Hong Kong actor, filmmaker, martial artist, and stuntman Jackie Chan is widely known for his slapstick acrobatic fighting style combined with comical timing and impressive stunts. Most of the innovative stunts in his films are performed by himself. Jackie Chan who owns a $20 million Private Jet has been in the entertainment industry for over six decades now.
The actor is considered to be one of the most widely known action stars in Hollywood. He is also one of the most recognizable public figure in the world with a global following across the world. According to Forbes, his films has grossed over $2.6 billion in the box office. The actor currently has a net worth of $400 million thanks to his about 150 film credits. Take a peek at the highest grossing films of Jackie Chan, ranked.
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8 Rush Hour
The film Rush Hour was released in Sep 18, 1998 and has grossed $245.3 million in the worldwide box office. The movie directed by Brett Ratner is about a Chinese diplomat who asked for help from the Hong Kong Detective Inspector Lee, played by Jackie Chan, when his daughter was kidnapped in Los Angeles.
The Hong Kong Detective had to assist the FBI but since the agency does not want anything to do with the detective, they pawned him off to the wisecracking Detective James Carter played by Chris Tucker.
7 Kung Fu Yoga
The film Kung Fu Yoga was released in Jan 27, 2017 and has grossed $256 million in the worldwide box office. It’s one of the most recent films made by Jackie Chan and only grossed $362,600 on the domestic box office. The action comedy film directed by Stanley Tong was about the world-renowned archaeology professor named Jack played by Jackie Chan. Jack’s team is on a grand quest to search for the lost ancient Indian treasure.
While the team was looking for the treasure they were ambushed by a team of mercenaries and left them to die. With Jack’s knowledge of the world history and kung fu, he led the team to survive and succeed the mission.
6 Rush Hour 3
The film Rush Hour 3 was released on August 10, 2007 and grossed over $256.6 million on the worldwide box office. The third installment of the film franchise was also directed by Brett Ratner. The film is about the time when East meets West with the assassination of Ambassador Han. The said event led to the reunion of Jackie Chan and American actor Chris Tucker’s characters.
The pair is in Paris and they need to stay one step ahead of the Chinese gangsters to track down the envelope that contains the identity of the powerful crime master.
5 Rush Hour 2
The Film Rush Hour 2 was released on August 3, 2001 and has grossed $347.5 million on the worldwide box office. The film was also directed by Brett Ratner and is the highest grossing film on the Rush Hour film franchise. The movie is about the aftermath of the explosion that occurred on the US Embassy in Hong Kong that killed two customs agents.
The agents were apparently looking into currency smuggling that was rampant at the time. Lee and Tucker ended up investigating the mastermind of the explosion. The head of the Fu-Cang-Long Triad, who was the mastermind of the crime, sent out his minions to make sure the pair does not solve the case.
4 The Karate Kid
The film The Karate Kid was released on June 11, 2010 and has grossed $351.7 million on the worldwide box office. The film directed by Harald Zwart is about the 12 year old kid named Dre Parker, played by Jaden Smith, who relocated in a strange land of China due to his mother’s career move.
Parker was being bullied by Cheng and decided to learn karate from his friend Mr. Han played by Jackie Chan.
3 Kung Fu Panda 3
The film Kung Fu Panda 3 was released on January 29, 2016 and has grossed $521.2 million on the worldwide box office. The star studded animated film was directed by Jennifer Yuh Nelson, and Alessandro Carloni. The movie is about Po, played by beloved comedian Jack Black, who lives a large and loving life. He realized that he needs to learn a lot if he wants to fulfill the next challenge by his instruction played by Dustin Hoffman.
After he finally reunited with his long lost father, played by Bryan Cranston, he must transition from being a student to becoming a teacher to train a group of pandas. Jackie Chan plays as Monkey on the film.
2 Kung Fu Panda
The film Kung Fu Panda was released on June 6, 2008 and has grossed $631.9 million on the worldwide box office. The first installment of the film franchise directed by John Stevenson, and Mark Osborne is about the laziest and clumsiest panda living in the Valley of Peace named Po. The clumsy panda has been dreaming of becoming a kung fu legend.
After a villainous snow leopard Tai Lung threatened Po’s homeland, he realized that he had to fulfill the prophecy and defend their place from the said attack.
1 Kung Fu Panda 2
The film Kung Fu Panda 2 was released on May 26, 2011 and has grossed $664.8 million the worldwide box office. The film that hit over half a billion dollars in sales is the highest grossing film of Jackie Chan. The movie directed by Jennifer Yuh Nelson will revolve around the Dragon Warrior Po who needed to protect the Valley of Peace together with his friends and fellow kung fu masters called as the Furious Five.
When a dangerous villain threatened the peaceful new life of Po using the secret weapon to wipe out the martial art in general, the group knew they had to do something.
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Sources: Forbes, The Numbers, IMDB
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