8}}</ref> Upon its expansion the following week, it topped the charts for two weeks.<ref>{{cite magazine|magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|title=50 Top-Grossing Films|date=12 September 1973|page=13}}</ref> Over the next four weeks, it remained in the top 10 while competing with other [[kung fu film]]s, including ''[[Hapkido (film)|Lady Kung Fu]]'', ''[[The Chase (1971 film)|The Shanghai Killers]]'' and ''[[Deadly China Doll]]'' which held the top spot for one week each.<ref name="Desser34">{{cite book |last1=Desser |first1=David |chapter=The Kung Fu Craze: Hong Kong Cinema's First American Reception |editor-last1=Fu |editor-first1=Poshek |editor-last2=Desser |editor-first2=David |title=The Cinema of Hong Kong: History, Arts, Identity |date=2002 |publisher=[[Cambridge University Press]] |isbn=978-0-521-77602-8 |pages=19–43 (34) |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sELZJ5vihJUC&pg=PA34 |access-date=9 June 2020 |archive-date=21 June 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200621212426/https://books.google.com/books?id=sELZJ5vihJUC&pg=PA34 |url-status=live }}</ref>
-In October, ''Enter the Dragon'' regained the top spot in its eighth week.<ref name="Desser34"/> It sold {{nowrap|14.1 million}} tickets<ref>{{cite web |title=«Выход Дракона» (Enter the Dragon, 1973) - Dates |url=https://www.kinopoisk.ru/film/24743/dates/ |website=[[Kinopoisk]] |language=ru |access-date=7 April 2022 |archive-date=4 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230404071403/https://www.kinopoisk.ru/film/24743/dates/ |url-status=live }}</ref> and grossed {{US$|25,000,000|long=no|year=1973|round=-7}} from its initial US release, making it the year's fourth highest-grossing film in the market.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Eliot |first1=Marc |title=Steve McQueen: A Biography |date=2011 |publisher=[[Aurum Press]] |isbn=978-1-84513-744-1 |pages=237, 242 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DzdsAwAAQBAJ&pg=PT242 |quote=''[[Papillon (1973 film)|Papillon]]'' earned nearly $55 million in its initial domestic release, making it the third-highest-grossing film of the year. (...) Robert Clouse's ''Enter the Dragon'', starring the late Bruce Lee, came in fourth, with $25 million. |access-date=10 June 2020 |archive-date=10 June 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200610101337/https://books.google.com/books?id=DzdsAwAAQBAJ&pg=PT242 |url-status=live }}</ref> It was repeatedly re-released throughout the 1970s, with each re-release entering the top five in the box office charts.<ref name="Polly479">{{cite book |last1=Polly |first1=Matthew |title=Bruce Lee: A Life |date=2019 |publisher=[[Simon and Schuster]] |isbn=978-1-5011-8763-6 |page=479 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5bGWDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA479 |access-date=8 June 2020 |archive-date=20 June 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200620162315/https://books.google.com/books?id=5bGWDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA479 |url-status=live }}</ref> The film's US gross had increased to {{US$|100 million|long=no}} by 1982,<ref>{{cite book |last1=Lent |first1=John A. |title=The Asian Film Industry |date=1990 |publisher=Helm |isbn=978-0-7470-2000-4 |page=100 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ogVlAAAAMAAJ |quote=The Lee film, ''Enter the Dragon'', was made with Warner; it grossed US $100 million in the United States alone (Sun 1982: 40). |access-date=8 June 2020 |archive-date=8 June 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200608191943/https://books.google.com/books?id=ogVlAAAAMAAJ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Mennel |first1=Barbara |title=Cities and Cinema |date=2008 |publisher=[[Routledge]] |isbn=978-1-134-21984-1 |page=87 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pQB3MembWe8C&pg=PA87 |quote=Golden Harvest took on Bruce Lee and began co-producing with Hollywood companies, leading to its kung-fu action films, including the Bruce Lee vehicle ''Enter the Dragon'' (dir. Robert Clouse, 1973), which “grossed US $100 million in the United States alone” (Lent 100; also Sun 1982:40). |access-date=8 June 2020 |archive-date=8 June 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200608191945/https://books.google.com/books?id=pQB3MembWe8C&pg=PA87 |url-status=live }}</ref> and more than {{US$|120 million|long=no}} (equivalent to ${{#expr:{{inflation|US|25|1973}}+{{inflation|US|75|1974}}+{{inflation|US|20|1982}} round -1}} million adjusted for inflation) by 1998.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Gaul |first1=Lou |title=Actor Bruce Lee's life celebrated in special video edition |url=https://newspaperarchive.com/doylestown-intelligencer-jul-20-1998-p-28/ |access-date=15 April 2022 |work=[[Doylestown Intelligencer]] |via=[[NewspaperArchive]] |date=20 July 1998 |page=28 |url-access=subscription |quote=The $550,000 picture – a modest budget even by 1973 standards – has grossed more than {{US$|120 million|long=no}} during its initial run and re-release engagements in America and has never aired on network television. |archive-date=4 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230404071403/https://newspaperarchive.com/doylestown-intelligencer-jul-20-1998-p-28/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
+In October, ''Enter the Dragon'' regained the top spot in its eighth week.<ref name="Desser34"/> It sold {{nowrap|14.1 million}} tickets<ref>{{cite web |title=«Выход Дракона» (Enter the Dragon, 1973) - Dates |url=https://www.kinopoisk.ru/film/24743/dates/ |website=[[Kinopoisk]] |language=ru |access-date=7 April 2022 |archive-date=4 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230404071403/https://www.kinopoisk.ru/film/24743/dates/ |url-status=live }}</ref> and grossed {{US$|25,000,000|long=no|year=1973|round=-7}} from its initial US release, making it the year's fourth highest-grossing film in the market.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Eliot |first1=Marc |title=Steve McQueen: A Biography |date=2011 |publisher=[[Aurum Press]] |isbn=978-1-84513-744-1 |pages=237, 242 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DzdsAwAAQBAJ&pg=PT242 |quote=''[[Papillon (1973 film)|Papillon]]'' earned nearly $55 million in its initial domestic release, making it the third-highest-grossing film of the year. (...) Robert Clouse's ''Enter the Dragon'', starring the late Bruce Lee, came in fourth, with $25 million. |access-date=10 June 2020 |archive-date=10 June 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200610101337/https://books.google.com/books?id=DzdsAwAAQBAJ&pg=PT242 |url-status=live }}</ref> It was repeatedly re-released throughout the 1970s, with each re-release entering the top five in the box office charts.