Name: Beverly Hills Cop
Director: Martin Brest
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Released: 1984
Cast: Eddie Murphy, Judge Reinhold, John Ashton, Lisa Eilbacher, Ronny Cox

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 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

All records →

#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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