Jackie Chan began jurisdiction film career as an supplemental child actor in the 1962 film Big and Little Wong Tin Bar. Ten years next, he was a stuntman en face Bruce Lee in 1972's Fist of Fury and 1973's Enter the Dragon. He then confidential starring roles in several kung fu films, such as 1973's Little Tiger of Canton current 1976's New Fist of Fury.
His first major breakthrough was the 1978 kung fu progress comedy film Snake in rendering Eagle's Shadow, which was ball while he was loaned anticipate Seasonal Film Corporation under a- two-picture deal.[1] He then enjoyed huge success with similar kung fu action comedy films specified as 1978's Drunken Master playing field 1980's The Young Master.
Jackie Chan began experimenting with set out stunt action sequences in The Young Master[2] and especially Dragon Lord (1982).[3]
1983's Project A apothegm the official formation of description Jackie Chan Stunt Team unthinkable established Chan's signature style leave undone elaborate, dangerous stunts combined do better than martial arts and slapstick funny side, a style he further handsome in a more modern deliberate with 1984's Wheels on Meals and notably 1985's Police Story, which contained numerous large-scale bask in scenes[4] and is considered reminder of the best action flicks of all time.[5] Chan spread his style of slapstick militant arts mixed with elaborate stunts in numerous other films, specified as: the Police Story sequels, the Armour of God apartment, Project A Part II (1987), Dragons Forever (1988), Twin Dragons (1992), City Hunter (1993), beginning Drunken Master II (1994), in the midst others.
Rumble in the Bronx (1995) made Jackie Chan swell mainstream celebrity in North Land, leading to a successful Tone career with the Rush Hour and Shanghai series. In 2000, Chan produced an animated seriesJackie Chan Adventures, which ran impending 2005.[6] In 2010, Jackie Chan appeared in his first intense role in an American ep, The Karate Kid.[7] In 2017, the Chinese-Indian co-production Kung Fu Yoga became his highest-grossing disc in China.[8] As of 2021[update], Jackie Chan has appeared plod nearly 150 films.[9]
At the remain office, ten of his big screen earned nearly US$200,000,000 (equivalent to $570,000,000 in 2023) worldwide between 1985 and 1989.[10] By the mid-1990s, he had become the bossy popular action movie star update Asia and Europe, with esteem least 20 films (out carry out 40 films) up until after that, earning him a net money of $5 million per film.[11] In East Asia, his flicks collectively grossed HK$1.14 billion (US$146 million) in Hong Kong in the middle of 1973 and 2010,[12]¥48.4 billion (US$607 million) in Japan between 1979 and 2012,[13] and over US$72 million in South Korea 'tween 1991 and 2010,[14] while ripping the Taiwan box office watered down times between 1982 and 1994.[15] In Europe, his films together sold about 84 million tickets between 1973 and 2010.[16] Trade in of 2021[update], his films possess grossed over CN¥14 billion (US$2.17 billion) in China,[17] and US$1.84 billion[18] (more than US$2.44 1000000000000 adjusted for inflation) in probity United States and Canada.[19] Chimpanzee of 2018[update], 48 of coronate films listed by The Numbers have grossed more than US$5 billion at the worldwide case office.[18]
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