Editing Jackie Chan (section)

=== 1980–1987: Commercial success in the action comedy genre ===
Willie Chan became Jackie's personal manager and firm friend, and remained so for over 30 years. He was instrumental in launching Chan's international career, beginning with his first forays into the American film industry in the 1980s. His first Hollywood film was ''[[The Big Brawl]]'' in 1980.<ref>{{cite news |title=The Big Brawl |work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |date=31 December 1979 |url=https://www.variety.com/review/VE1117789217?refcatid=31 |access-date=31 May 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite AV media |title=Jackie Chan Double Feature |year=2010 |last1=Clouse |first1=Robert |publisher=Shout! Factory LLC|location=Los Angeles, California |time=''The Big Brawl''|id=SF 14160 |medium=DVD |last2=Jing |first2=Wong}}</ref> Chan then played a minor role in the 1981 film ''[[The Cannonball Run]],'' which grossed over {{US$|100 million}} worldwide.<ref name="Rovin">{{cite book |last=Rovin |first=Jeff |title=The Essential Jackie Chan Source Book |date=1997 |publisher=[[Simon and Schuster]] |isbn=978-1-4391-3711-6 |page=148 |url={{Google books|XMB-nMEq43IC |page=PT148 |keywords= |text= |plainurl=yes}}}}</ref> Despite being largely ignored by North American audiences in favour of established American actors such as [[Burt Reynolds]], Chan was impressed by the [[outtake]]s shown at the [[closing credits]], inspiring him to include the same device in his future films.{{citation needed|date=September 2024}}

After the commercial failure of ''[[The Protector (1985 film)|The Protector]]'' in 1985, Chan temporarily abandoned his attempts to break into the US market, returning his focus to [[Cinema of Hong Kong|Hong Kong films]].<ref name="FightingMaster" />

Back in Hong Kong, Chan's films began to reach a larger audience in East Asia, with early successes in the lucrative Japanese market including ''Drunken Master'', ''[[The Young Master]]'' (1980) and ''[[Dragon Lord]]'' (1982).<ref name="japan">{{cite web |script-title=ja:【ジャッキーチェン興行成績】 第12回：日本での興行収入 |url=http://kungfutube.info/3672 |website=KungFu Tube |year=2012 |access-date=21 November 2018 |language=ja}}</ref> ''The Young Master'' went on to beat previous box office records set by [[Bruce Lee]] and established Chan as Hong Kong cinema's top star. With ''Dragon Lord'', he began experimenting with elaborate [[stunt]] action sequences,<ref>{{cite web |title=Dragon Lord |publisher=Love HK Film |url=http://www.lovehkfilm.com/reviews_2/dragon_lord.htm |access-date=29 February 2012}}</ref> including the final fight scene where he performs various stunts, including one where he does a back flip off a loft and falls to the lower ground.<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Kicking and Screening: ''Wheels on Meals,'' ''Armour of God,'' ''Police Story,'' and more are graded with an eye for action |first=David |last=Everitt |date=16 August 1996 |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |url=https://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,293788,00.html |access-date=29 February 2012 |archive-date=13 January 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120113143506/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,293788,00.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Chan produced a number of action comedy films with his opera school friends [[Sammo Hung]] and Yuen Biao. The three co-starred together for the first time in 1983 in ''[[Project A (film)|Project A]],'' which introduced a dangerous stunt-driven style of martial arts that won it the Best Action Design Award at the third annual [[Hong Kong Film Award]]s.<ref>{{cite web |title=Project A Review |work=Film review |publisher=Hong Kong Cinema |url=http://www.lovehkfilm.com/reviews/project_a.htm |access-date=29 February 2012}}</ref> Over the following two years, the "Three Brothers" appeared in ''[[Wheels on Meals]]'' and the original ''[[Lucky Stars]]'' trilogy.<ref>{{cite web |title=Sammo Hung Profile |publisher=Kung Fu Cinema |url=http://www.kungfucinema.com/people/sammo_hung_kam_bo.htm |archive-url=https://archive.today/20070529210629/http://www.kungfucinema.com/people/sammo_hung_kam_bo.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=29 May 2007 |access-date=29 February 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Yuen Biao Profile |publisher=Kung Fu Cinema |url=http://www.kungfucinema.com/people/yuen_biao.htm |archive-url=https://archive.today/20070415122914/http://www.kungfucinema.com/people/yuen_biao.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=15 April 2007 |access-date=29 February 2012}}</ref> In 1985, Chan made the first ''[[Police Story (1985 film)|Police Story]]'' film, a [[crime action]] film in which Chan performed a number of dangerous stunts. It won [[Hong Kong Film Award for Best Film|Best Film]] at the [[5th Hong Kong Film Awards|1986 Hong Kong Film Awards]].<ref>{{cite web |last=Mills |first=Phil |title=Police Story (1985) |work=Film review |publisher=Dragon's Den |url=http://www.dragonsdenuk.com/reviews/policestory.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070403190345/http://www.dragonsdenuk.com/reviews/policestory.htm |archive-date=3 April 2007 |access-date=29 February 2012}}</ref> In 1986, Chan played "Asian Hawk", an [[Indiana Jones (character)|Indiana Jones]]-esque character, in the film ''[[Armour of God (film)|Armour of God]].'' The film was Chan's biggest domestic box office success up to that point, grossing over HK$35&nbsp;million.<ref>{{cite web |title=Armour of God |publisher=jackiechanmovie.com |year=2006 |url=http://www.jackiechanmovie.com/Reviews/AOG/Review.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040903175112/http://www.jackiechanmovie.com/Reviews/AOG/Review.htm |archive-date=3 September 2004 |access-date=29 February 2012}}</ref>