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Beverly Hills Cop IIFollow

1987 • R • 1h 42m • Action, Comedy, Crime • Paramount Pictures

Axel Foley is back. Back where he doesn't belong.

🍅 48% 58% MC 46 LB 3.28 IMDb 6.6

Box office summary

Opening weekend
$26.30M
3-day opening
Domestic total
$153.70M
Final
Worldwide total
$300.00M
$146.30M international
Domestic legs5.8x
Budget$20M
1987 rank#3
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Cast & crew

Full Scott filmography
Tony Scott Tony Scott Director Eddie Murphy Eddie Murphy Starring Judge Reinhold Judge Reinhold Starring Jürgen Prochnow Jürgen Prochnow Starring Ronny Cox Ronny Cox Starring Dean Stockwell Dean Stockwell Starring
ScreenplayLarry Ferguson, Warren Skaaren Produced byDon Simpson, Jerry Bruckheimer CinematographyJeffrey L. Kimball Music byHarold Faltermeyer StudioParamount Pictures SeriesBeverly Hills Cop

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
1 May 22-24 1 $26.3M — 2,326 $11,328 $33.0M
2 May 29-31 1 $17.1M −35.0% 2,326 $7,363 $64.8M
3 Jun 5-7 1 $12.4M −27.5% 2,326 $5,341 $84.0M
4 Jun 12-14 3 $8.6M −30.8% 2,326 $3,694 $97.7M
5 Jun 19-21 3 $7.4M −13.7% 2,326 $3,189 $109.2M
6 Jun 26-28 4 $5.6M −25.0% 2,191 $2,537 $118.6M
7 Jul 3-5 4 $4.5M −18.5% 1,980 $2,289 $126.2M
8 Jul 10-12 7 $3.5M −22.7% 1,627 $2,152 $132.3M
9 Jul 17-19 9 $3.0M −13.1% 1,313 $2,318 $137.2M
16 Sep 4-6 18 $896.3K — 475 $1,887 $150.9M
19 Sep 25-27 21 $279.1K — 335 $833 $152.6M
20 Oct 2-4 24 $219.1K −21.5% 256 $856 $152.9M
Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record
Weekend grossWk 9 · $3.0M
$26.3M
$17.1M
$12.4M
$8.6M
$7.4M
$5.6M
$4.5M
$3.5M
$3.0M
W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9
Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 9 · −13.1%
−35.0%
W1→2
−27.5%
W2→3
−30.8%
W3→4
−13.7%
W4→5
−25.0%
W5→6
−18.5%
W6→7
−22.7%
W7→8
−13.1%
W8→9
Steepest −35.0%Best hold −13.1%

Profitability

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

Domestic vs International Split

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