Editing Lethal Weapon (section)

===Box office===
{{see also|1987 in film}}
''Lethal Weapon'' was released in the United States and Canada on March 6, 1987. During its opening weekend it grossed a total of $6.8{{spaces}}million from 1,256 theaters—an average of $5,437 per theater—making it the highest grossing film of the weekend, ahead of ''[[A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors]]'' ($6.7{{spaces}}million) in its second week of release, and ''[[Platoon (film)|Platoon]]'' ($6.1{{spaces}}million) in its twelfth.<ref name="BOMWeekend1">{{cite web| url =https://www.boxofficemojo.com/weekend/1987W10/?ref_=bo_rl_table_1 | title =Domestic 1987 Weekend 10 March 6-8, 1987|website= [[Box Office Mojo]] |access-date=October 27, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231105051419/https://www.boxofficemojo.com/weekend/1987W10/?ref_=bo_rl_table_1 |archive-date=November 5, 2023 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="BOMOverall">{{cite web| url =https://www.boxofficemojo.com/release/rl1667139073/weekend/| title =''Lethal Weapon'' |website= [[Box Office Mojo]] |access-date=January 19, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240924085622/https://www.boxofficemojo.com/release/rl1667139073/weekend/ |archive-date=September 24, 2024 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title= 'Lethal Weapon' Is No. 1 At Box Office for Week|work= The New York Times|date= March 11, 1987|url= https://www.nytimes.com/1987/03/11/movies/lethal-weapon-is-no-1-at-box-office-for-week.html|access-date= November 8, 2010|archive-date= August 25, 2018|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20180825041346/https://www.nytimes.com/1987/03/11/movies/lethal-weapon-is-no-1-at-box-office-for-week.html|url-status= live}}</ref> In its second weekend, ''Lethal Weapon'' retained the number 1 position with a $7.1{{spaces}}million gross—a 4% increase from the previous week—still ahead of ''A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors'' ($5{{spaces}}million) and ''Platoon'' ($4.7{{spaces}}million).<ref name="BOMWeekend2">{{cite web| url = https://www.boxofficemojo.com/weekend/1987W11/?ref_=bo_rl_table_2 | title =Domestic 1987 Weekend 11 March 13-15, 1987 |website= [[Box Office Mojo]] |access-date=January 19, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230108020851/https://www.boxofficemojo.com/weekend/1987W11/?ref_=bo_rl_table_2 |archive-date=January 8, 2023 |url-status=live}}</ref> 

''Lethal Weapon'' remained the number 1 film in its third weekend with a $6.3{{spaces}}million gross, ahead of the debuting ''[[Burglar (film)|Burglar]]'' ($4.5{{spaces}}million), and ''Platoon'' ($3.8{{spaces}}million).<ref name="BOMWeekend3">{{cite web| url =https://www.boxofficemojo.com/weekend/1987W12/?ref_=bo_rl_table_3 | title =Domestic 1987 Weekend 12 March 20-22, 1987 |website= [[Box Office Mojo]] |access-date=January 19, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230108020850/https://www.boxofficemojo.com/weekend/1987W12/?ref_=bo_rl_table_3 |archive-date=January 8, 2023 |url-status=live}}</ref> ''Lethal Weapon'' fell to number 2 in its fourth weekend with a gross of $5{{spaces}}million, behind the debut of ''[[Blind Date (1987 film)|Blind Date]]'' ($7.5{{spaces}}million).<ref name="BOMWeekend4">{{cite web| url =https://www.boxofficemojo.com/weekend/1987W13/?ref_=bo_rl_table_4 | title =Domestic 1987 Weekend 13 March 27-29, 1987 |website= [[Box Office Mojo]] |access-date=January 19, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230108020849/https://www.boxofficemojo.com/weekend/1987W13/?ref_=bo_rl_table_4 |archive-date=January 8, 2023 |url-status=live}}</ref> ''Lethal Weapon'' spent 13 weeks among the top ten highest-grossing films.<ref name="BOMOverall"/> In total, ''Lethal Weapon'' grossed $65.2{{spaces}}million in the United States and Canada, making it the eighth-highest-grossing film of 1987.<ref name="BOMOverall"/><ref name="BOMDomestic1987">{{cite web| url =https://www.boxofficemojo.com/year/1987/ | title = Domestic Box Office For 1987 |website= [[Box Office Mojo]] |access-date=January 19, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240830094742/https://www.boxofficemojo.com/year/1987/ |archive-date=August 30, 2024 |url-status=live}}</ref>

Outside of the United States and Canada, ''Lethal Weapon'' is estimated to have earned a further $55{{spaces}}million. It saw some of its most success in Gibson's home country of Australia.{{sfn|McCarthy|1988|pp=1,49}} This figure gives ''Lethal Weapon'' a total worldwide gross of $120.2{{spaces}}million.{{sfn|McCarthy|1988|pp=1,49}}<ref name="BOMOverall"/>