{{sfn|Polly|2019|p=479}} The film's US gross had increased to {{US$|100 million|long=no}} by 1982,<ref>{{cite book |last1=Lent |first1=John A. |title=The Asian Film Industry |date=1990 |publisher=Helm |isbn=978-0-7470-2000-4 |page=100 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ogVlAAAAMAAJ |quote=The Lee film, ''Enter the Dragon'', was made with Warner; it grossed US $100 million in the United States alone (Sun 1982: 40). |access-date=8 June 2020 |archive-date=8 June 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200608191943/https://books.google.com/books?id=ogVlAAAAMAAJ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Mennel |first1=Barbara |title=Cities and Cinema |date=2008 |publisher=[[Routledge]] |isbn=978-1-134-21984-1 |page=87 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pQB3MembWe8C&pg=PA87 |quote=Golden Harvest took on Bruce Lee and began co-producing with Hollywood companies, leading to its kung-fu action films, including the Bruce Lee vehicle ''Enter the Dragon'' (dir. Robert Clouse, 1973), which “grossed US $100 million in the United States alone” (Lent 100; also Sun 1982:40). |access-date=8 June 2020 |archive-date=8 June 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200608191945/https://books.google.com/books?id=pQB3MembWe8C&pg=PA87 |url-status=live }}</ref> and more than {{US$|120 million|long=no}} (equivalent to ${{#expr:{{inflation|US|25|1973}}+{{inflation|US|75|1974}}+{{inflation|US|20|1982}} round -1}} million adjusted for inflation) by 1998.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Gaul |first1=Lou |title=Actor Bruce Lee's life celebrated in special video edition |url=https://newspaperarchive.com/doylestown-intelligencer-jul-20-1998-p-28/ |access-date=15 April 2022 |work=[[Doylestown Intelligencer]] |via=[[NewspaperArchive]] |date=20 July 1998 |page=28 |url-access=subscription |quote=The $550,000 picture – a modest budget even by 1973 standards – has grossed more than {{US$|120 million|long=no}} during its initial run and re-release engagements in America and has never aired on network television. |archive-date=4 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230404071403/https://newspaperarchive.com/doylestown-intelligencer-jul-20-1998-p-28/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
-In Europe, the film initially monopolised several [[London West End]] cinemas for five weeks, before becoming a sellout success across Britain and the rest of Europe.<ref name="Thomas1994">{{cite book |last1=Thomas |first1=Bruce |title=Bruce Lee, Fighting Spirit: A Biography |date=1994 |publisher=Frog Books |location=[[Berkeley, California]] |isbn=9781883319250 |url-access=registration |page=247 |url=https://archive.org/details/bruceleefighting0000thom_d0z5/page/247 |quote=A month after Bruce's death, ''Enter the Dragon'' was released. During its first seven weeks in the United States it grossed {{US$|3 million|long=no}}. In London it monopolized three West End cinemas for five weeks before becoming a sellout throughout Britain and the rest of Europe. The film went on to gross over {{US$|200 million|long=no}}, the ratio of cost to profit making it perhaps the most commercially successful film ever made.}}</ref> In England, it grossed over $2.5 million.<ref name=dv74>{{cite magazine|magazine=[[Daily Variety]]|date=16 April 1974|page=1|title='Dragon' Pulling Big Foreign Coin For WB}}</ref> In Spain, it was the seventh top-grossing film of 1973,<ref>{{cite web |last1=Soyer |first1=Renaud |title=Box Office International 1973 |url=http://www.boxofficestory.com/monde-1973-c25608070 |website=Box Office Story |date=22 April 2014 |language=fr |access-date=30 June 2020 |archive-date=29 June 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200629233751/http://www.boxofficestory.com/monde-1973-c25608070 |url-status=live }}</ref> selling 2,462,489 tickets.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Soyer |first1=Renaud |title=Bruce Lee Box Office |url=http://www.boxofficestory.com/box-office-bruce-lee-c23465174 |website=Box Office Story |date=28 January 2013 |language=fr |access-date=30 June 2020 |archive-date=1 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210501231103/http://www.boxofficestory.com/box-office-bruce-lee-c23465174 |url-status=live }}</ref> In France, it was one of the top five [[List of highest-grossing films in France|highest-grossing films]] of 1974 (above two other Lee films, ''[[The Way of the Dragon]]'' at {{nowrap|number 8}} and ''[[Fist of Fury]]'' at {{nowrap|number 12}}), with 4,444,582 ticket sales.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.jpbox-office.com/charts_france.php?filtre=datefr&variable=1974|title=Charts – LES ENTREES EN FRANCE|year=1974|website=JP's Box-Office|language=fr|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190327161544/http://www.jpbox-office.com/charts_france.php?filtre=datefr&variable=1974|archive-date=27 March 2019|url-status=live|access-date=27 November 2018}}</ref> In Germany, it was one of the top 10 highest-grossing films of 1974, with {{nowrap|1.7 million}} ticket sales.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.jpbox-office.com/charts_allemagne.php?filtre=dateall&variable=1974|title=Charts – LES ENTREES EN ALLEMAGNE|year=1974|website=JP's Box-Office|language=fr|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190327162101/http://www.jpbox-office.com/charts_allemagne.php?filtre=dateall&variable=1974|archive-date=27 March 2019|url-status=live|access-date=27 November 2018}}</ref> In Greece, the film earned {{US$|1,000,000|long=no|year=1973|round=-5}} in its first year of release.<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Tan |first1=George |title=Behind The Scenes With Bruce Lee: An Inside Look at "The Dragon's" Films |magazine=[[Black Belt (magazine)|Black Belt]] |date=November 1990 |volume=28 |issue=11 |pages=24–29 (29) |publisher=[[Active Interest Media]] |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5toDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA29 |access-date=8 June 2020 |archive-date=12 June 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200612161822/https://books.google.com/books?id=5toDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA29 |url-status=live }}</ref>
