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Action - Martial Arts 1980-Present (excluding kids movies, spoofs and animation) Total Grosses Opening Weekends Rows: #1-100, #101-153 Row Rank Title (click to view) Studio Lifetime Gross / Theaters Opening / Theaters Date 1 4 Rush Hour 3 NL $140,125,968 3,778 $49,100,158 3,778 8/10/07 2 2 The Karate Kid Sony $176,591,618 3,740 $55,665,805 3,663 6/11/10 3 25 Transporter 2 Fox $43,095,856 3,320 $16,540,720 3,303 9/2/05 4 5 The Last Airbender Par. $131,772,187 3,203 $40,325,019 3,169 7/1/10 5 18 The Forbidden Kingdom LGF $52,075,270 3,151 $21,401,121 3,151 4/18/08 6 1 Rush Hour 2 NL $226,164,286 3,118 $67,408,222 3,118 8/3/01 7 12 Kill Bill Vol. 1 Mira. $70,099,045 3,102 $22,089,322 3,102 10/10/03 8 13 Kill Bill Vol. 2 Mira. $66,208,183 3,073 $25,104,949 2,971 4/16/04 9 20 The Tuxedo DW $50,547,998 3,022 $15,051,028 3,022 9/27/02 10 48 Bulletproof Monk MGM $23,358,708 2,955 $8,653,542 2,955 4/16/03 11 8 The Last Samurai WB $111,127,263 2,938 $24,271,354 2,908 12/5/03 12 24 The One SonR $43,905,746 2,894 $19,112,404 2,894 11/2/01 13 19 Exit Wounds WB $51,758,599 2,830 $18,485,586 2,830 3/16/01 14 14 Shanghai Knights BV $60,476,872 2,755 $19,603,630 2,753 2/7/03 15 15 Shanghai Noon BV $56,937,502 2,751 $15,607,034 2,711 5/26/00 16 44 Never Back Down Sum. $24,850,922 2,729 $8,603,195 2,729 3/14/08 17 3 Rush Hour NL $141,186,864 2,724 $33,001,803 2,638 9/18/98 18 52 The Medallion TriS $22,219,192 2,652 $8,111,324 2,648 8/22/03 19 16 Romeo Must Die WB $55,973,336 2,641 $18,014,503 2,641 3/22/00 20 11 Mortal Kombat NL $70,454,098 2,630 $23,283,887 2,421 8/18/95 21 39 The Art of War WB $30,208,599 2,630 $10,410,993 2,630 8/25/00 22 38 Transporter 3 LGF $31,715,062 2,626 $12,063,452 2,626 11/26/08 23 34 Cradle 2 the Grave WB $34,712,347 2,625 $16,521,468 2,625 2/28/03 24 43 The Transporter Fox $25,296,447 2,610 $9,107,816 2,573 10/11/02 25 29 Ninja Assassin WB $38,122,883 2,503 $13,316,158 2,503 11/25/09 26 62 Kung Fu Hustle SPC $17,108,591 2,503 $269,225 7 4/8/05 27 71 Maximum Risk Sony $14,502,483 2,358 $5,612,707 2,358 9/13/96 28 65 Fire Down Below WB $16,228,448 2,350 $6,073,094 2,336 9/5/97 29 49 Fighting Uni. $23,091,010 2,312 $11,024,370 2,309 4/24/09 30 51 WAR LGF $22,486,409 2,277 $9,820,089 2,277 8/24/07 31 10 Under Siege WB $83,563,139 2,248 $15,760,003 2,042 10/9/92 32 55 The Glimmer Man WB $20,351,264 2,236 $7,605,504 2,236 10/4/96 33 82 Double Team Sony $11,438,337 2,203 $5,034,914 2,203 4/4/97 34 92 Dragonball Evolution Fox $9,362,785 2,181 $4,756,488 2,181 4/10/09 35 17 Hero Mira. $53,710,019 2,175 $18,004,319 2,031 8/27/04 36 21 Under Siege 2: Dark Territory WB $50,024,083 2,150 $12,624,402 2,150 7/14/95 37 32 Mortal Kombat: Annihilation NL $35,927,406 2,140 $16,771,694 2,140 11/21/97 38 67 Half Past Dead Sony $15,567,860 2,113 $7,820,536 2,113 11/15/02 39 30 Kiss of the Dragon Fox $36,845,124 2,100 $13,304,027 2,025 7/6/01 40 54 The Quest Uni. $21,686,547 2,098 $7,029,120 2,092 4/26/96 41 80 3 Ninjas Kick Back TriS $11,798,854 2,043 $3,556,310 2,038 5/6/94 42 6 Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon SPC $128,078,872 2,027 $663,205 16 12/8/00 43 26 Out for Justice WB $39,673,161 2,010 $10,524,026 2,010 4/12/91 44 28 On Deadly Ground WB $38,590,458 2,010 $12,679,573 2,010 2/18/94 45 36 Hard Target Uni. $32,589,677 1,999 $10,106,500 1,972 8/20/93 46 33 Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story Uni. $35,113,743 1,985 $10,019,970 1,887 5/7/93 47 23 Marked for Death Fox $46,044,396 1,974 $11,790,047 1,968 10/5/90 48 46 Unleashed Rog. $24,537,621 1,962 $10,900,901 1,957 5/13/05 49 41 3 Ninjas BV $29,000,301 1,954 $5,888,920 1,912 8/7/92 50 31 Universal Soldier TriS $36,299,898 1,925 $10,057,084 1,916 7/10/92 51 66 The Man with the Iron Fists Uni. $15,634,090 1,872 $7,910,980 1,868 11/2/12 52 72 Rapid Fire Fox $14,356,479 1,829 $4,815,850 1,828 8/21/92 53 