Name: Lethal Weapon 4
Director: Richard Donner
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Released: 1998
Cast: Mel Gibson, Danny Glover, Joe Pesci, Rene Russo, Chris Rock

Date	Rank	Gross	Daily Chg	Weekly Chg	Total	Theaters	Average	Days
Fri Jul 10	#1	$11.30M		—	$11.30M	3,117	$3.6K	1
Sat Jul 11	#1	$12.93M	+14%	—	$24.23M	3,117	$4.1K	2
Sun Jul 12	#1	$9.84M	-24%	—	$34.05M	3,117	$3.2K	3
Mon Jul 13	#1	$4.28M	-57%	—	$38.32M	3,117	$1.4K	4
Tue Jul 14	#1	$4.38M	+2%	—	$42.70M	3,117	$1.4K	5
Wed Jul 15	#1	$3.76M	-14%	—	$46.46M	3,117	$1.2K	6
Thu Jul 16	#1	$3.55M	-6%	—	$50.02M	3,117	$1.1K	7
Fri Jul 17	#2	$6.50M	+83%	-42%	$56.52M	3,117	$2.1K	8
Sat Jul 18	#1	$8.71M	+34%	-33%	$65.23M	3,117	$2.8K	9
Sun Jul 19	#2	$6.54M	-25%	-34%	$71.74M	3,117	$2.1K	10
Mon Jul 20	#3	$2.52M	-61%	-41%	$74.27M	3,117	$810	11
Tue Jul 21	#3	$2.65M	+5%	-40%	$76.91M	3,117	$849	12
Wed Jul 22	#3	$2.31M	-13%	-39%	$79.22M	3,117	$741	13
Thu Jul 23	#3	$2.24M	-3%	-37%	$81.46M	3,117	$718	14
Fri Jul 24	#3	$3.91M	+75%	-40%	$85.37M	3,117	$1.3K	15
Sat Jul 25	#2	$5.41M	+38%	-38%	$90.78M	3,117	$1.7K	16
Sun Jul 26	#4	$3.89M	-28%	-41%	$94.61M	3,117	$1.2K	17
Mon Jul 27	#5	$1.43M	-63%	-43%	$96.04M	3,117	$459	18
Tue Jul 28	#5	$1.56M	+9%	-41%	$97.60M	3,117	$502	19
Wed Jul 29	#7	$1.26M	-19%	-45%	$98.86M	3,117	$405	20
Thu Jul 30	#7	$1.25M	-1%	-44%	$100.11M	3,117	$401	21
Fri Jul 31	#8	$2.25M	+80%	-43%	$102.36M	2,602	$863	22
Sat Aug 1	#7	$3.23M	+44%	-40%	$105.58M	2,602	$1.2K	23
Sun Aug 2	#7	$2.31M	-28%	-41%	$107.90M	2,602	$886	24
Mon Aug 3	#8	$913K	-60%	-36%	$108.81M	2,491	$366	25
Tue Aug 4	#8	$978K	+7%	-37%	$109.79M	2,602	$376	26
Wed Aug 5	#9	$866K	-11%	-31%	$110.66M	2,602	$333	27
Thu Aug 6	#9	$844K	-3%	-32%	$111.50M	2,602	$324	28
Fri Aug 7	#10	$1.38M	+64%	-39%	$112.88M	2,329	$592	29
Sat Aug 8	#10	$2.00M	+45%	-38%	$114.88M	2,329	$859	30
Sun Aug 9	#10	$1.36M	-32%	-41%	$116.24M	2,329	$583	31
Mon Aug 10	#10	$523K	-61%	-43%	$116.76M	2,329	$225	32
Tue Aug 11	#10	$582K	+11%	-41%	$117.35M	2,329	$250	33
Wed Aug 12	#10	$504K	-13%	-42%	$117.85M	2,329	$217	34
Thu Aug 13	#10	$479K	-5%	-43%	$118.33M	2,329	$206	35

Weekend	Rank	Gross	Chg	Total	Theaters	Average	Wks
Jul 10-12	1	$34.05M	—	$34.05M	3,117	$10.9K	1
Jul 17-19	2	$21.73M	-36.2%	$71.74M	3,117	$7.0K	2
Jul 24-26	3	$13.14M	-39.5%	$94.61M	3,117	$4.2K	3
Jul 31-Aug 2	7	$7.79M	-40.7%	$107.90M	2,602	$3.0K	4
Aug 7-9	10	$4.74M	-39.1%	$116.24M	2,329	$2.0K	5
Aug 14-16	12	$2.72M	-42.5%	$121.05M	1,928	$1.4K	6
Aug 21-23	18	$1.32M	-51.5%	$123.59M	1,408	$939	7
Aug 28-30	18	$947K	-28.4%	$125.03M	889	$1.1K	8
Sep 4-6	24	$849K	-10.3%	$126.17M	701	$1.2K	9
Sep 11-13	25	$442K	-47.9%	$126.75M	632	$700	10
Sep 18-20	28	$301K	-32.1%	$127.21M	573	$525	11
Sep 25-27	12	$751K	+149.9%	$128.06M	924	$813	12
Oct 2-4	16	$431K	-42.6%	$128.74M	901	$478	13
Oct 9-11	22	$279K	-35.3%	$129.18M	564	$495	14
Oct 16-18	27	$166K	-40.6%	$129.47M	398	$416	15
Oct 23-25	39	$106K	-36.2%	$129.64M	281	$376	16
Oct 30-Nov 1	43	$60K	-43.5%	$129.73M	201	$297	17

Performance Charts

Charts show the first 10 weeks · see the tables above for the full run

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Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

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Cast & Crew

Directed byRichard Donner

ScreenplayChanning Gibson

Produced byJoel Silver, Richard Donner

CinematographyAndrzej Bartkowiak

Music byMichael Kamen, Eric Clapton, David Sanborn

StarringMel Gibson, Danny Glover, Joe Pesci, Rene Russo, Chris Rock, Jet Li

StudioWarner Bros. / Silver Pictures

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