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Lethal Weapon 4

1998 • R • 2h 7m • Action, Crime, Thriller • Warner Bros.

The gang's all here.

🍅 54% 64%

39

3.16

6.6

Box office summary

Opening Weekend

$34.0M

3-day opening

Domestic Total

$130.4M

Final

Worldwide Total

$285.4M

$155.0M international

Domestic Legs3.8x

Budget$140M

1998 Rank#11

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Cast & Crew

Full Donner filmography

Richard Donner Director

Mel Gibson Starring

Danny Glover Starring

Joe Pesci Starring

Rene Russo Starring

Chris Rock Starring

ScreenplayChanning Gibson Produced byJoel Silver, Richard Donner CinematographyAndrzej Bartkowiak Music byMichael Kamen, Eric Clapton, David Sanborn StudioWarner Bros. SeriesLethal Weapon

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Jul 10-12 1 $34.0M — 3,117 $10,923 $34.0M

2 Jul 17-19 2 $21.7M −36.2% 3,117 $6,970 $71.7M

3 Jul 24-26 3 $13.1M −39.5% 3,117 $4,217 $94.6M

4 Jul 31-Aug 2 7 $7.8M −40.7% 2,602 $2,994 $107.9M

5 Aug 7-9 10 $4.7M −39.1% 2,329 $2,035 $116.2M

6 Aug 14-16 12 $2.7M −42.5% 1,928 $1,413 $121.1M

7 Aug 21-23 18 $1.3M −51.5% 1,408 $939 $123.6M

8 Aug 28-30 18 $947.1K −28.4% 889 $1,065 $125.0M

9 Sep 4-6 24 $849.2K −10.3% 701 $1,211 $126.2M

10 Sep 11-13 25 $442.4K −47.9% 632 $700 $126.7M

11 Sep 18-20 28 $300.6K −32.1% 573 $525 $127.2M

12 Sep 25-27 12 $751.3K +149.9% 924 $813 $128.1M

13 Oct 2-4 16 $431.1K −42.6% 901 $478 $128.7M

14 Oct 9-11 22 $278.9K −35.3% 564 $495 $129.2M

15 Oct 16-18 27 $165.7K −40.6% 398 $416 $129.5M

16 Oct 23-25 39 $105.7K −36.2% 281 $376 $129.6M

17 Oct 30-Nov 1 43 $59.7K −43.5% 201 $297 $129.7M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Jul 10 #1 $11.3M — $11.3M 3,117 $3,627 1

Sat Jul 11 #1 $12.9M +14% $24.2M 3,117 $4,148 2

Sun Jul 12 #1 $9.8M −24% $34.0M 3,117 $3,156 3

Mon Jul 13 #1 $4.3M −57% $38.3M 3,117 $1,372 4

Tue Jul 14 #1 $4.4M +2% $42.7M 3,117 $1,404 5

Wed Jul 15 #1 $3.8M −14% $46.5M 3,117 $1,207 6

Thu Jul 16 #1 $3.6M −6% $50.0M 3,117 $1,139 7

Fri Jul 17 #2 $6.5M +83% −42% $56.5M 3,117 $2,087 8

Sat Jul 18 #1 $8.7M +34% −33% $65.2M 3,117 $2,794 9

Sun Jul 19 #2 $6.5M −25% −34% $71.7M 3,117 $2,098 10

Mon Jul 20 #3 $2.5M −61% −41% $74.3M 3,117 $810 11

Tue Jul 21 #3 $2.6M +5% −40% $76.9M 3,117 $849 12

Wed Jul 22 #3 $2.3M −13% −39% $79.2M 3,117 $741 13

Thu Jul 23 #3 $2.2M −3% −37% $81.5M 3,117 $718 14

Fri Jul 24 #3 $3.9M +75% −40% $85.4M 3,117 $1,254 15

Sat Jul 25 #2 $5.4M +38% −38% $90.8M 3,117 $1,736 16

Sun Jul 26 #4 $3.9M −28% −41% $94.6M 3,117 $1,247 17

Mon Jul 27 #5 $1.4M −63% −43% $96.0M 3,117 $459 18

Tue Jul 28 #5 $1.6M +9% −41% $97.6M 3,117 $502 19

Wed Jul 29 #7 $1.3M −19% −45% $98.9M 3,117 $405 20

Thu Jul 30 #7 $1.2M −1% −44% $100.1M 3,117 $401 21

Fri Jul 31 #8 $2.2M +80% −43% $102.4M 2,602 $863 22

Sat Aug 1 #7 $3.2M +44% −40% $105.6M 2,602 $1,239 23

Sun Aug 2 #7 $2.3M −28% −41% $107.9M 2,602 $886 24

Mon Aug 3 #8 $912.9K −60% −36% $108.8M 2,491 $366 25

Tue Aug 4 #8 $978.2K +7% −37% $109.8M 2,602 $376 26

Wed Aug 5 #9 $866.5K −11% −31% $110.7M 2,602 $333 27

Thu Aug 6 #9 $843.8K −3% −32% $111.5M 2,602 $324 28

Fri Aug 7 #10 $1.4M +64% −39% $112.9M 2,329 $592 29

Sat Aug 8 #10 $2.0M +45% −38% $114.9M 2,329 $859 30

Sun Aug 9 #10 $1.4M −32% −41% $116.2M 2,329 $583 31

Mon Aug 10 #10 $523.3K −61% −43% $116.8M 2,329 $225 32

Tue Aug 11 #10 $581.7K +11% −41% $117.3M 2,329 $250 33

Wed Aug 12 #10 $504.5K −13% −42% $117.8M 2,329 $217 34

Thu Aug 13 #10 $479.2K −5% −43% $118.3M 2,329 $206 35

Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record

Cumulative total$118.3M

Jul 10Jul 19Jul 27Aug 5Aug 13

Weekend grossWk 10 · $442.4K

$34.0M

$21.7M

$13.1M

$7.8M

$4.7M

$2.7M

$1.3M

$947.1K

$849.2K

$442.4K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 3,117 → 2,329 −25.3%

3,117 open2,329 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −47.9%

−36.2%

W1→2

−39.5%

W2→3

−40.7%

W3→4

−39.1%

W4→5

−42.5%

W5→6

−51.5%

W6→7

−28.4%

W7→8

−10.3%

W8→9

−47.9%

W9→10

Steepest −51.5%Best hold −10.3%

Run milestones

$100M in 21 days

$100M

Day 21

Jul 30

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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