Beverly Hills Cop (franchise)

Beverly Hills Cop
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Based onCharacters created by Danilo Bach & Daniel Petrie Jr.
Starring(See detailed list)
Distributed byParamount Pictures (1984–1994)
Netflix (2024–present)
Release date
1984–present
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$260 million
Box office$735 million

Beverly Hills Cop is a film franchise of American action comedy films and an unaired television pilot based on characters created by Daniel Petrie Jr. and Danilo Bach. The films star Eddie Murphy as Axel Foley, a street-smart Detroit cop who travels to Beverly Hills, California to investigate a crime, even though it is out of his jurisdiction.

There, he meets Detective Billy Rosewood (Judge Reinhold), Sergeant John Taggart (John Ashton), and Lieutenant Andrew Bogomil (Ronny Cox). Ashton and Cox do not appear in Beverly Hills Cop III. Murphy and Reinhold are the only actors who appear in all four films. Harold Faltermeyer produced the "Axel F" theme song heard throughout the series. The first three films have been distributed by Paramount Pictures, while Netflix distributed the fourth film. The films have grossed a total of $735 million at the worldwide box office.

Attempts to reboot the franchise have occurred over the years following the initial trilogy, including a 2013 TV pilot.[1][2] A fourth film, entitled Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F, was released in 2024, 40 years following the original film, and 30 years following the third film.[3] Returning to the franchise alongside Murphy are cast members from the previous films, as well as Jerry Bruckheimer, producer of the first two films.[4]

  1. ^ "Eddie Murphy Resurrects Classic Character". The Huffington Post. July 29, 2013. Retrieved July 16, 2016.
  2. ^ The Deadline Team (May 2, 2014). "Paramount Sets 'Beverly Hills Cop' Starring Eddie Murphy For Spring 2016". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved May 2, 2014.
  3. ^ Tinoco, Armando (December 24, 2023). "'Beverly Hills Cop 4' Star Eddie Murphy On Reprising His Axel Foley Role 40 Years Later: "It Was A Rough One"". Deadline. Retrieved April 5, 2024.
  4. ^ "Everything You Need to Know About Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F". Netflix Tudum. Retrieved April 5, 2024.