Reception
Kung Pow! Enter the Fist was panned by critics. It holds an 11% 'rotten' rating on Rotten Tomatoes and a 0% among their top critics, as well as an average score 14 out of 100 on Metacritic. Despite this, the movie seems to have a strong cult following, receiving a positive reaction from viewers because of its camp style and silly, over-the-top humor and its lampooning of the traditionally poorly-overdubbed English language releases of Hong Kong kung fu films, which, in itself, has a strong cult following. Its Metacritic user review page has an average score of 8.8 (out of 10). Kung Pow! Enter the Fist was a moderate financial success, grossing a total of $16,994,625 worldwide, with a budget of $10,000,000.
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