Editing Lethal Weapon (section)

{{Short description|1987 American film directed by Richard Donner}}
{{about|the film|the type of weapon|Deadly weapon|other uses}}
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{{Infobox film
| name           = Lethal Weapon
| image          = Lethal weapon1.jpg
| caption        = Theatrical release poster
| director       = [[Richard Donner]]
| producer       = Richard Donner<br/>[[Joel Silver]]
| writer         = [[Shane Black]]
| starring       = {{Plainlist |
* [[Mel Gibson]]
* [[Danny Glover]]
* [[Gary Busey]]
}}
| music          = [[Michael Kamen]]<br/>[[Eric Clapton]]
| cinematography = [[Stephen Goldblatt]]
| editing        = [[Stuart Baird]]
| studio         = [[Silver Pictures]]
| distributor    = [[Warner Bros. Pictures|Warner Bros.]]
| released       = {{Film date|1987|3|6}}
| runtime        = 112 minutes
| country        = United States
| language       = English
| budget         = $15 million
| gross          = $120.2 million
}}
'''''Lethal Weapon''''' is a 1987 American [[action film]] directed by [[Richard Donner]] and written by [[Shane Black]]. It stars [[Mel Gibson]] and [[Danny Glover]] alongside [[Gary Busey]], [[Tom Atkins (actor)|Tom Atkins]], [[Darlene Love]], and [[Mitchell Ryan]]. In ''Lethal Weapon'', a pair of mismatched LAPD detectives—[[Martin Riggs]] (Gibson), a former [[Special Forces (United States Army)|Green Beret]] who has become suicidal following the death of his wife, and veteran officer and family man [[Roger Murtaugh]] (Glover)—work together as partners.

The film was theatrically released in the United States on March 6, 1987, by [[Warner Bros. Pictures|Warner Bros.]]. Upon its release, ''Lethal Weapon'' grossed over $120 million (against a production budget of $15 million) and was nominated for the [[Academy Award for Best Sound Mixing|Academy Award for Best Sound]]. It spawned a [[Lethal Weapon (franchise)|franchise]] that includes [[Lethal Weapon (franchise)#Films|three sequels]] and a [[Lethal Weapon (TV series)|television series]], with a [[Lethal Weapon (franchise)#Lethal Weapon 5|fourth sequel]] in development.