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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.

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7.4

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$15.20M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$234.80M

Final

Worldwide total

$316.30M

$81.50M international

Domestic legs15.4x

Budget$15M

1984 rank#2

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Cast & crew

Eddie Murphy

Eddie Murphy Starring

Judge Reinhold

Judge Reinhold Starring

Ronny Cox

Ronny Cox Starring

ScreenplayDaniel Petrie Jr. Produced byDon Simpson, Jerry Bruckheimer CinematographyBruce Surtees Music byHarold Faltermeyer StudioParamount Pictures SeriesBeverly Hills Cop

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Dec 7-9 1 $15.2M — 1,532 $9,931 $19.1M

2 Dec 14-16 1 $11.5M −24.3% 1,532 $7,515 $36.5M

3 Dec 21-23 1 $15.7M +36.3% 2,006 $7,825 $57.5M

4 Dec 28-30 1 $20.1M +27.8% 2,006 $10,002 $84.1M

5 Jan 4-6 1 $11.5M −42.6% 2,006 $5,740 $99.0M

6 Jan 11-13 1 $9.6M −16.5% 1,980 $4,856 $112.4M

7 Jan 18-20 1 $6.5M −32.7% 1,906 $3,397 $122.1M

8 Jan 25-27 1 $8.2M +26.9% 1,822 $4,509 $133.1M

9 Feb 1-3 1 $7.1M −13.1% 1,706 $4,187 $142.7M

10 Feb 8-10 1 $6.0M −15.6% 1,666 $3,617 $150.8M

11 Feb 15-17 1 $7.8M +28.9% 1,538 $5,052 $160.5M

12 Feb 22-24 1 $5.9M −24.6% 1,515 $3,866 $167.9M

13 Mar 1-3 1 $5.1M −12.7% 1,482 $3,450 $174.6M

14 Mar 8-10 2 $4.4M −13.4% 1,474 $3,003 $180.4M

15 Mar 15-17 1 $4.6M +4.2% 1,470 $3,138 $186.5M

16 Mar 22-24 6 $3.9M −16.3% 1,357 $2,846 $191.9M

17 Mar 29-31 9 $2.7M −29.7% 1,037 $2,618 $195.6M

18 Apr 5-7 5 $3.0M +11.8% 1,070 $2,837 $199.8M

19 Apr 12-14 7 $2.4M −21.1% 970 $2,469 $203.3M

20 Apr 19-21 8 $2.0M −17.5% 893 $2,212 $206.0M

21 Apr 26-28 8 $1.8M −9.4% 824 $2,171 $208.3M

22 May 3-5 6 $1.6M −12.3% 782 $2,007 $210.4M

23 May 10-12 7 $1.4M −11.7% 738 $1,877 $212.2M

24 May 17-19 3 $1.9M +35.8% 912 $2,063 $214.6M

25 May 24-26 4 $2.9M +55.6% 1,261 $2,322 $218.0M

26 May 31-Jun 2 5 $1.5M −47.6% 1,073 $1,429 $220.0M

27 Jun 7-9 7 $1.1M −26.5% 827 $1,364 $221.7M

28 Jun 14-16 10 $1.0M −10.4% 648 $1,559 $223.3M

29 Jun 21-23 13 $972.1K −3.8% 583 $1,667 $224.7M

30 Jun 28-30 12 $941.3K −3.2% 646 $1,457 $226.2M

31 Jul 5-7 15 $954.6K +1.4% 571 $1,671 $227.8M

32 Jul 12-14 15 $724.4K −24.1% 462 $1,567 $229.0M

33 Jul 19-21 15 $603.2K −16.7% 360 $1,675 $229.9M

Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record

Weekend grossWk 10 · $6.0M

$15.2M

$11.5M

$15.7M

$20.1M

$11.5M

$9.6M

$6.5M

$8.2M

$7.1M

$6.0M

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −15.6%

−24.3%

W1→2

+36.3%

W2→3

+27.8%

W3→4

−42.6%

W4→5

−16.5%

W5→6

−32.7%

W6→7

+26.9%

W7→8

−13.1%

W8→9

−15.6%

W9→10

Steepest −42.6%Biggest gain +36.3%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

Records held

#2 Most weekends in the top 10All-time 28 weekends #3 Most weeks at #1All-time 14 weeks #15 All-time R-rated domesticAll-time $234.8M

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