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Beverly Hills Cop

1984 • R • 1h 45m • Action, Comedy, Crime • Paramount Pictures

He's been chased, thrown through a window and arrested. Eddie Murphy is a Detroit cop on vacation in Beverly Hills.

🍅 83% 82% MC 66 LB 3.64 IMDb 7.4

Beverly Hills Cop Box Office

Opening Weekend
$15.2M
3-day opening
Domestic Total
$234.8M
Final
Worldwide Total
$316.3M
$81.5M international
Domestic Legs15.4x
Budget$15M
1984 Rank#2
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Box office performance
Weekend Rank Gross Chg Total Theaters Average Wks
Dec 7-9 1 $15.21M — $19.08M 1,532 $9.9K 1
Dec 14-16 1 $11.51M -24.3% $36.48M 1,532 $7.5K 2
Dec 21-23 1 $15.70M +36.3% $57.49M 2,006 $7.8K 3
Dec 28-30 1 $20.06M +27.8% $84.12M 2,006 $10.0K 4
Jan 4-6 1 $11.52M -42.6% $99.02M 2,006 $5.7K 5
Jan 11-13 1 $9.62M -16.5% $112.44M 1,980 $4.9K 6
Jan 18-20 1 $6.48M -32.7% $122.10M 1,906 $3.4K 7
Jan 25-27 1 $8.22M +26.9% $133.13M 1,822 $4.5K 8
Feb 1-3 1 $7.14M -13.1% $142.66M 1,706 $4.2K 9
Feb 8-10 1 $6.03M -15.6% $150.84M 1,666 $3.6K 10
Feb 15-17 1 $7.77M +28.9% $160.48M 1,538 $5.1K 11
Feb 22-24 1 $5.86M -24.6% $167.86M 1,515 $3.9K 12
Mar 1-3 1 $5.11M -12.7% $174.57M 1,482 $3.5K 13
Mar 8-10 2 $4.43M -13.4% $180.42M 1,474 $3.0K 14
Mar 15-17 1 $4.61M +4.2% $186.51M 1,470 $3.1K 15
Mar 22-24 6 $3.86M -16.3% $191.87M 1,357 $2.8K 16
Mar 29-31 9 $2.72M -29.7% $195.63M 1,037 $2.6K 17
Apr 5-7 5 $3.04M +11.8% $199.77M 1,070 $2.8K 18
Apr 12-14 7 $2.40M -21.1% $203.29M 970 $2.5K 19
Apr 19-21 8 $1.98M -17.5% $205.95M 893 $2.2K 20
Apr 26-28 8 $1.79M -9.4% $208.31M 824 $2.2K 21
May 3-5 6 $1.57M -12.3% $210.39M 782 $2.0K 22
May 10-12 7 $1.39M -11.7% $212.23M 738 $1.9K 23
May 17-19 3 $1.88M +35.8% $214.56M 912 $2.1K 24
May 24-26 4 $2.93M +55.6% $218.01M 1,261 $2.3K 25
May 31-Jun 2 5 $1.53M -47.6% $220.00M 1,073 $1.4K 26
Jun 7-9 7 $1.13M -26.5% $221.75M 827 $1.4K 27
Jun 14-16 10 $1.01M -10.4% $223.31M 648 $1.6K 28
Jun 21-23 13 $972K -3.8% $224.75M 583 $1.7K 29
Jun 28-30 12 $941K -3.2% $226.15M 646 $1.5K 30
Jul 5-7 15 $955K +1.4% $227.79M 571 $1.7K 31
Jul 12-14 15 $724K -24.1% $228.95M 462 $1.6K 32
Jul 19-21 15 $603K -16.7% $229.91M 360 $1.7K 33

Profitability

Return on Budget
Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

Cast & Crew

Directed byMartin Brest
ScreenplayDaniel Petrie Jr.
Produced byDon Simpson, Jerry Bruckheimer
CinematographyBruce Surtees
Music byHarold Faltermeyer
StarringEddie Murphy, Judge Reinhold, John Ashton, Lisa Eilbacher, Ronny Cox, Steven Berkoff
StudioParamount Pictures

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