Beverly Hills Cop
He's been chased, thrown through a window and arrested. Eddie Murphy is a Detroit cop on vacation in Beverly Hills.
Fast-talking, quick-thinking Detroit street cop Axel Foley has bent more than a few rules and regs in his time, but when his best friend is murdered, he heads to sunny Beverly Hills to work the case like only he can.
- Director
- Martin Brest
- Signature
- Tension · Craft · Action
- Worldwide
- $316M
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Fast-talking, quick-thinking Detroit street cop Axel Foley has bent more than a few rules and regs in his time, but when his best friend is murdered, he heads to sunny Beverly Hills to work the case like only he can.
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Box Office & Release
Beverly Hills Cop returned 22.6× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $14M
- Opening weekend
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- Domestic gross
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- International gross
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- Worldwide gross
- $316M
- Release date
- Dec 5, 1984
- Runtime
- 1h 45m
- MPAA rating
- —
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States of America
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