Biography of jackie chan hong kong documentary

Jackie Chan began his film career as an extra child actor in the motion picture Big and Little Wong Tin Bar. Ten years later, he was a stuntman opposite Bruce Lee in 's Fist of Fury and 's Enter the Dragon.

He then had starring roles in several kung fu films, such as 's Little Tiger of Canton and 's New Fist of Fury. His first major breakthrough was the kung fu action comedy motion picture Snake in the Eagle's Shadow, which was shot while he was loaned to Seasonal Movie Corporation under a two-picture deal.^[1] He then enjoyed huge achievement with similar kung fu move comedy films such as 's Drunken Master and 's The Young Master.

Jackie Chan began experimenting with elaborate stunt deed sequences in The Young Master^[2] and especially Dragon Lord ().^[3]

's Project A saw the official formation of the Jackie Chan Stunt Team and established Chan's signature style of elaborate, hazardous stunts combined with martial arts and slapstick humor, a design he further developed in a more modern setting with 's Wheels on Meals and notably 's Police Story, which contained numerous large-scale action scenes^[4] and is considered one of the best action films of all time.^[5] Chan continued his manner of slapstick martial arts mixed with elaborate stunts in numerous other films, such as: the Police Story sequels, the Armour of God series, Project A Part II (), Dragons Forever (), Twin Dragons (), City Hunter (), and Drunken Master II (), among others.

Rumble in the Bronx () made Jackie Chan a mainstream icon in North America, leading to a successful Hollywood career with the Rush Hour and Shanghai series. In , Chan produced an animated seriesJackie Chan Adventures, which ran until ^[6] In , Jackie Chan appeared in his first dramatic role in an American film, The Karate Kid.^[7] In , the Chinese-Indian co-production Kung Fu Yoga became his highest-grossing film in China.^[8] As of ^[update], Jackie Chan has appeared in nearly films.^[9]

At the box office, ten of his films earned nearly US$,, (equivalent to $,, in ) worldwide between and ^[10] By the mids, he had become the most popular action movie celestial body in Asia and Europe, with at least 20 films (out of 40 films) up until then, earning him a net income of $5 million per film.^[11] In East Asia, his films collectively grossed HK$ billion (US$ million) in Hong Kong between and ,^[12]¥ billion (US$ million) in Japan between and ,^[13] and over US$72 million in South Korea between and ,^[14] while topping the Taiwan box office ten times between and ^[15] In Europe, his films collectively sold about 84 million tickets between and ^[16] As of ^[update], his films have grossed over CN¥14 billion (US$ billion) in China,^[17] and US$ billion^[18] (more than US$ billion adjusted for inflation) in the United States and Canada.^[19] As of ^[update], 48 of his films listed by The Numbers have grossed more than US$5 billion at the worldwide box office.^[18]

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