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What the world needs now is a family of kung-fu masters applying their sweet science to the sport of soccer. Should Harvey Weinstein ever relent and finally allow its release, North American audiences will have the opportunity to enjoy such an experience.

Shaolin Soccer is a story about Golden Leg Hung, an injured former star player whose career is stolen from under him a scheming evil-doer. As his life degenerates into a miserable existence of bottom-feeding, this man encounters Sing, a young man with incredibly powerful feet. He immediately forms a wild scheme to return to glory. He will teach the boy how to use the martial arts to excel at the world's most popular sport.

The problem with this is that a soccer team needs more than one player. Fortuitously, Sing has a set of incompetent, equally unhappy brothers searching for meaning in their lives. He also knows a dissheveled young woman, who also happens to have the type of dextrous hands that are perfect for a goalie...or a girlfriend. The group determines that they are best served becoming shaolin soccer stars.

Shaolin Soccer redefines quirky humor. If the concept described above makes you laugh, there is a lot to like in this former recipient of the Hong Kong Film Awards Best Picture. If the above makes you scratch your head, run away screaming right now. Shaolin Soccer is even weirder than its description sounds. (David Mumpower/BOP)

Vital statistics for Shaolin Soccer Main Cast Stephen Chow, Vicki Zhao, Man Tat Ng, Yin Tse, Yut Fei Wong Director Stephen Chow Screenwriter Stephen Chow, Derek Lee, Kan-Cheung Tsang Distributor Miramax Trailer Click Here for Trailer Official Site http://www.miramax.com/shaolin_soccer/ Rating PG-13 Running Time 111 minutes Screen Count 6 Awards Best Picture, 2002 Hong Kong Film Awards Best Actor, 2002 Hong Kong Film Awards Best Director, 2002 Hong Kong Film Awards Best Supporting Actor, 2002 Hong Kong Film Awards Best Visual Effects Awards page for Shaolin Soccer Talent in red has entry in The Big Picture

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Title	Date	Opening	Adjusted Opening	Screens	PSA	Adj PSA	Total BO	Adjusted Total	Mult
League of their Own, A	7/3/92	13.74	19.96	1950	7046.00	9847.4	107.53	156.24	7.83
Replacements, The	8/11/00	11.04	12.35	2754	4009.00	4314.0	44.32	49.58	4.01
D2: The Mighty Ducks	3/25/94	10.36	15.31	2182	4748.00	6749.6	45.60	67.39	4.40
Major League	4/7/89	8.84	13.35	1541	5737.00	8339.5	49.79	75.24	5.63
Cool Runnings	10/1/93	7.05	10.26	1387	5083.00	7121.1	68.66	100.00	9.74
Major League 2	4/1/94	7.04	10.40	2167	3249.00	4618.7	30.63	45.26	3.97
D3: The Mighty Ducks	10/4/96	6.17	8.41	2056	3001.00	3938.0	22.90	31.24	3.71
Mighty Ducks, The	10/2/92	6.04	8.77	1280	4719.00	6595.2	50.75	73.73	8.40
Little Giants	10/14/94	4.78	7.06	2022	2364.00	3360.6	19.31	28.53	4.04
Major League: Back to the Minors	4/17/98	2.09	2.68	2322	900.00	1113.0	3.57	4.58	1.71