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Lethal Weapon 3: At a glance

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Facts

1992 · Action, Thriller · English9.2× its budget · Audiences +13 over critics

Critics vs audiences

Audiences like it more than critics (+13)

Critics 52Audiences 65GoodWatch 59

  • Rotten Tomatoes

    Tomatometer64%

  • Metacritic

    Metascore40

  • Metacritic

    User score6.8

  • IMDb

    IMDb6.7

  • Letterboxd

    Letterboxd · 89 K ratings3.3/5

  • Rotten Tomatoes

    Audience score61%

Box office

9.2×its budget

Budget
$35 M
Worldwide
$322 M

Worldwide it earned $287 M more than it cost.

Running time

1 h 58 min

A typical length for action movies, +10 min on the typical 108

Half of all action movies run 96–127 min.

Reach

Streams in 42 countries, rent or buy in 52 more

+32

Released

1992

May 15, 1992

34 years ago

Genres

ActionThrillerCrime

Language

English

Original language

Made in

  • United States

Awards

MTV Award winnerWins and nominations by award

MTV Movie & TV Awards1993

  • Best Action Sequence1993Won
  • MTV Movie Award for Best Action Sequence1993Won
  • MTV Movie Award for Best On-Screen Duo1993Won

Content

R · Violence, strong languageAdults

Rated

  • RUnited States

What's in it

  • ViolenceStrong
  • Gore, disturbing imagesLittle or none
  • Frightening scenesMild
  • Sex, nudityLittle or none
  • Dark themesMild
  • Strong languageNamed in the advisories

In white: what the content advisories name. Levels from the title analysis.

Viewing guide

AdultsDate NightFriends NightParty VibeIntergenerationalPartner WatchPublic Viewing SafeSolo WatchTeensBinge-FriendlyComfort WatchDrop-in FriendlyPure Escapism

Not listed for kids or family movie night.

Starring

StarringMel Gibson, Danny Glover, Joe Pesci

67 people

Made by

Directed by Richard Donner, written with Robert Mark Kamen, Jeffrey BoamJan de Bont (camera), Eric Clapton (music), Robert Brown (editing)·121 people in 11 departments

Directing · 6

Writing · 4

Production · 12

Camera · 11

Editing · 2

Sound · 15

Art · 10

Costume & Make-Up · 5

Visual Effects · 1

Lighting · 4

Other crew · 51