Box Office (1972)

Hong Kong Box Office (1972)

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Boxer From Shantung, King Boxer, Brutal Boxer, Blind Boxer, and Queen Boxer (The Avenger #29) - Bandits From Shantung

Way Of the Dragon - gives us 1st common use of the word "DRAGON" in a Kung-fu film

#

 Movie Title

Period

Day

Gross (HK$)

1

Way Of The Dragon, The,

30/12/72- 24/01/73

26

$ 5,307,350.50

2

Fist Of Fury

22/03/72- 19/04/72

29

$ 4,431,423.50

3

Warlord, The

17/08/72- 06/09/72

21

$ 3,464,724.80

4

14 Amazons, The

27/07/72- 16/08/72

21

$ 2,569,001.90

5

Legends Of Lust

16/11/72- 05/12/72

20

$ 2,023,104.20

6

Boxer From Shantung

11/02/72- 28/02/72

18

$ 2,006,935.30

7

Water Margin, The

17/03/72- 29/03/72

13

$ 1,602,156.50

8

Good And The Bad, The ++
[1st Shapes film ??]

06/12/72- 20/12/72

15

$ 1,248,293.50

9

Black List

02/11/72- 15/11/72

14

$ 1,235,117.40

10

Young People

07/07/72- 19/07/72

13

$ 1,223,950.00

11

Angry Guest, The

29/02/72- 09/03/72

10

$ 1,221,526.30

12

Madness Of Love

12/10/72- 26/10/72

15

$ 1,201,734.30

13

Casino, The

30/03/72- 11/04/72

13

$ 1,197,365.10

14

Pei Shih

29/03/72- 07/04/72

10

$ 1,194,736.20

15

Cannibals

10/08/72- 24/08/72

15

$ 1,177,312.80

16

Furious Slaughter

23/02/72- 02/03/72

9

$ 1,126,506.40

17

Intimate Confessions Of A Chinese Courtesan

07/09/72- 19/09/72

13

$ 1,108,436.70

18

Four Riders

22/12/72- 29/12/72

8

$ 1,095,137.30

19

Trilogy Of Swordsmanship

11/05/72- 22/05/72

12

$ 1,062,847.40

20

Man Of Iron

14/10/72- 24/10/72

11

$ 1,059,092.50

21

Cheating Panorama

11/02/72- 24/02/72

14

$ 1,054,251.40

22

Lizard

01/11/72- 10/11/72

10

$ 984,320.70

23

Hap Ki Do

12/10/72- 25/10/72

14

$ 873,804.10

24

Bloody Love

12/07/72- 29/07/72

18

$ 853,105.70

25

Delightful Forest

20/09/72- 28/09/72

9

$ 843,047.70

26

Brutal Boxer, The

04/10/72- 13/10/72

10

$ 838,708.30

27

Tough Guy

19/10/72- 27/10/72

9

$ 807,286.20

28

King Boxer

28/04/72- 10/05/72

13

$ 761,166.10

29

Avenger, The
(Queen Boxer)
(The Hatred)

