Beverly Hills Cop

For other uses, see Beverly Hills Cop (disambiguation).

Beverly Hills Cop
Axel Foley (portrayed by Eddie Murphy) sits on the hood of a red Mercedes-Benz convertible with a pistol pointing out on his left hand and his left foot resting above the word "Hills". The caption above reads "He's been chased, thrown through a window, and arrested. Eddie Murphy is a Detroit cop on vacation in Beverly Hills."
Theatrical release poster
Directed byMartin Brest
Screenplay byDaniel Petrie Jr.
Story by
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyBruce Surtees
Edited by
Music byHarold Faltermeyer
Production
companies
Distributed byParamount Pictures
Release dates
  • December 1, 1984 (1984-12-01) (Los Angeles)
  • December 5, 1984 (1984-12-05) (United States)
Running time
105 minutes[1]
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$13 million[2]
Box office$234 million[3]

Beverly Hills Cop is a 1984 American buddy cop action comedy film directed by Martin Brest, with a screenplay by Daniel Petrie Jr., and story by Danilo Bach and Daniel Petrie Jr. It stars Eddie Murphy as Axel Foley, a street-smart Detroit detective who visits Beverly Hills, California, to solve the murder of his best friend. Judge Reinhold, John Ashton, Ronny Cox, Lisa Eilbacher, Steven Berkoff, Paul Reiser, and Jonathan Banks appear in supporting roles.

This first film in the Beverly Hills Cop franchise shot Murphy to international stardom, won the People's Choice Award for "Favorite Motion Picture", and was nominated for both the Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy and Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay in 1985. An immediate blockbuster, it received positive reviews and earned $234 million at the North American domestic box office, making it the highest-grossing film released in the U.S. in 1984.

Adjusted for inflation, it is the highest-grossing R-rated film in the U.S. since 1977, with a total box office gross of $730,714,743 in 2024.[4]

  1. ^ "Beverly Hills Cop (15)". British Board of Film Classification. December 10, 1984. Archived from the original on January 7, 2016. Retrieved November 28, 2015.
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  4. ^ "All Time Domestic Inflation Adjusted Box Office". www.the-numbers.com. Archived from the original on April 9, 2024. Retrieved May 6, 2024.