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Lethal Weapon 3

Lethal Weapon 3
1992
 118 minutes (1 hrs 58 mins)

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Directed by

Starring

Mel Gibson · Danny Glover · Joe Pesci · Rene Russo · Stuart Wilson · Steve Kahan

Full cast & crew

Release dates

US release date US release: 15th May 1992
Canada release date Canada release: 15th May 1992
South Korea release date South Korea release: 20th June 1992

Box Office Quickview

UK box office

  • Debut box office: 14th Aug '92
  • Debut position: 1
  • Highest position: 1
  • Debut gross: £4.2 Million
  • Total chart weeks: 16

US box office

  • Box Office debut: 15th May '92
  • Debut position: 1
  • Highest position: 1
  • Debut gross: $33.2 Million
  • Total chart weeks: 9

Chart position history

UK box office

14 Aug, 1992
1
21 Aug, 1992
2
28 Aug, 1992
1
4 Sep, 1992
1
11 Sep, 1992
3
18 Sep, 1992
5
25 Sep, 1992
7
2 Oct, 1992
10
9 Oct, 1992
13
16 Oct, 1992
14

US box office

15 May, 1992
1
22 May, 1992
1
29 May, 1992
1
5 Jun, 1992
3
12 Jun, 1992
4
19 Jun, 1992
5
26 Jun, 1992
6
3 Jul, 1992
9
10 Jul, 1992
12

Global box office

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Certificates

US
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Total grosses

UK total gross
United Kingdom Flag  £13.1 Million
US total gross
United States Flag  $144.7 Million
Global total gross
Global Flag  $321.7 Million

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This week the Michael Vaughn directed Kingsman The Golden Circle takes over the top of the UK chart with ease, IT makes a respectable fall to number 2.

Following on from the 2015 film Kingsman The Golden Circle this week makes its debut at number 1 with a weekend gross of £8.5 million.

Kingsman had a debut weekend of just over £4 million do the sequel has double that gross and has already made half of the originals total gross.

With this debut Kingsman 2 should be able to getting in the region of £25 - £30 million quite easily.

After a couple of weeks at the top IT falls to the runner up spot although it still manages a very respectable £2.8 million.

This brings the films total gross to £26.4 million, with plenty of milage left in the film we could be looking at £35 million total gross.

With the new Kingsman movie out this week studios didn't want to put anything of note against it so there are no other new film on the top ten.

Historical charts

A year ago - For a second weekend Bridget Jones's Baby was the top film of the weekend while the top new film of the week was The Magnificent Seven.

Five years ago - ParaNorman kept the the number 1 position for a second weekend while the highest new film was Killing Them Softly at number 2.

Ten years ago - Run Fatboy Run kept hold of number 1 for a third weekend while the top new film was Chuck and Larry at number 3.

Fifteen years ago - Making it 2 weeks on top was Signs while the top new film of the week was Swimfan at number 4.

Twenty years ago - Four weeks on top for The Full Monty while the top new film of the week was My Best Friends Wedding at number 2.

Twenty five years ago - The Unforgiven made its debut at the top of the box office while Lethal Weapon 3 fell down to number 2 after a 5 week reign at the top.

The power of IT at the UK box office was far too strong this weekend and easily remains at the top of the box office while Judy Dench stars in the highest new entry.

Warner Bros. continue to market the horror film IT to great effect as the film takes £6 million which is only a 40% drop from its debut last weekend.

This brings the movies total gross to an excellent £21.1 million from 10 days of release which is putting the film on for about £35 million total take in the UK.

Highest new film of the week is Victoria and Abdul, directed by Stephen Frears, it stars the legendary Judi Dench as Queen Victoria.

The film takes £1.8 million for the weekend which places it at number 2 on this weeks chart.

Also new this week is Mother! which makes its debut at number 3, and despite good reviews and plenty of publicity takes a quite disappointing £800,000.

American Assassin is also making its debut, it enters the box office at number 4 and The Jungle Bunch is a new entry at number 6.