27/05/72- 06/06/72

11

$ 703,121.20

30

Naughty Couples, The

13/07/72- 21/07/72

9

$ 698,559.20

31

Escape, The

30/11/72- 15/12/72

16

$ 638,655.60

32

Chow Ken

06/07/72- 13/07/72

8

$ 614,371.10

33

Hurricane, The

12/02/72- 24/02/72

13

$ 602,816.30

34

Love Is Smoke

14/06/72- 23/06/72

10

$ 556,193.70

35

Misgudied Youth, The

18/05/72- 26/05/72

9

$ 508,710.50

36

Gourd Fairy, The

20/07/72- 26/07/72

7

$ 488,412.00

37

Bandits From Shantung

03/03/72- 09/03/72

7

$ 479,472.90

38

Crush

20/06/72- 28/06/72

9

$ 476,528.80

39

Killer, The

08/01/72- 14/01/72

7

$ 467,121.60

40

Ma Su-Chen

14/06/72- 19/06/72

6

$ 443,430.10

41

Three Seventeens

13/02/72- 02/03/72

19

$ 440,381.80

42

Pursuit

01/06/72- 07/06/72

7

$ 440,186.60

43

Loner, The

04/05/72- 18/05/72

15

$ 431,715.20

44

Human Gooddess, The

10/03/72- 16/03/72

7

$ 427,887.60

45

Four Girls From Hong Kong

20/12/72- 30/12/72

11

$ 406,896.00

46

Lady Whirlwind

01/06/72- 07/06/72

7

$ 401,794.30

47

Young Avenger

20/04/72- 27/04/72

8

$ 393,742.90

48

Blind Boxer

06/09/72- 12/09/72

7

$ 388,812.60

49

Flower In The Rain

29/09/72- 04/10/72

6

$ 366,485.40

50

Yellow Killer, The

15/12/72- 21/12/72

7

$ 363,900.50

51

Merry Wife, The

08/06/72- 14/06/72

7

$ 361,284.80

52

Sonny Come Home

18/11/72- 24/11/72

7

$ 360,805.20

53

Fugitive

06/12/72- 12/12/72

7

$ 358,038.80

54

Champion Of Champions, The

21/01/72- 27/01/72

7

$ 355,675.40

55

Black Tavern, The

16/12/72- 21/12/72

6

$ 337,692.90

56

Devil's Mirror

15/06/72- 20/06/72

6

$ 327,527.60

57

Jenny And Her Sexy Mother

07/09/72- 13/09/72

7

$ 319,388.60

58

Pepper The Model & The Hypnotist

09/03/72- 15/03/72

7

$ 309,705.30

59

Impetuous Fire

23/02/72- 02/03/72

9

$ 294,595.90

60

Perfect Match, The

05/10/72- 11/10/72

7

$ 292,845.40

61

Notorious Ones, The

20/04/72- 27/04/72

8

$ 283,764.40

62

Show Down

07/06/72- 13/06/72

7

$ 283,065.30

63

Of Wives And Mistresses

26/05/72- 31/05/72

6

$ 282,765.90

64

Boat, The

11/08/72- 22/08/72

12

$ 281,780.20

65

Finger Of Doom

14/04/72- 19/04/72

6

$ 274,336.20

66

Stranger In Hong Kong

27/10/72- 31/10/72

5

$ 259,515.10

67

Bloody Fight, The

13/04/72- 19/04/72

7

$ 244,915.30

68

Stealing Love, The

02/11/72- 09/11/72

8

$ 231,857.10

69

Thunderbolt Fist, The,

30/12/72- 04/01/73

6

$ 217,969.00

70

Invasion, The

09/08/72- 16/08/72

8

$ 216,507.80

71

Imperial Swordsman, The

05/10/72- 09/10/72

5

$ 216,417.30

72

Love Affairs

13/01/72- 19/01/72

7

$ 215,562.70

73

Songs & Romance Forever

28/12/72- 04/01/73

8

$ 185,623.80

74

Intrigue In Nylons

11/11/72- 15/11/72

5

$ 183,937.70

75

Bloody Fists, The

17/05/72- 31/05/72

15

$ 173,484.20

76

My Lover

03/03/72- 09/03/72

7

$ 162,619.00

77

Let's Go To Bed

24/06/72- 28/06/72

5

$ 156,952.80

78

Yellow Muffler, The

15/01/72- 18/01/72

4

$ 143,137.80

79

Bride From Hell, The

24/03/72- 28/03/72

5

$ 142,590.80

80

Changing Love

03/05/72- 10/05/72

8

$ 136,544.90

81

Ghost, The

27/04/72- 03/05/72

7

$ 112,988.70

82

Please Sir, We're Sorry

04/05/72- 10/05/72

7

$ 85,260.60

83

Seaside Murder

08/02/72- 11/02/72

4

$ 36,472.10