RoboCop 3

This article is about the film. For the video game, see RoboCop 3 (video game).

RoboCop 3
Theatrical release poster
Directed byFred Dekker
Screenplay by
Story byFrank Miller
Based on
Characters
by
Produced byPatrick Crowley
Starring
CinematographyGary B. Kibbe
Edited byBert Lovitt
Music byBasil Poledouris
Distributed byOrion Pictures[1]
Columbia Pictures (International)[2][3]
Release dates
  • April 18, 1993 (1993-04-18) (Japan)[4]
  • November 5, 1993 (1993-11-05) (United States)[4]
Running time
104 minutes[5]
CountryUnited States
Languages
  • English
  • Japanese
Budget$22 million[6]
Box office$47 million[7]

RoboCop 3 is a 1993 American science fiction superhero action film directed by Fred Dekker and written by Dekker and Frank Miller. It is the sequel to the 1990 film RoboCop 2 and the third and final entry in the original RoboCop franchise. It stars Robert Burke, Nancy Allen and Rip Torn. Set in the near future in a dystopian metropolitan Detroit, the plot centers on RoboCop (Burke) as he vows to avenge the death of his partner Anne Lewis (Allen) and save Detroit from falling into chaos, while evil conglomerate OCP, run by its CEO (Torn), advances its program to demolish the city and build a new "Delta City" over the former homes of the residents.

It was filmed in Atlanta, Georgia. Most of the set and background buildings were slated for demolition to make way for facilities in the 1996 Summer Olympics. RoboCop 3 is the first film to use digital morphing in more than one scene.[8]

The film was a critical and commercial failure in the US, grossing $47 million worldwide against its $22 million budget, making it the least profitable film of the RoboCop franchise.[6] Two television series, RoboCop and RoboCop: Prime Directives, were released in 1994 and 2001 respectively, and the film series was rebooted with the 2014 remake RoboCop. A video game midquel, RoboCop: Rogue City (set between RoboCop 2 and RoboCop 3), with Peter Weller reprising his role, was released in 2023.

  1. ^ Suzan Ayscough (July 23, 1993). "Orion firms release sked". Variety. Retrieved December 13, 2020.
  2. ^ Janet Shprintz (February 8, 1999). "MGM, Orion sue Sony, Columbia over homevid coin". Variety. Retrieved December 13, 2020.
  3. ^ "RoboCop 3". BBFC. Retrieved January 29, 2022.
  4. ^ a b "UK Cinema Release Dates - 1994 Films". Retrieved March 19, 2015.
  5. ^ "ROBOCOP 3 (15)". British Board of Film Classification. Retrieved August 28, 2018.
  6. ^ a b "RoboCop 3 (1993)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved August 28, 2018.
  7. ^ "Top 100 grossers worldwide, '93-94". Variety. October 17, 1994. p. M-56.
  8. ^ Cite error: The named reference EGM51 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).