+In the UK, the film initially monopolised several [[London West End]] cinemas for five weeks, before becoming a sellout success across Britain and the rest of Europe.<ref name="Thomas1994">{{cite book |last1=Thomas |first1=Bruce |title=Bruce Lee, Fighting Spirit: A Biography |date=1994 |publisher=Frog Books |location=[[Berkeley, California]] |isbn=9781883319250 |url-access=registration |page=247 |url=https://archive.org/details/bruceleefighting0000thom_d0z5/page/247 |quote=A month after Bruce's death, ''Enter the Dragon'' was released. During its first seven weeks in the United States it grossed {{US$|3 million|long=no}}. In London it monopolized three West End cinemas for five weeks before becoming a sellout throughout Britain and the rest of Europe. The film went on to gross over {{US$|200 million|long=no}}, the ratio of cost to profit making it perhaps the most commercially successful film ever made.}}</ref> In England, it grossed over $2.5 million.<ref name=dv74>{{cite magazine|magazine=[[Daily Variety]]|date=16 April 1974|page=1|title='Dragon' Pulling Big Foreign Coin For WB}}</ref> In Spain, it was the seventh top-grossing film of 1973,<ref>{{cite web |last1=Soyer |first1=Renaud |title=Box Office International 1973 |url=http://www.boxofficestory.com/monde-1973-c25608070 |website=Box Office Story |date=22 April 2014 |language=fr |access-date=30 June 2020 |archive-date=29 June 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200629233751/http://www.boxofficestory.com/monde-1973-c25608070 |url-status=live }}</ref> selling 2,462,489 tickets.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Soyer |first1=Renaud |title=Bruce Lee Box Office |url=http://www.boxofficestory.com/box-office-bruce-lee-c23465174 |website=Box Office Story |date=28 January 2013 |language=fr |access-date=30 June 2020 |archive-date=1 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210501231103/http://www.boxofficestory.com/box-office-bruce-lee-c23465174 |url-status=live }}</ref> In France, it was one of the top five [[List of highest-grossing films in France|highest-grossing films]] of 1974 (above two other Lee films, ''[[The Way of the Dragon]]'' at {{nowrap|number 8}} and ''[[Fist of Fury]]'' at {{nowrap|number 12}}), with 4,444,582 ticket sales.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.jpbox-office.com/charts_france.php?filtre=datefr&variable=1974|title=Charts – LES ENTREES EN FRANCE|year=1974|website=JP's Box-Office|language=fr|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190327161544/http://www.jpbox-office.com/charts_france.php?filtre=datefr&variable=1974|archive-date=27 March 2019|url-status=live|access-date=27 November 2018}}</ref> In Germany, it was one of the top 10 highest-grossing films of 1974, with {{nowrap|1.7 million}} ticket sales.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.jpbox-office.com/charts_allemagne.php?filtre=dateall&variable=1974|title=Charts – LES ENTREES EN ALLEMAGNE|year=1974|website=JP's Box-Office|language=fr|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190327162101/http://www.jpbox-office.com/charts_allemagne.php?filtre=dateall&variable=1974|archive-date=27 March 2019|url-status=live|access-date=27 November 2018}}</ref> In Greece, the film earned {{US$|1,000,000|long=no|year=1973|round=-5}} in its first year of release.<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Tan |first1=George |title=Behind The Scenes With Bruce Lee: An Inside Look at "The Dragon's" Films |magazine=[[Black Belt (magazine)|Black Belt]] |date=November 1990 |volume=28 |issue=11 |pages=24–29 (29) |publisher=[[Active Interest Media]] |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5toDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA29 |access-date=8 June 2020 |archive-date=12 June 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200612161822/https://books.google.com/books?id=5toDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA29 |url-status=live }}</ref>
-In Japan, it was the second highest-grossing film of 1974 with [[distributor rental]] earnings of {{JPY|1,642,000,000|link=yes|year=1974|round=-6}}.<ref>{{cite magazine |title=キネマ旬報ベスト・テン85回全史 1924–2011 |magazine=[[Kinema Junpo]] |date=2012 |page=322 |lang=ja}}</ref> It was the highest-grossing film of all time in the Philippines.<ref name=dv74/> In South Korea, the film sold 229,681 tickets in the capital city of [[Seoul]].<ref name="korea">{{cite web |title=영화정보 |url=http://www.kobis.or.kr/kobis/business/mast/mvie/searchMovieList.do |website=KOFIC |publisher=[[Korean Film Council]] |access-date=26 August 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181225151904/http://www.kobis.or.kr/kobis/business/mast/mvie/searchMovieList.do |archive-date=25 December 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref> In India, the movie was released in 1975 and opened to full houses; in one [[Bombay]] theatre, New Excelsior, it had a packed 32-week run.<ref>{{cite news |title=Bruce Lee storms Bombay once again with Return of the Dragon |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/society-the-arts/films/story/19790915-bruce-lee-storms-bombay-once-again-with-return-of-the-dragon-822544-2014-02-21 |last1=Mohamed |first1=Khalid |author-link=Khalid Mohamed |work=[[India Today]] |date=15 September 1979 |access-date=20 January 2015 |archive-date=16 July 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180716194756/https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/society-the-arts/films/story/19790915-bruce-lee-storms-bombay-once-again-with-return-of-the-dragon-822544-2014-02-21 |url-status=live }}</ref> The film was also a success in [[Iran]], where there was a theatre which played it daily up until the 1979 [[Iranian Revolution]].<ref name="Polly479"/>
+In Japan, it was the second highest-grossing film of 1974 with [[distributor rental]] earnings of {{JPY|1,642,000,000|link=yes|year=1974|round=-6}}.<ref>{{cite magazine |title=キネマ旬報ベスト・テン85回全史 1924–2011 |magazine=[[Kinema Junpo]] |date=2012 |page=322 |lang=ja}}</ref> It was the highest-grossing film of all time in the Philippines.<ref name=dv74/> In South Korea, the film sold 229,681 tickets in the capital city of [[Seoul]].<ref name="korea">{{cite web |title=영화정보 |url=http://www.kobis.or.kr/kobis/business/mast/mvie/searchMovieList.do |website=KOFIC |publisher=[[Korean Film Council]] |access-date=26 August 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181225151904/http://www.kobis.or.kr/kobis/business/mast/mvie/searchMovieList.do |archive-date=25 December 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref> In India, the movie was released in 1975 and opened to full houses; in one [[Bombay]] theatre, New Excelsior, it had a packed 32-week run.<ref>{{cite news |title=Bruce Lee storms Bombay once again with Return of the Dragon |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/society-the-arts/films/story/19790915-bruce-lee-storms-bombay-once-again-with-return-of-the-dragon-822544-2014-02-21 |last1=Mohamed |first1=Khalid |author-link=Khalid Mohamed |work=[[India Today]] |date=15 September 1979 |access-date=20 January 2015 |archive-date=16 July 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180716194756/https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/society-the-arts/films/story/19790915-bruce-lee-storms-bombay-once-again-with-return-of-the-dragon-822544-2014-02-21 |url-status=live }}</ref> The film was also a success in [[Iran]], where there was a theatre which played it daily up until the 1979 [[Iranian Revolution]].{{sfn|Polly|2019|p=479}}
