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Lethal Weapon 3Follow

1992 • R • 1h 58m • Action, Crime, Thriller • Warner Bros. Pictures

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Box office summary

Opening weekend
$33.20M
3-day opening
Domestic total
$144.70M
Final
Worldwide total
$319.70M
$175.00M international
Domestic legs4.4x
Budget$35M
1992 rank#2

Cast & crew

Full Donner filmography
Richard Donner Richard Donner Director Mel Gibson Mel Gibson Starring Danny Glover Danny Glover Starring Joe Pesci Joe Pesci Starring Rene Russo Rene Russo Starring
ScreenplayJeffrey Boam, Robert Mark Kamen Produced byRichard Donner, Joel Silver CinematographyJan de Bont Music byMichael Kamen, Eric Clapton, David Sanborn StudioWarner Bros. SeriesLethal Weapon

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
1 May 15-17 1 $33.2M — 3,200 $10,388 $33.2M
2 May 22-24 1 $27.6M −17.1% 2,510 $10,983 $70.5M
3 May 29-31 1 $15.4M −44.1% 2,510 $6,144 $90.7M
4 Jun 5-7 3 $9.0M −41.4% 2,568 $3,519 $104.3M
5 Jun 12-14 4 $6.3M −29.9% 2,482 $2,551 $114.2M
6 Jun 19-21 5 $4.7M −25.7% 2,205 $2,134 $121.9M
7 Jun 26-28 6 $3.3M −30.6% 1,971 $1,657 $127.3M
8 Jul 3-5 9 $2.4M −25.0% 1,704 $1,437 $131.5M
15 Aug 21-23 14 $1.1M — 878 $1,243 $139.8M
Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record
Weekend grossWk 8 · $2.4M
$33.2M
$27.6M
$15.4M
$9.0M
$6.3M
$4.7M
$3.3M
$2.4M
W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8
Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 8 · −25.0%
−17.1%
W1→2
−44.1%
W2→3
−41.4%
W3→4
−29.9%
W4→5
−25.7%
W5→6
−30.6%
W6→7
−25.0%
W7→8
Steepest −44.1%Best hold −17.1%

Profitability

Return on Budget
Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

Similar movies

Lethal Weapon 2 1989 · Donner $147.3M Lethal Weapon 4 1998 · Donner $130.4M Lethal Weapon 1987 · Donner $65.2M Assassins 1995 · Donner $30.3M Conspiracy Theory 1997 · Donner $76.1M Ransom 1996 · Howard $136.5M

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