'Ip Man 4: The Finale' hits North American big screen on Dec 25

Ip Man 4: The Finale, the latest installment in the Chinese martial arts film franchise Ip Man, opened Wednesday in limited theatrical release in North America, offering a heroic sendoff to the saga that inspired a new wave of martial arts movie fans.

Directed by Wilson Yip, the new film sees Donnie Yen reprising the title role as the legendary Wing Chun kung fu master. In the film, following the death of his wife, Ip Man travels to the United States in order to ease the tensions between the local kung fu masters and his star student, Bruce Lee, and gets involved in a dispute between local armed forces and a Chinese martial arts school in San Francisco's Chinatown.

Ip Man 4: The Finale will be released by Well Go USA Entertainment in Chinese and English with English and Chinese subtitles in select North American cities including Sacramento, New York and San Francisco.

The film has been a box office winner on the Chinese mainland, raking in 446 million yuan ($63.8 million) over the past six days, according to the major Chinese film database Maoyan.