 Against a tight budget of $850,000,<ref name="Polly"/> the film grossed {{US$|100,000,000|year=1973|round=-7}} upon its initial 1973 worldwide release,<ref>{{cite book |last1=Gross |first1=Edward |title=Bruce Lee: Fists of Fury |date=1990 |publisher=Pioneer Books |page=137 |isbn=9781556982330 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QIwnAQAAIAAJ |quote=In 1973, his third (sic) Enter the Dragon, grossed $100 million world-wide and firmly established young Lee as an international star whose films were almost guaranteed to be successful. |access-date=8 June 2020 |archive-date=1 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200801113434/https://books.google.com/books?id=QIwnAQAAIAAJ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="Newspaper">{{cite news |editor1-last=Waugh |editor1-first=Darin |title=British Newspaper Clippings – Showtalk: The King Lives |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rWPuAQAAQBAJ&pg=PA98 |year=1978 |work=Bruce Lee Eve: The Robert Blakeman Bruce Lee Memorabilia Collection Logbook, and Associates of Bruce Lee Eve Newsletters |publisher=Kiazen Publications |isbn=978-1-4583-1893-0 |quote=Lee first found success in The Big Boss and followed that with Fist of Fury and Enter the Dragon which grossed an outstanding 100,000,000 dollars and firmly established itself as one of the world's all-time top films in commercial terms. Lee went on to top this with The Way of the Dragon and the cameras had barely stopped rolling when he began what was to be his final film Game of Death. (...) Now director Robert Clouse has completed Game of Death. |access-date=10 June 2020 |archive-date=23 June 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200623053103/https://books.google.com/books?id=rWPuAQAAQBAJ&pg=PA98 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="Hoffmann">{{cite book |last1=Hoffmann |first1=Frank W. |last2=Bailey |first2=William G. |last3=Ramirez |first3=Beulah B. |title=Arts & Entertainment Fads |date=1990 |publisher=[[Psychology Press]] |isbn=978-0-86656-881-4 |page=210 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_tR1owszUR0C&pg=PA210 |quote=American moviemakers already knew the potential of the martial arts film; in 1973 “Enter the Dragon,” starring Bruce Lee, earned Fred Weintraub and Raymond Chow $100,000,000 worldwide. Of that amount $11,000,000 came from U.S. sales, indicating the market was really overseas. |access-date=10 June 2020 |archive-date=10 June 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200610092453/https://books.google.com/books?id=_tR1owszUR0C&pg=PA210 |url-status=live }}</ref> making it one of the world's [[List of highest-grossing films|highest-grossing films]] of all time up until then.<ref name="Newspaper"/> The film went on to have multiple re-releases around the world over the next several decades, significantly increasing its worldwide gross.<ref name="Polly"/> The film went on to gross over {{US$|220 million|long=no}} internationally by 1981, making it the highest-grossing martial arts film of all time.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Hamberger |first1=Mitchell G. |date=1 December 1981 |title=Bruce Lee remembered |page=6 |work=[[York Daily Record]] |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/553719147/ |url-access=subscription |access-date=16 April 2022 |quote=His biggest and best film ''Enter the Dragon'', grossed over {{US$|220 million|long=no}} internationally. That's more than any martial arts film has ever grossed. |via=[[Newspapers.com]] |archive-date=16 April 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220416210057/https://www.newspapers.com/image/553719147/ |url-status=live }}</ref> It was reportedly still among the {{nowrap|top 50}} all-time highest-grossing films in 1990.<ref>{{cite journal |title=The Turtles Take Hollywood |journal=[[Asiaweek]] |date=May 1990 |volume=16 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dIoMAQAAMAAJ |access-date=10 June 2020 |publisher=Asiaweek Limited |quote=Lee's 1973 film Enter the Dragon is said to be one of the 50 top-grossing films of all time. |archive-date=11 June 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200611135912/https://books.google.com/books?id=dIoMAQAAMAAJ |url-status=live }}</ref>
-By 1998, it had grossed more than {{US$|300 million|long=no}} worldwide.<ref>{{cite journal |title=Immortal Kombat |journal=[[Vibe (magazine)|Vibe]] |date=August 1998 |volume=6 |issue=8 |pages=90–94 (94) |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JywEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA94 |publisher=[[Vibe Media Group]] |issn=1070-4701 |quote=Bruce's own production company, Concord, was a full partner with Warner Bros, in his final, and greatest film, ''Enter the Dragon''. Made for just $600,000, it has since grossed more than $300 million. |access-date=8 June 2020 |archive-date=20 June 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200620111446/https://books.google.com/books?id=JywEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA94 |url-status=live }}</ref> {{As of|2001}}, it has grossed an estimated total of over {{US$|400 million|long=no}} worldwide,<ref>{{cite book |last1=Wilson |first1=Wayne |title=Bruce Lee |date=2001 |publisher=Mitchell Lane Publishers |isbn=978-1-58415-066-4 |pages=30–1 |url=https://archive.org/details/bruceleereallife00wayn/page/30/mode/2up |quote=After its release, ''Enter the Dragon'' became Warner Brothers' highest grossing movie of 1973. It has earned well over $400{{nbsp}}million}}</ref> having earned more than 400 times its original budget.<ref name="Polly"/> The film's cost-to-profit ratio makes it one of the most commercially successful and profitable films of all time.<ref name="Thomas1994"/><ref>{{cite book |last1=Bishop |first1=James |title=Remembering Bruce: The Enduring Legend of the Martial Arts Superstar |date=1999 |publisher=Cyclone Books |isbn=978-1-890723-21-7 |page=46 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Zh0f8EsE5GUC |quote=Three weeks after Bruce Lee died Enter the Dragon was released in the United States and became an instant hit. The movie, made for around $800,000, made {{US$|3 million|long=no}} in its first seven weeks. Its success spread to Europe and then worldwide. It would eventually make over {{US$|200 million|long=no}}, making it one of the most profitable movies of all time. |access-date=7 June 2020 |archive-date=18 June 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200618044351/https://books.google.com/books?id=Zh0f8EsE5GUC |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Real versus nominal value (economics)|Adjusted for inflation]], the film's worldwide gross is estimated to be the equivalent of around {{US$|2 billion|long=no}} {{as of|2022|lc=y}}.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Risen |first1=Clay |title=Bob Wall, Martial Arts Master Who Sparred With Bruce Lee, Dies at 82 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/11/us/bob-wall-dead.html |access-date=16 April 2022 |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=11 February 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220211164954/http://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/11/us/bob-wall-dead.html |archive-date=11 February 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Chachowski |first1=Richard |title=The Best Kung Fu Movies Of All Time Ranked |url=https://www.looper.com/805482/the-best-kung-fu-movies-of-all-time-ranked/ |access-date=16 April 2022 |work=[[Looper.com]] |publisher=[[Static Media]] |date=21 March 2022 |archive-date=21 April 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220421163001/https://www.looper.com/805482/the-best-kung-fu-movies-of-all-time-ranked/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
