Lethal Weapon 3

Name: Lethal Weapon 3
Director: Richard Donner
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Released: 1992
Cast: Mel Gibson, Danny Glover, Joe Pesci, Rene Russo, Stuart Wilson

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

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Box office summary

Opening Weekend

$33.2M

3-day opening

Domestic Total

$144.7M

Final

Worldwide Total

$319.7M

$175.0M international

Domestic Legs4.4x

Budget$35M

1992 Rank#2

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Cast & Crew

Full Donner filmography

Richard Donner Director

Mel Gibson Starring

Danny Glover Starring

Joe Pesci Starring

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

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