#553 All-time worldwide

#5 1992 releases

Movie profile

Lethal Weapon 3

Name: Lethal Weapon 3
Genre: Action, Thriller, Crime
Released: 1992-05-15
Duration: 118 min

1992 · 118 min · Silver Pictures

Action Thriller Crime

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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.

Worldwide gross $321.7M

Budget $35.0M

Gross minus budget $286.7M

ROI 9.19x

Domestic gross

$128.7M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$193.0M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$36.0M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Lethal Weapon 3 ranks

Positioned across the all-time chart, release year, studio, franchise and genre indexes where enough mapped data exists.

Open rankings

All-time worldwide #553 All-time chart position of 13,006 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1992 releases #5 Release-year chart position of 229 titles Ranked against movies released in 1992. Studio / company #1 Silver Pictures of 17 titles Position inside the mapped Silver Pictures movie set. Franchise #1 Lethal Weapon of 4 titles Ranked against mapped movies from the same franchise. Primary genre #278 Action of 2,974 titles Genre context based on the first mapped genre on this profile.

Nearby worldwide ranks

Comparable titles immediately around this movie by reported worldwide gross.

#550 The Conjuring 2 2016 · $322.8M #551 Megamind 2010 · $321.9M #552 Green Book 2018 · $321.8M #554 The Ugly Truth 2009 · $321.7M #555 Robin Hood 2010 · $321.7M #556 Inglourious Basterds 2009 · $321.5M

Quick answer

How did Lethal Weapon 3 (1992) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Lethal Weapon 3 (1992) earned a reported $321.7M worldwide against a reported $35.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $286.7M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 9.19x. In this database it currently ranks #553 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #5 among 1992 releases.

Worldwide gross: $321,731,527
Budget: $35,000,000
Gross minus budget: $286,731,527
ROI: 9.19x

Source: Reported box office data. Last updated: Jul 8, 2026. Gross-minus-budget is not studio net profit. It excludes marketing, distribution fees, revenue splits, tax incentives and later home/streaming revenue.

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Movie facts

Production details

Release date: May 15, 1992
Production: Silver Pictures, Warner Bros. Pictures, St. Petersburg Clearwater Film Commision
Countries: US

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1992, Lethal Weapon 3 is positioned in this dataset as a Action, Thriller, Crime title from Silver Pictures. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $321.7M, reported production budget is $35.0M, gross-minus-budget is $286.7M, ROI is 9.19x. For comparison, it currently sits #553 all-time in the current chart set and #5 among 1992 releases. Streaming availability should be checked against the selected United States region because provider rights can change.

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Data noteGross minus budget is not studio net profit. It excludes marketing, distribution fees, revenue splits, tax incentives and downstream revenue. Domestic, international and opening weekend figures marked as estimated are modelled estimates.