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Lethal Weapon 2

1989 • R • 1h 54m • Action, Crime, Thriller • Warner Bros.

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🍅 82% 78% MC 70 LB 3.63 IMDb 7.3

Box office summary

Opening Weekend
$20.4M
3-day opening
Domestic Total
$147.3M
Final
Worldwide Total
$227.3M
$80.0M international
Domestic Legs7.2x
1989 Rank#3
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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
ScreenplayJeffrey Boam Story byShane Black, Warren Murphy Produced byJoel Silver Music byMichael Kamen, Eric Clapton, David Sanborn StudioWarner Bros. SeriesLethal Weapon
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The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
1 Jul 7-9 1 $20.4M — 1,803 $11,308 $20.4M
2 Jul 14-16 1 $17.2M −15.7% 1,830 $9,392 $49.2M
3 Jul 21-23 1 $13.0M −24.2% 1,830 $7,116 $71.6M
4 Jul 28-30 2 $10.4M −20.1% 1,830 $5,684 $88.8M
5 Aug 4-6 3 $8.0M −22.7% 1,830 $4,393 $102.2M
6 Aug 11-13 6 $6.1M −24.5% 1,830 $3,318 $112.1M
7 Aug 18-20 6 $4.5M −25.6% 1,584 $2,851 $119.6M
8 Aug 25-27 5 $3.3M −26.1% 1,560 $2,138 $125.1M
9 Sep 1-3 5 $4.7M +39.7% 1,613 $2,889 $131.3M
10 Sep 8-10 6 $2.6M −44.3% 1,538 $1,689 $134.8M
11 Sep 15-17 6 $2.2M −15.0% 1,393 $1,584 $137.9M
12 Sep 22-24 7 $1.6M −27.1% 1,356 $1,186 $140.1M
13 Sep 29-Oct 1 10 $1.2M −23.7% 1,131 $1,085 $141.9M
Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record
Weekend grossWk 10 · $2.6M
$20.4M
$17.2M
$13.0M
$10.4M
$8.0M
$6.1M
$4.5M
$3.3M
$4.7M
$2.6M
W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10
Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −44.3%
−15.7%
W1→2
−24.2%
W2→3
−20.1%
W3→4
−22.7%
W4→5
−24.5%
W5→6
−25.6%
W6→7
−26.1%
W7→8
+39.7%
W8→9
−44.3%
W9→10
Steepest −44.3%Biggest gain +39.7%

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