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TIL The Way of the Dragon was co-produced, directed, and written by Bruce Lee. With a small budget of $130,000, the film grossed over $130,000,000, or 1000x its budget. For reference, Avengers: Endgame, the highest grossing film of all time, grossed approx. 8x its budget

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