Editing Lethal Weapon 3 (section)

==Release==

===Box office===
''Lethal Weapon 3'' made $33.2 million during its opening weekend.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.orlandosentinel.com/1992/05/19/lethal-weapon-3-scores-big-weekend-at-box-office/|title='LETHAL WEAPON 3' SCORES BIG WEEKEND AT BOX OFFICE}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1992-05-19-ca-386-story.html|title=Weekend Box Office : 'Lethal Weapon 3' Destroying Records|website=[[Los Angeles Times]] }}</ref> The $35&nbsp;million film<ref name=winners/> was a big box-office success, earning $145&nbsp;million.<ref>{{cite news|title= 'Lethal Weapon,' 'Sister Act' Pack a Sales Punch : Box office: The two films dominate weekend ticket action. But 'Far and Away,' starring Tom Cruise, lags behind.|newspaper= [[Los Angeles Times]]|date=1992-06-01|url= https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1992-06-01-ca-375-story.html|access-date=2011-01-12|first=David J.|last=Fox}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title= 'Lethal Weapon 3' Holds Off 'Alien3'|work= [[Chicago Tribune]]|date=1992-05-29|url= https://www.chicagotribune.com/1992/05/29/lethal-weapon-3-holds-off-alien3/|access-date=2010-10-03}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title= 'Lethal Weapon 3' Destroying Records|newspaper= Los Angeles Times|date=1992-05-19|url= https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1992-05-19-ca-386-story.html|access-date=2010-09-11|first=David J.|last=Fox}}</ref> Although slightly less than the $150&nbsp;million domestic gross of the [[Lethal Weapon 2|first sequel]], it was nevertheless the second-most successful summer film of 1992 (after ''[[Batman Returns]]'')<ref name=winners/> and the fifth most profitable film of the year, as well as the highest-grossing in the film series worldwide with $320&nbsp;million worldwide.

After the film's success, Warner Bros. head [[Robert A. Daly]] bought [[Land Rover]]s for Gibson, Glover, Pesci, Russo, Donner, Boam, and producer [[Joel Silver]].<ref name="lat19990716">{{Cite news |last1=Welkos |first1=Robert W. |last2=Brennan |first2=Judith I. |date=1999-07-16 |title=Fade Out on Old-Hollywood Style |language=en-US |work=Los Angeles Times |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1999-jul-16-fi-56497-story.html |access-date=2022-04-11}}</ref> Daly later said "It cost us $320,000 to buy those Land Rovers, and we were criticized left and right for the expense. Do you know what it got us? ''[[Lethal Weapon 4]]'', which made $285 million".<ref name="barnes20220410">{{Cite news |last=Barnes |first=Brooks |date=2022-04-10 |title=New Era Begins at Warner Bros., Tinged With Nostalgia |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/10/business/media/warner-bros-discovery.html |access-date=2022-04-11 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>

===Critical reception===
{{RT prose|{{RT data|score}}|{{RT data|average}}|{{RT data|count}}|Murtaugh and Riggs remain an appealing partnership, but ''Lethal Weapon 3'' struggles to give them a worthy new adventure as it cranks up the camp along with the mean-spiritedness.|ref=yes|access-date=2023-08-01}} {{MC film|40|26|ref=yes|access-date=2023-08-01}}

[[Roger Ebert]] of the ''[[Chicago Sun-Times]]'' gave the film a positive review, awarding it 3 out of 4 stars.<ref>{{cite web|title=Lethal Weapon 3|last=Ebert|first=Roger|work=RogerEbert.com|publisher=Ebert Digital LLC|date=May 15, 1992|url=http://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/lethal-weapon-3-1992|access-date=April 13, 2018}}</ref>

===Home media===
''Lethal Weapon 3'' has been released on [[VHS]] and [[DVD]] numerous times. The first DVD was released in 1997 and featured the film's theatrical version. The 1997 DVD contains both the widescreen and the pan and scan editions. The Director's Cut was released in 2000. Since then, numerous sets have been released that contain all four films in the series (featuring the same DVDs).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Ddvd&field-keywords=lethal+weapon |title=lethal weapon - Movies & TV |publisher=Amazon.com |access-date=2011-07-27}}</ref> The film was released on [[Blu-ray Disc]] in 2011.