+By 1998, it had grossed more than {{US$|300 million|long=no}} worldwide.<ref>{{cite journal |title=Immortal Kombat |journal=[[Vibe (magazine)|Vibe]] |date=August 1998 |volume=6 |issue=8 |pages=90–94 (94) |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JywEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA94 |publisher=[[Vibe Media Group]] |issn=1070-4701 |quote=Bruce's own production company, Concord, was a full partner with Warner Bros., in his final, and greatest film, ''Enter the Dragon''. Made for just $600,000, it has since grossed more than $300 million. |access-date=8 June 2020 |archive-date=20 June 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200620111446/https://books.google.com/books?id=JywEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA94 |url-status=live }}</ref> {{As of|2001}}, it has grossed an estimated total of over {{US$|400 million|long=no}} worldwide,<ref>{{cite book |last1=Wilson |first1=Wayne |title=Bruce Lee |date=2001 |publisher=Mitchell Lane Publishers |isbn=978-1-58415-066-4 |pages=30–1 |url=https://archive.org/details/bruceleereallife00wayn/page/30/mode/2up |quote=After its release, ''Enter the Dragon'' became Warner Bros.' highest grossing movie of 1973. It has earned well over $400{{nbsp}}million}}</ref> having earned more than 400 times its original budget.<ref name="Polly"/> The film's cost-to-profit ratio makes it one of the most commercially successful and profitable films of all time.<ref name="Thomas1994"/><ref>{{cite book |last1=Bishop |first1=James |title=Remembering Bruce: The Enduring Legend of the Martial Arts Superstar |date=1999 |publisher=Cyclone Books |isbn=978-1-890723-21-7 |page=46 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Zh0f8EsE5GUC |quote=Three weeks after Bruce Lee died Enter the Dragon was released in the United States and became an instant hit. The movie, made for around $800,000, made {{US$|3 million|long=no}} in its first seven weeks. Its success spread to Europe and then worldwide. It would eventually make over {{US$|200 million|long=no}}, making it one of the most profitable movies of all time. |access-date=7 June 2020 |archive-date=18 June 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200618044351/https://books.google.com/books?id=Zh0f8EsE5GUC |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Real versus nominal value (economics)|Adjusted for inflation]], the film's worldwide gross is estimated to be the equivalent of around {{US$|2 billion|long=no}} {{as of|2022|lc=y}}.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Risen |first1=Clay |title=Bob Wall, Martial Arts Master Who Sparred With Bruce Lee, Dies at 82 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/11/us/bob-wall-dead.html |access-date=16 April 2022 |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=11 February 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220211164954/http://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/11/us/bob-wall-dead.html |archive-date=11 February 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Chachowski |first1=Richard |title=The Best Kung Fu Movies Of All Time Ranked |url=https://www.looper.com/805482/the-best-kung-fu-movies-of-all-time-ranked/ |access-date=16 April 2022 |work=[[Looper.com]] |publisher=[[Static Media]] |date=21 March 2022 |archive-date=21 April 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220421163001/https://www.looper.com/805482/the-best-kung-fu-movies-of-all-time-ranked/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
-=== Critical reception ===
+=== Home media ===
-Upon release, the film was initially received mixed reviews from several critics,<ref name="Desser34"/> including a favourable review from ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]'' magazine.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/1973/film/reviews/enter-the-dragon-1200423093/|title=Review: 'Enter the Dragon'|author=Variety Staff|date=31 July 1973|access-date=11 December 2017|archive-date=8 November 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171108210457/http://variety.com/1973/film/reviews/enter-the-dragon-1200423093/|url-status=live}}</ref> The film eventually went on to be well received by most critics, and it is widely regarded as one of the best films of 1973.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.filmsite.org/1973.html |title=The Greatest Films of 1973 |publisher=[[AMC (TV channel)|AMC]] [[Filmsite.org]] |access-date=21 May 2010 |archive-date=10 February 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110210115957/http://www.filmsite.org/1973.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.films101.com/y1973r.htm |title=The Best Movies of 1973 by Rank |publisher=Films101.com |access-date=21 May 2010 |archive-date=13 April 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100413212242/http://www.films101.com/y1973r.htm |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.imdb.com/year/1973 |title=Most Popular Feature Films Released in 1973 |publisher=[[IMDb]] |access-date=22 May 2010 |archive-date=1 May 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100501143814/http://www.imdb.com/year/1973/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Critics have referred to ''Enter the Dragon'' as "a low-rent [[James Bond]] thriller",<ref>[http://movies.tvguide.com/enter-the-dragon/review/113986 ''Enter the Dragon'', TV Guide Movie Review.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120704171300/http://movies.tvguide.com/enter-the-dragon/review/113986 |date=4 July 2012 }} [[TV Guide]]. Retrieved 28 September 2012.</ref><ref>''The Fourth Virgin Film Guide'' by James Pallot and the editors of [[inebook]], published by [[Virgin Books]], 1995</ref> a "remake of ''[[Dr. No (film)|Dr. No]]''" with elements of [[Fu Manchu]].<ref>''Hong Kong Action Cinema'' by Bey Logan, published by [[Titan Books]], 1995</ref> J.C. Maçek III of [[PopMatters]] wrote, "Of course the real showcase here is the obvious star here, Bruce Lee, whose performance as an actor and a fighter are the most enhanced by the perfect sound and video transfer. While Kelly was a famous martial artist and a surprisingly good actor and Saxon was a famous actor and a surprisingly good martial artist, Lee proves to be a master of both fields."<ref>{{cite web|work=[[PopMatters]]|url=https://www.popmatters.com/pm/review/172567-enter-the-dragon-40th-anniversary-edition-blu-ray/|title=Tournament of Death, Tour de Force: 'Enter the Dragon: 40th Anniversary Edition Blu-Ray'|first=J.C.|last=Maçek III|date=21 June 2013|access-date=20 April 2020|archive-date=30 June 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130630000902/http://www.popmatters.com/pm/review/172567-enter-the-dragon-40th-anniversary-edition-blu-ray/|url-status=live}}</ref>
