Lethal Weapon

Lethal Weapon
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Richard Donner
Written by	Shane Black
Produced by	Richard Donner Joel Silver
Starring	Mel Gibson Danny Glover Gary Busey
Cinematography	Stephen Goldblatt
Edited by	Stuart Baird
Music by	Michael Kamen Eric Clapton
Production company	Silver Pictures
Distributed by	Warner Bros.
Release date	March 6, 1987 (1987-03-06)
Running time	112 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$15 million
Box office	$120.2 million[1]

Lethal Weapon is a 1987 American buddy cop action film directed and co-produced by Richard Donner, written by Shane Black, and co-produced by Joel Silver. It stars Mel Gibson and Danny Glover alongside Gary Busey, Tom Atkins, Darlene Love, and Mitchell Ryan.

In Lethal Weapon, a pair of mismatched LAPD detectives—Martin Riggs (Gibson), a former 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 released on March 6, 1987. 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. It spawned a franchise that includes three sequels and a television series, with a fourth sequel in development.