Editing Lethal Weapon 4 (section)

===Box office===
''Lethal Weapon 4'' debuted at {{Abbr|No.|Number}} 1 at the box office with $34.05 million.<ref>https://www.boxofficemojo.com/weekend/chart/?view=&yr=1998&wknd=28&p=.htm {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151010230319/http://www.boxofficemojo.com/weekend/chart/?view=&yr=1998&wknd=28&p=.htm |date=2015-10-10 }} BOM</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Action-Hero Films Have $70-Million Blast; Box office: 'Lethal 4' opens at No. 1, 'Soldiers' in third, as 'Armageddon' stays solid.|work=Los Angeles Times|date=July 13, 1998|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1998-jul-13-ca-3234-story.html|access-date=December 7, 2010|first=Richard|last=Natale|archive-date=October 29, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201029090218/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1998-jul-13-ca-3234-story.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Although the film grossed $130 million in the U.S., it was not considered a runaway financial success as the previous three films had been.<ref>{{cite news|title='Lethal' Has a Winning Formula|work=Los Angeles Times|date=July 14, 1998|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1998-jul-14-ca-3440-story.html|access-date=September 11, 2010|first=Robert W.|last=Welkos|archive-date=October 29, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201029085235/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1998-jul-14-ca-3440-story.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

Shooting began in January 1998, just months before the film's release, with a production budget estimated at $120–$150 million (although [[Warner Bros.]] maintained it cost less than $100 million)<ref name="Wolk (1998)">{{Cite magazine |url=https://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,83595,00.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070420235759/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,83595,00.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=April 20, 2007 |title=Lethal Weapon 4 |author=Josh Wolk |date=July 13, 1998 |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |access-date=September 30, 2010}}</ref> and an additional $50 million spent on marketing and distribution.<ref name="Natale (1998)">{{Cite news |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1998-jul-14-fi-3512-story.html |title=Lethal Comes Out Shooting but Stars Will Drain Profit |author=Richard Natala |date=July 14, 1998 |work=Los Angeles Times |access-date=September 30, 2010}}</ref> This made the fourth film the most expensive entry of the series. Its profit margin was saved in part due to the combined foreign box office sales making the film gross approximately $285 million in total,<ref name=mojo>{{Cite web |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=lethalweapon4.htm |title=Lethal Weapon 4 |publisher=Box Office Mojo |access-date=September 30, 2010 |archive-date=September 12, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100912131312/http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=lethalweapon4.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> making the second highest-grossing film in the ''Lethal Weapon'' film series behind, ''[[Lethal Weapon 3]]'' (1992). Still, like its predecessors, ''Lethal Weapon 4'' was among the top ten grossing films of its release year.