+''Enter the Dragon'' has remained one of the most popular martial arts films since its premiere and has been released numerous times worldwide on multiple home video formats. For almost three decades, many theatrical and home video versions were censored for violence, especially in the West. In the UK alone, at least four different versions have been released. Since 2001, the film has been released uncut in the UK and most other territories.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbfc.co.uk/case-studies/enter-dragon|title=BBFC Case Studies: Enter the Dragon (1973)|website=bbfc.co.uk|publisher=British Board of Film Classification|access-date=15 December 2018|archive-date=16 December 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181216103624/https://www.bbfc.co.uk/case-studies/enter-dragon|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://melonfarmers.co.uk/bbfc_cuts_enter_the_dragon.htm|title=Enter the Dragon: Bruce Lee vs the BBFC|website=Melonfarmers.co.uk|publisher=MelonFarmers|access-date=15 December 2018|archive-date=22 November 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181122074040/http://melonfarmers.co.uk/bbfc_cuts_enter_the_dragon.htm|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5oaSUETaJ6E |title=Cutting Edge: Episode 46 - Enter The Dragon |access-date=12 August 2020 |archive-date=8 January 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200108142538/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5oaSUETaJ6E |url-status=live }}</ref> Most DVDs and [[Blu-ray]]s come with a wide range of extra features in the form of documentaries, interviews, etc. In 2013, a second, remastered HD transfer appeared on Blu-ray, billed as the "40th Anniversary Edition".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dvdcompare.net/comparisons/film.php?fid=650|title=Enter the Dragon (1973) DVD comparison|publisher=DVDCompare|access-date=15 December 2018|archive-date=15 December 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181215222326/http://www.dvdcompare.net/comparisons/film.php?fid=650|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dvdcompare.net/comparisons/film.php?fid=10949|title=Enter the Dragon (1973) Blu-ray comparison|publisher=DVDCompare|access-date=15 December 2018|archive-date=15 December 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181215222926/http://www.dvdcompare.net/comparisons/film.php?fid=10949|url-status=live}}</ref>
+In 2020, new 2K digital restorations of the theatrical cut and special edition were included as part of the ''Bruce Lee: His Greatest Hits'' box set by [[The Criterion Collection]] (under licensed from [[Warner Bros. Home Entertainment]] through the physical home media joint venture in US and Canada named [[Studio Distribution Services]] and [[Star China Media|Fortune Star Media Limited]]), which featured all of Lee's films, as well as ''[[Game of Death II]]''.<ref name="Criterion">{{cite web|url=https://www.indiewire.com/2020/04/bruce-lee-criterion-collection-greatest-hits-1202224688/|title=Bruce Lee Will Make His Criterion Collection Debut This Summer with Greatest Hits Set|first=Ryan|last=Lattanzio|work=IndieWire|date=13 April 2020|access-date=17 July 2020|url-status=live|archive-date=16 May 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200516191947/https://www.indiewire.com/2020/04/bruce-lee-criterion-collection-greatest-hits-1202224688/}}</ref> In 2023 Warner Bros. Home Entertainment released a 4K restored version with HDR and Dolby Atmos audio track on 4K Blu-Ray disc as part of the movies 50th anniversary.<ref>{{Cite AV media|title=Enter the Dragon 50th Anniversary 4K Blu-ray|url=https://www.blu-ray.com/news/?id=32757|access-date=2026-01-30|via=www.blu-ray.com}}</ref>
+== Reception ==
+Upon release, the film initially received mixed reviews from several critics,<ref name="Desser34"/> including a favourable review from ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]'' magazine.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/1973/film/reviews/enter-the-dragon-1200423093/|title=Review: 'Enter the Dragon'|author=Variety Staff|date=31 July 1973|access-date=11 December 2017|archive-date=8 November 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171108210457/http://variety.com/1973/film/reviews/enter-the-dragon-1200423093/|url-status=live}}</ref> The film eventually went on to be well received by most critics, and it is widely regarded as one of the best films of 1973.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.filmsite.org/1973.html |title=The Greatest Films of 1973 |publisher=[[AMC (TV channel)|AMC]] [[Filmsite.org]] |access-date=21 May 2010 |archive-date=10 February 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110210115957/http://www.filmsite.org/1973.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.films101.com/y1973r.htm |title=The Best Movies of 1973 by Rank |publisher=Films101.com |access-date=21 May 2010 |archive-date=13 April 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100413212242/http://www.films101.com/y1973r.htm |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.imdb.com/year/1973 |title=Most Popular Feature Films Released in 1973 |publisher=[[IMDb]] |access-date=22 May 2010 |archive-date=1 May 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100501143814/http://www.imdb.com/year/1973/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Critics have referred to ''Enter the Dragon'' as "a low-rent [[James Bond]] thriller",<ref>[http://movies.tvguide.com/enter-the-dragon/review/113986 ''Enter the Dragon'', TV Guide Movie Review.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120704171300/http://movies.tvguide.com/enter-the-dragon/review/113986 |date=4 July 2012 }} [[TV Guide]]. Retrieved 28 September 2012.</ref><ref>''The Fourth Virgin Film Guide'' by James Pallot and the editors of [[Inebook]], published by [[Virgin_Books]], 1995</ref> a "remake of ''[[Dr. No (film)|Dr. No]]''" with elements of [[Fu Manchu]].<ref>''Hong Kong Action Cinema'' by Bey Logan, published by [[Titan Books]], 1995</ref> J.C. Maçek III of [[PopMatters]] wrote, "Of course the real showcase here is the obvious star here, Bruce Lee, whose performance as an actor and a fighter are the most enhanced by the perfect sound and video transfer. While Kelly was a famous martial artist and a surprisingly good actor and Saxon was a famous actor and a surprisingly good martial artist, Lee proves to be a master of both fields."<ref>{{cite web|work=[[PopMatters]]|url=https://www.popmatters.com/pm/review/172567-enter-the-dragon-40th-anniversary-edition-blu-ray/|title=Tournament of Death, Tour de Force: 'Enter the Dragon: 40th Anniversary Edition Blu-Ray'|first=J.C.|last=Maçek III|date=21 June 2013|access-date=20 April 2020|archive-date=30 June 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130630000902/http://www.popmatters.com/pm/review/172567-enter-the-dragon-40th-anniversary-edition-blu-ray/|url-status=live}}</ref>
