How did this movie make so much $?
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Archived from the IMDb Discussion Forums — Beverly Hills Cop
indianabond1 — 13 years ago(June 16, 2012 10:23 AM)
I mean seriously it beat out Ghostbusters and Temple of Doom in '84 to make 234M Domestic. I don't understand the appeal of this movie. It is not even that funny as a comedy. Is it just an 80s movie that has not aged well at all? Was it Eddie Murphy's box office draw at the time?
2014 Edit:
Almost 2 years since I created this thread, never thought I would get this much feedback. I may have been a little blunt with the question, but the confusion still remains.
I was born in the early 90s, so I don't have a nostalgic attachment to this film as so many of you seem to.
The reason I came across this film in the first place was from looking through a list of the highest domestic grossing films of all time. This film, to me, stuck out like a sore thumb. How could one of the most popular films of all time go unnoticed by someone who loves movies?
When I did finally watched the movie a few years back, I was left thinking, "Ya, it was alright but by no means the makings of a defining movie the decade". However, I was intrigued enough to pursue the sequels. First one definitely the best and the less said about the third the better.
Now I hear there are rumblings of a fourth film in the works, how do you guys think that would perform in the current box office environment? Similar to the first: $234M, second: $153M, third: $42M? -
gabby_bm — 13 years ago(July 27, 2012 12:45 AM)
And it is funny. Still. but it doesn't focus on that which is part of its brilliance. It's the reliable fish-out-of-water story. It's a buddy-cop film. It's a detective story. And the comedy simply laces and traces its way through what is otherwise a serious cop drama.
I can't really think of a film that did it better. It made good money because it was good box office material.
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dgates64 — 13 years ago(September 10, 2012 06:47 PM)
A person's ignorant for stating an opinion? That make YOU rather arrogant. I enjoyed the film when it came out, but it doesn't quite hold up well in retrospect. If I were to have given it a 8 back in the day, I'd probably give it a 6 now. Not an awful movie by any means, just rather pedestrian and plodding.
'48 Hours' holds up MUCH better today, so I'm on no anti Eddie Murphy rant. In fact, 'Bowfinger' is one of my favorite movies. -
texastreasure517 — 12 years ago(April 20, 2013 09:55 AM)
Instead of "ignorant", a more accurate description would be "uninformed". That poster obviously needs an education in the evolution of American culture. Of course, people are "entitled" to their opinion; they're also entitled to embarrass themselves in a public forum by not having done their homework.
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bwgood77 — 13 years ago(August 07, 2012 03:28 PM)
It was definitely better than Ghostbusters and probably better than Temple of Doom. Eddie Murphy was definitely flying high at the time after 48 Hours and Trading Places and this one just seemed to be extremely anticipated after those two and it was good, with action and comedy.
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cliff_niblr031 — 13 years ago(January 01, 2013 12:11 AM)
"How did this movie make so much $?"
Because it was a good action/comedy film with a very talented cast, solid direction, catchy soundtrack, and still holds up pretty well today next to other 80's films. -
Robbmonster — 12 years ago(March 29, 2014 12:14 AM)
People paid to see it.
Seriously, this is THE best answer to this silly question one could ever hope for.
Back in an era before netflix and torrents, and even when home video was the brand new thing people either saw a film at the cinema, or waited 3 years for it's first television showing.
Never defend crap with "It's just a movie"
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TheGoldenChild1986 — 13 years ago(January 19, 2013 03:47 AM)
Your id explains just how biased you are to that Harrison Ford vehicle and the Bond films. I have never seen any of the Bond movies or the Indiana Jones films all the way through and I never plan to because they aren't my cup of tea.
Instead of talking beep about a movie in Beverly Hills Cop you know nothing about or didn't understand, you should have explained that the movie wasn't your cup of tea like I did earlier in this post.
You're probably a teenager who decided to hang with the big boys or adultson vintage movie message boards like this, and try to fake analyze an old film just so you think you're grown.
Like one poster explained so eloquently, it think it was bill kilgore, "Nothing worse than ignorant kids not knowing anything about stars of the past." Well said.
You're just a typical person who has perused or heard about BHC and sees it or analyzes it superficially.
Ignorance or superficiality isn't bliss.
And yes Eddie Murphy was the biggest movie star of the 1980s and Beverly Hills Cop made him a superstar. The movie was about more than Eddie's comic genius or that great Axel F theme song; it was about loyalty, being different in a world that demands conformity; trying to understand how your colleagues think or work in attempts to help you solve a case; theres so much I got out of that film.
Beverly Hills Cop is my favorite movie ever and I was only 2 when it came out. Just saying.