45 Jet Li's Fearless Rog. $24,633,730 1,810 $10,590,244 1,806 9/22/06 54 57 Code of Silence Orion $20,345,361 1,810 $5,512,461 1,810 5/3/85 55 90 Knock Off Sony $10,319,915 1,800 $5,516,231 1,800 9/4/98 56 37 Rumble in the Bronx NL $32,392,047 1,794 $9,858,380 1,736 2/23/96 57 53 Nowhere to Run Col. $22,189,039 1,776 $8,203,255 1,745 1/15/93 58 40 Double Impact Col. $30,102,717 1,747 $7,574,703 1,735 8/9/91 59 35 Street Fighter Uni. $33,423,521 1,738 $6,859,495 1,671 12/23/94 60 61 Invasion U.S.A. Can. $17,536,256 1,735 $6,891,609 1,735 9/27/85 61 60 The Delta Force Can. $17,768,900 1,720 $5,959,505 1,720 2/14/86 62 56 Sudden Death Uni. $20,350,171 1,687 $4,782,445 1,681 12/22/95 63 86 Universal Soldier: The Return Sony $10,667,893 1,639 $4,605,167 1,639 8/20/99 64 104 The Warrior's Way Rela. $5,666,340 1,622 $3,048,665 1,622 12/3/10 65 7 The Karate Kid Part II Col. $115,103,979 1,610 $12,652,336 1,323 6/20/86 66 27 The Karate Kid Part III Col. $38,956,288 1,569 $10,364,544 1,560 6/30/89 67 100 The Hunted (1995) Uni. $6,609,661 1,560 $2,723,495 1,552 2/24/95 68 78 The Protector (2006) W/DD $12,044,087 1,541 $5,034,180 1,541 9/8/06 69 89 Operation Condor Mira. $10,405,394 1,532 $4,731,751 1,532 7/18/97 70 22 Hard to Kill WB $47,410,827 1,508 $9,213,631 1,301 2/9/90 71 93 The Next Karate Kid Col. $8,914,777 1,489 $2,620,484 1,489 8/12/94 72 47 Lionheart Uni. $24,078,196 1,485 $7,094,552 1,462 1/11/91 73 64 Supercop Mira. $16,270,600 1,469 $5,503,176 1,406 7/26/96 74 75 Mr. Nice Guy NL $12,716,953 1,463 $5,250,704 1,463 3/20/98 75 88 Silent Rage Col. $10,490,791 1,458 $3,693,117 1,458 4/2/82 76 112 Redbelt SPC $2,345,941 1,379 $63,361 6 5/2/08 77 81 The Legend of Drunken Master Mira. $11,555,430 1,345 $3,845,278 1,342 10/20/00 78 68 Jackie Chan's First Strike NL $15,318,863 1,344 $5,778,933 1,344 1/10/97 79 85 Missing in Action II: The Beginning Can. $10,755,447 1,336 $3,868,515 1,336 3/1/85 80 101 Best of the Best II Fox $6,608,687 1,247 $2,840,931 1,247 3/5/93 81 70 Iron Monkey Mira. $14,694,904 1,235 $6,014,653 1,225 10/12/01 82 73 The Perfect Weapon Par. $14,061,361 1,229 $3,934,572 1,229 3/15/91 83 77 Lone Wolf McQuade Orion $12,232,628 1,221 $4,295,300 1,221 4/15/83 84 50 Missing in Action Can. $22,812,411 1,209 $6,101,460 1,150 11/16/84 85 84 House of Flying Daggers SPC $11,050,094 1,189 $397,472 15 12/3/04 86 94 Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li Fox $8,742,261 1,164 $4,721,110 1,136 2/27/09 87 96 Twin Dragons Mira. $8,359,717 1,131 $2,829,990 1,129 4/9/99 88 9 The Karate Kid Col. $90,815,558 1,111 $5,031,753 931 6/22/84 89 63 Death Warrant MGM $16,853,487 1,090 $5,019,902 1,089 9/14/90 90 113 Double Dragon Gram. $2,341,309 1,087 $1,376,561 1,087 11/4/94 91 102 Braddock: Missing in Action III Can. $6,193,901 1,040 $2,208,116 1,040 1/22/88 92 42 The Last Dragon TriS $25,754,284 1,039 $5,254,359 1,038 3/22/85 93 76 Black Mask Art. $12,504,289 988 $4,449,692 979 5/14/99 94 69 Kickboxer Can. $14,697,005 973 $4,134,098 973 9/8/89 95 98 Delta Force 2: Operation Stranglehold MGM $6,698,361 909 $1,854,379 908 8/24/90 96 109 The Raid: Redemption SPC $4,105,187 881 $213,785 14 3/23/12 97 59 Above the Law WB $18,869,631 868 $2,037,938 350 4/8/88 98 91 Cyborg Can. $10,166,459 830 $3,179,811 830 4/7/89 99 87 American Ninja Can. $10,499,694 672 $3,234,837 672 8/30/85 100 111 Only the Strong Fox $3,283,371 668 $1,286,889 668 8/27/93 TOTAL (All Movies): $3,699,343,595 - - - - AVERAGE (All Movies): $24,178,716 1,324 $6,947,502 1,276 - TOTAL (Wide Releases Only): $3,579,744,225 - - - - AVERAGE (Wide Releases Only): $35,095,532 1,922 $10,855,657 1,925 - Rows: #1-100, #101-153 Total Grosses Opening Weekends If there are any movies that you think should be on this list, e-mail us at mail@boxofficemojo.com.

UPCOMING RELEASES Title (click to view) Studio Release Date Grandmasters Wein. 8/23/13 47 Ronin Uni. 12/25/13 The Red Canvas Free TBD