Rush Hour 3 is the third installment in the martial arts/action-adventure Rush Hour franchise starring Jackie Chan and Chris Tucker, that began with Rush Hour (1998) and continued with Rush Hour 2 (2001). The film was officially announced on May 7, 2006, and filming began on July 4 2006. The film is set in Paris and Los Angeles. Rush Hour 3 was released on August 10, 2007, in Canada, the US, and UK.
Academy Award-winning film director Roman Polanski co-stars as a French police official involved in (Chan and Tucker's characters) Lee and Carter's case. Tzi Ma reprises his role as Ambassador Han, Lee's boss and friend who appeared in the first installment. This film has received a PG-13 rating by the MPAA for sequences of action violence, some sexual material, and language.
The film will not be screened in Chinese theaters this year due to an "overabundance" of imported films released in 2007, as stated by an import official (China only allows a certain amount of imported films to be released nationwide in theaters each year).
The film grossed an estimated $18.9 million on its opening day August 10. On Saturday it dropped 9.7% from its opening day to an estimated $17.1 million and on Sunday it grossed an estimated $13 million. Overall it opened as the top film in U.S. and Canadian theaters that weekend, taking in $49.1 million in the U.S., beating the previous week's #1 movie, The Bourne Ultimatum. As of September 5, the film has grossed $123,530,000 domestically including $52,968,674 foreign giving it a total of $176,498,674 worldwide. Rush Hour 3 is the fourth highest grossing film ever for the month of August. However, compared to the previous installment, Rush Hour 3 has grossed 55 million less in its first 3 weeks of release. Combined with the fact that the film has a 140 million dollar budget compared to 90 million of Rush Hour 2.Wikipedia