For the fifth straight weekend the longest running film is Despicable Me 3, now with 12 weeks on the box office, while Dunkirk is the highest total grossing movie with £55 million.

Historical charts

A year ago - Bridget Joneses baby hit the top spot on its debut while Sausage Party fell from the top to number 4 with an all new top 3.

Five years ago - The Sweeney hit the top of the chart on its debut while Dredd fell to number 5, a heavy fall in its second weekend.

Ten years ago - Run Fatboy Run remained at the top for a second weekend while Superbad was the top new film at number 2.

Fifteen years ago - Signs hit the top on its debut while falling to number 2 after a week on top was The Bourne Identity.

Twenty years ago - Spending its third weekend at the top was The Full Monty while Air Force One was the top new film at number 2.

Twenty five years ago - Lethal Weapon 3 was the top film for a fifth weekend while the top new film Housesitter at number 2.

It was a quiet weekend at the UK box office as top 15 total gross reaches a level not seen since December 2015 with Tom Cruises new film American Made takes the crown.

Grossing a little over 1 million pound the film had little to no competition for the top spot and takes nearly £900,000 less than last week number 1 film.

Ironically what American Made has done that Cruises last film didn't do is go to number 1, The Mummy released in early June could only manage a number 2 debut, although it did it with £3.3 million.

Of interest is this weeks full weekly breakdown, if the chart was based on Monday - Sunday figures this week chart would have been as follows: Dunkirk, The Hitmans Bodyguard, The Emoji Movie, Annabelle Creation, Despicable Me 3.

American Made is the only film this week to take over a million is takings, Dunkirk which is at number 2 this week is just shy and yet again nearly took the top spot.

The Hitmans Bodyguard fell from the top to number 3 this week with a weekend gross of just over £800,000 which is 4% drop from last week.

The films total gross after 2 weekend of play is now £4 million.

Also new this week are Logan Lucky directed by Steven Soderbergh at number 4 and Detroit starring John Boyega and directed by Kathryn Bigelow at number 7.

Dunkirk is this weeks top total grossing film with a total that is now over £50 million while Despicable Me 3 has now been on the chart for a run of 9 weeks.

Historical charts

A year ago - Finding Dory stayed at the top of the box office while the top new film was Bad Moms at number 2.

Five years ago - Brave stayed at the top for a second weekend while the top new film of the week was Keith Lemon The Film at number 5.

Ten years ago - The Bourne Ultimatum spent a second weekend at the top while Knocked Up was the top new film at 2.

Fifteen years ago - Hitting the top spot on its debut was The Guru, it knocked Men In Black II down to number 2 after 3 weeks on top.

Twenty years ago - Men In Black spent its fourth week on top while the top new film was the excellent horror movie Event Horizons at number 2.

Twenty five years ago - Alien 3 was the top new film of the week making its debut at number 1 while Lethal Weapon 3 fell down to number 2 after a single week at the top.

After being around on limited release for a couple of weeks, Brave tops the UK box office in it's first week nationwide.

Giving up the top spot this week Ted falls to third place as the whole country gets a chance to see Pixar/Disneys latest film. The scottish set animation had already taken a couple of million pounds from 2 weeks of release on 150 screen, but expanding to over 500 screens sees the film take £5,269,402 this weekend. Brave has taken £8,270,546 in total.

Highest new film of the week is The Bourne Legacy, the first without Matt Damon in the lead, it has debuted with £4,620,289.

A year ago the Channel 4 show based The Inbetweeners Movie smashed it's way to the top of the UK box office with £13,216,736 making it the top film and highest new film.

Five years ago The Bourne Ultimatum took the top slot and was the highest new film with a weekend take of £6,553,704.

Ten years ago Men in Black II was still at the top having taken a a weekend gross of £1,403,344 and total gross of £16,174,430.

Fifteen years ago the original Men in Black was at the top while twenty years ago Lethal Weapon 3 was the big movie.