 Many acclaimed newspapers and magazines reviewed the film. ''Variety'' described it as "rich in the atmosphere", the music score as "a strong asset" and the photography as "interesting".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://variety.com/1973/film/reviews/enter-the-dragon-1200423093/|title=Review: 'Enter the Dragon'|date=31 July 1973|website=Variety|access-date=10 May 2016|archive-date=4 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304140319/http://variety.com/1973/film/reviews/enter-the-dragon-1200423093/|url-status=live}}</ref> ''[[The New York Times]]'' gave the film a rave review: "The picture is expertly made and well-meshed; it moves like lightning and brims with color. It is also the most savagely murderous and numbing hand-hacker (not a gun in it) you will ever see anywhere."<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9500E3D71631E63BBC4052DFBE668388669EDE|title=Movie Review - - 'Enter Dragon,' Hollywood Style:The Cast |last=Thompson |first=Howard|date=18 August 1973 |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170131232805/https://www.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9500E3D71631E63BBC4052DFBE668388669EDE|archive-date=31 January 2017|url-status=dead|access-date=10 May 2016}}</ref>
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 ''Enter the Dragon'' was selected as the best [[martial arts film]] of all time, in a 2013 poll of ''[[The Guardian]]'' and ''[[The Observer]]'' critics.<ref name="Guardian">{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/filmblog/2013/dec/06/top-10-martial-arts-movies|title=Top 10 martial arts movies|newspaper=[[The Guardian]]|date=6 December 2013|access-date=7 June 2020|archive-date=28 May 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200528160416/https://www.theguardian.com/film/filmblog/2013/dec/06/top-10-martial-arts-movies|url-status=live}}</ref> The film also ranks No. 474 on ''[[Empire (magazine)|Empire]]'' magazine's 2008 list of ''The 500 Greatest Movies of All Time''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.empireonline.com/500/5.asp|title=''Empire's'' The 500 Greatest Movies of All Time|work=[[Empire (magazine)|Empire]] magazine|access-date=21 May 2010|archive-date=28 October 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111028130555/http://www.empireonline.com/500/5.asp|url-status=dead }}</ref>
-=== Home video ===
-''Enter the Dragon'' has remained one of the most popular martial arts films since its premiere and has been released numerous times worldwide on multiple home video formats. For almost three decades, many theatrical and home video versions were censored for violence, especially in the West. In the UK alone, at least four different versions have been released. Since 2001, the film has been released uncut in the UK and most other territories.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbfc.co.uk/case-studies/enter-dragon|title=BBFC Case Studies: Enter the Dragon (1973)|website=bbfc.co.uk|publisher=British Board of Film Classification|access-date=15 December 2018|archive-date=16 December 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181216103624/https://www.bbfc.co.uk/case-studies/enter-dragon|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://melonfarmers.co.uk/bbfc_cuts_enter_the_dragon.htm|title=Enter the Dragon: Bruce Lee vs the BBFC|website=Melonfarmers.co.uk|publisher=MelonFarmers|access-date=15 December 2018|archive-date=22 November 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181122074040/http://melonfarmers.co.uk/bbfc_cuts_enter_the_dragon.htm|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5oaSUETaJ6E |title=Cutting Edge: Episode 46 - Enter The Dragon |access-date=12 August 2020 |archive-date=8 January 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200108142538/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5oaSUETaJ6E |url-status=live }}</ref> Most DVDs and [[Blu-ray]]s come with a wide range of extra features in the form of documentaries, interviews, etc. In 2013, a second, remastered HD transfer appeared on Blu-ray, billed as the "40th Anniversary Edition".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dvdcompare.net/comparisons/film.php?fid=650|title=Enter the Dragon (1973) DVD comparison|publisher=DVDCompare|access-date=15 December 2018|archive-date=15 December 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181215222326/http://www.dvdcompare.net/comparisons/film.php?fid=650|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dvdcompare.net/comparisons/film.php?fid=10949|title=Enter the Dragon (1973) Blu-ray comparison|publisher=DVDCompare|access-date=15 December 2018|archive-date=15 December 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181215222926/http://www.dvdcompare.net/comparisons/film.php?fid=10949|url-status=live}}</ref>
-In 2020, new 2K digital restorations of the theatrical cut and special edition were included as part of the ''Bruce Lee: His Greatest Hits'' box set by [[The Criterion Collection]] (under licensed from [[Warner Bros. Home Entertainment]] through the physical home media joint venture in US and Canada named Studio Distribution Services, LLC. and [[Star China Media|Fortune Star Media Limited]]), which featured all of Lee's films, as well as ''[[Game of Death II]]''.<ref name="Criterion">{{cite web|url=https://www.indiewire.com/2020/04/bruce-lee-criterion-collection-greatest-hits-1202224688/|title=Bruce Lee Will Make His Criterion Collection Debut This Summer with Greatest Hits Set|first=Ryan|last=Lattanzio|work=IndieWire|date=13 April 2020|access-date=17 July 2020|url-status=live|archive-date=16 May 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200516191947/https://www.indiewire.com/2020/04/bruce-lee-criterion-collection-greatest-hits-1202224688/}}</ref>
-== Legacy ==
 ''Enter the Dragon'' has been [[Parody|parodied]] and referenced in places such as the 1976 film ''[[The Pink Panther Strikes Again]]'', the satirical publication ''[[The Onion]]'', the Japanese game-show ''[[Takeshi's Castle]]'', and the 1977 [[John Landis]] comedy anthology film ''[[The Kentucky Fried Movie]]'' (in its lengthy "A Fistful of Yen" sequence, basically a comedic, note for note remake of ''Dragon'') and also in the film ''[[Balls of Fury]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.theonion.com/content/node/30496|title=Rumsfeld Hosts No-Holds-Barred Martial Arts Tournament at Remote Island Fortress|website=[[The Onion]]|date=17 March 2004|access-date=15 August 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070815131719/http://www.theonion.com/content/node/30496|archive-date=15 August 2007|url-status=dead}}</ref> It was also parodied on television in ''[[That '70s Show]]'' during the episode ''[[Jackie Moves On]]'' with regular character [[Fez (That '70s Show)|Fez]] taking on the Bruce Lee role. Several clips from the film are comically used during the theatre scene in ''[[The Last Dragon]]''. Lee's martial arts films were broadly lampooned in the recurring ''[[Almost Live!]]'' sketch ''Mind Your Manners with'' ''[[Billy Quan]]''. [[Ram Gopal Varma]] directed the martial-arts film ''[[Ladki: Dragon Girl]]'' after being heavily inspired by the film.
