Lethal Weapon 2
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Riggs and Murtaugh are on the trail of South African diplomats using their immunity to engage in criminal activities.
- Director
- Richard Donner
- Signature
- Tension · Craft · Action
- Worldwide
- $228M
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Riggs and Murtaugh are on the trail of South African diplomats using their immunity to engage in criminal activities.
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The record
Awards
0 wins · 1 nomination
Academy Awards
No wins yet · 1 nomination
- WinnerAcademy Award for Best Sound Editing
The numbers
Box Office & Release
Lethal Weapon 2 returned 9.1× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $25M
- Opening weekend
- —
- Domestic gross
- —
- International gross
- —
- Worldwide gross
- $228M
- Release date
- Jul 7, 1989
- Runtime
- 1h 54m
- MPAA rating
- —
- Language
- Afrikaans, English
- Country
- United States of America
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