RoboCop 3 the 1996 Olympics. "RoboCop 3" is the first film to use digital morphing in more than one scene. The film was a critical and box office failure, only grossing $10 million worldwide against its $22 million budget, making it the least profitable film of the "RoboCop" franchise. The city of Detroit is on the verge of bankruptcy after a series of failed business plans and drop of stocks, and are now struggling with their plans to create the new Delta City. Conglomerate Omni Consumer Products (OCP) are set to have the city default on their debt before purchasing the city
RoboCop: Prime Directives as major events of the second and third films and the are almost completely ignored. In contrast to the events shown in the films, Delta City is developed and OCP is not dissolved. In the theatrical movie series, Murphy is publicly revealed to have been converted into RoboCop and openly uses his legally deceased name, whereas in this series, Murphy's identity remains secret until the fourth episode, in which he is legally recognized as Police Commander Alex Murphy, formerly known as Robocop Model 01. O'Brien stated, "there's nothing in "PD" that significantly contradicts those other versions. The reasoning behind setting