 In August 2007, the now-defunct [[Warner Independent Pictures]] announced that television producer [[Kurt Sutter]] would be remaking the film as a [[Film noir|noir-style]] thriller entitled ''Awaken the Dragon'' with Korean singer-actor [[Rain (entertainer)|Rain]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://variety.com/2007/film/markets-festivals/warners-to-remake-enter-the-dragon-2-1117969988/|title=Warners to remake 'Enter the Dragon'|last=Fleming|first=Michael|date=9 August 2007|work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|access-date=12 August 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160418034915/http://variety.com/2007/film/markets-festivals/warners-to-remake-enter-the-dragon-2-1117969988/|archive-date=18 April 2016|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.comingsoon.net/movies/news/57745-will-rain-awaken-the-dragon|title=Will Rain Awaken the Dragon ?|publisher=[[ComingSoon.net]]|author=CS|date=5 August 2009|access-date=20 April 2020|archive-date=8 March 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210308214526/https://www.comingsoon.net/movies/news/57745-will-rain-awaken-the-dragon|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cinemablend.com/new/Exclusive-Rain-Confirms-He-s-Still-Considering-Enter-The-Dragon-Remake-15692.html|title=Exclusive: Rain Confirms He's Still Considering Enter The Dragon Remake|publisher=Cinema Blend|last=Rich|first=Kathy|work=CINEMABLEND |date=13 November 2009|access-date=20 April 2020|archive-date=31 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200731054043/https://www.cinemablend.com/new/Exclusive-Rain-Confirms-He-s-Still-Considering-Enter-The-Dragon-Remake-15692.html|url-status=live}}</ref> It was announced in September 2014 that [[Spike Lee]] would work on the remake. In March 2015, [[Brett Ratner]] revealed that he wanted to make the remake.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://thestudioexec.com/spike-lee-to-remake-enter-the-dragon/|title=SPIKE LEE TO REMAKE ENTER THE DRAGON|publisher=The Studio Exec|last=Sternberger|first=Chad|date=16 September 2014|access-date=14 May 2016|archive-date=4 June 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160604034144/http://thestudioexec.com/spike-lee-to-remake-enter-the-dragon/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.aintitcool.com/node/70809|title=Brett Ratner Is Trying To Remake ENTER THE DRAGON|publisher=Ain't It Cool News|author=mrbeaks|date=21 March 2015|access-date=20 April 2020|archive-date=6 August 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180806024525/http://www.aintitcool.com/node/70809|url-status=live}}</ref> In July 2018, [[David Leitch]] was in early talks to direct the remake.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://deadline.com/2018/07/enter-the-dragon-bruce-lee-remake-david-leitch-deadpool-2-john-wick-warner-bros-1202431792/|title=Remake Of Bruce Lee's 'Enter The Dragon' Has 'Deadpool 2's David Leitch in Talks|magazine=Deadline|author=Mike Fleming, Jr|date=23 July 2018|access-date=5 August 2018|archive-date=6 August 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180806024547/https://deadline.com/2018/07/enter-the-dragon-bruce-lee-remake-david-leitch-deadpool-2-john-wick-warner-bros-1202431792/|url-status=live}}</ref> As of 2024, there are no further updates on this project.
-=== Cultural impact ===
 ''Enter the Dragon'' has been cited as one of the most influential [[action film]]s of all time. Sascha Matuszak of ''[[Vice (magazine)|Vice]]'' called it the most influential [[kung fu film]] and said it "is referenced in all manner of media, the plot line and characters continue to influence storytellers today and the impact was particularly felt in the revolutionizing way the film portrayed [[African Americans|African-Americans]], [[Asian people|Asians]] and traditional martial arts."<ref>{{cite web |last1=Matuszak |first1=Sascha |title=Bruce Lee's Last Words: Enter the Dragon and the Martial Arts Explosion |url=http://fightland.vice.com/blog/bruce-lees-last-words-enter-the-dragon-and-the-martial-arts-explosion |website=[[Vice (magazine)|Vice]] |access-date=23 March 2020 |date=1 July 2015 |archive-date=2 January 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200102120348/http://fightland.vice.com/blog/bruce-lees-last-words-enter-the-dragon-and-the-martial-arts-explosion |url-status=dead }}</ref> Joel Stice of ''[[Uproxx]]'' called it "arguably the most influential kung fu movie of all time."<ref>{{cite web |last1=Stice |first1=Joel |title=Bruce Lee Was Bitten By A Cobra And 5 Other Surprising 'Enter The Dragon' Facts |url=https://uproxx.com/movies/enter-the-draon-trivia/ |website=[[Uproxx]] |access-date=23 March 2020 |date=27 November 2015 |archive-date=23 March 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200323193426/https://uproxx.com/movies/enter-the-draon-trivia/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Kuan-Hsing Chen and Beng Huat Chua cited its [[Stage combat|fight scenes]] as influential as well as its "hybrid form and its mode of address" which pitches "an elemental story of good against evil in such a spectacle-saturated way."<ref>{{cite book |last1=Chen |first1=Kuan-Hsing |last2=Chua |first2=Beng Huat |title=The Inter-Asia Cultural Studies Reader |date=2015 |publisher=[[Routledge]] |isbn=978-1-134-08396-1 |page=489 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=q4d4CAAAQBAJ&pg=PT489 |access-date=23 March 2020 |archive-date=6 June 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200606083852/https://books.google.com/books?id=q4d4CAAAQBAJ&pg=PT489 |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Quentin Tarantino]] cited ''Enter the Dragon'' as a formative influence on his career.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Fitzmaurice |first=Larry |date=28 August 2015 |title=Quentin Tarantino: The Complete Syllabus of His Influences and References |url=https://www.vulture.com/2015/08/quentin-tarantino-the-complete-syllabus.html |access-date=16 May 2022 |website=[[Vulture.com]] |language=en-us |archive-date=17 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220517042305/https://www.vulture.com/2015/08/quentin-tarantino-the-complete-syllabus.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
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 == See also ==
 * [[Bruce Lee filmography]]
-* [[List of cult films]]
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 * [https://www.loc.gov/static/programs/national-film-preservation-board/documents/enter_dragon.pdf ''Enter the Dragon''] essay by [[Michael Sragow]] at [[National Film Registry]]
 * [https://books.google.com/books?id=deq3xI8OmCkC ''Enter the Dragon''] essay by Daniel Eagan in America's Film Legacy: The Authoritative Guide to the Landmark Movies in the National Film Registry, A&C Black, 2010 {{ISBN|0826429777}}, pages 694–696
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