How did this movie make so much $?
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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.
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Amry0217 — 13 years ago(January 28, 2013 11:38 AM)
It held my father's attention and made him laugh at how Eddie Murphy was fooling the cops."He's going to make idiots out of those two too." And that's a difficult thing to do, my dad's very jaded and finds anything to complain about sometimes, I think he just complains because he likes to do it
He lifts me clear to the sky, you know he taught me to fly.
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Wuchakk — 10 years ago(May 19, 2015 09:14 PM)
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.
Nice insights; well said. Thanks.
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okwong-e — 13 years ago(March 19, 2013 09:02 AM)
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BHC came out back in the day when having a popular movie star in the lead, Murphy in this case, was sometimes all a film needed to outgross the competition. It seems weird nowadays because that idea has all but vanished. -
JEyler1183 — 12 years ago(June 22, 2013 07:59 AM)
Beverly Hills Cop was a very good movie and a very popular attraction in December 1984. With the money it made, you gotta remember this was released to theaters around Christmas of 1984 and it was still playing until about April 1985 before it went to the the then new VHS format. Indiana Jones And The Temple Of Doom was released in May 1984 and Ghostbusters was released in June 1984. With that said for the year 1984 Beverly Hills Cop would have been in the bottom Top 10 movies of '84, since Indiana and Ghost had all summer and the rest of '84 to bring in the dough if that make any sense. The first Cop movie made the majority of it's money in early '85.
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spookyrat1 — 12 years ago(October 19, 2013 07:15 PM)
The box office gross does seem inordinately high for a film of its type, but it's a good movie.
A $14 million dollar film making well over $300 million world wide before video rentals (as they were then), is very good business.
Just toss in the other factor no one seems to have mentioned which IMO helped the film's success; the Taggart/Rosewood duo was a beauty.
Billy, if you do that again, I'll shoot you myself! -
glassonion0 — 12 years ago(July 05, 2013 09:26 PM)
Were you around then? I was, and saw all three. They were different movies to me, not that I'm an expert or anything, Ghostbusters relied mostly on comedy, and a little action, Temple was pure action, and a little comedy, Beverly Hills Cop was a perfect blend of both. God knows that I don't know it all, but to me if a movie can blend both in perfect harmony, then it's a great flick. I loved the other two that you mentioned, but once again just my opinion, I don't think it's fair to compare the three.
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LaPfieffer92 — 12 years ago(July 24, 2013 04:15 PM)
ha! I was hear to ask the same thing. I just rented it and well knowing eddie murphy movies, I knew his style and what to expect, but I had slightly higher hopes for this one cuz I heard about it for years being one of the best comedies of the 80's. fact is, its just average 80's buddy cop movie no different those verys similar lethal weapons movies. in fact, I enjoyed lethal weapon a lot more then this. I don't know, maybe it was people of the times that loved this, but how the hell did this make more then ghostbusters and temple of doom??? that's insane! this movie was so lame compared to those other blockbusters, this looks like it was made on a budget.
all in all, in had a few good laughs but nothing that would make me watch it again, especially that 80's soundtrack which I thought was more hilarious then the movie!
and I think ghostbusters had way more action then Beverly hills cop.
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Virginiana — 12 years ago(August 03, 2013 08:50 PM)
To the OP:
indianabond: the answer to your question is simple: This movie made more money than other films in 1984 because MORE PEOPLE WENT TO SEE IT.
That's really all we need to know. The appeal of the movie, then or now, is a matter of individual taste. We need not try to explain it, justify it or even understand it. Doesn't matter. Art is subjective, and marketing plays a big part too. 'Nuff said. -
DestructiveCriticism — 12 years ago(August 07, 2013 09:00 PM)
To the OP:
Not sure how old you are, but I'll be 33 next week. I was 4 when this movie came out, and I'm a fan of all 3 of the movies you mentioned. As a matter of fact, from about '86 on (I was roughly 5 or 6) I watched a VHS tape that had Beverly Hills Cop and Ghostbusters back to back on it.
I'd watch one, and then the other. They were both great, both hilarious, and both different types of humor. I don't see where the hate is coming from. Both films were the works of alumni of some of the most stellar SNL casts ever, and (musical score aside) both hold up extremely well today, IMO. Actually, I'd go as far as to say they are better than most crappy films released today.
I noticed you never answered the question, but just how old are you? It's hard for me to imagine that someone who was even just a child when these films were released (much like my self) could hate any of them.
Maybe you don't like Eddie Murphy? Or is it racism? Or are you just biased?
I mean, it not being your cup of tea is one thing, but to actually say that it's a BAD movie? That's a bit of a stretch. I can't think of one person who played their part poorly, I can't find any major plotholes, flubs, or even annoying characters.
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Anrkey — 12 years ago(November 03, 2013 08:48 PM)
As a kid, I loved all of these movies but if I had to make a choice back then as to the one I watched it would have been Beverly Hills Cops. Each film is good in its own right, but BHC had everything you could imagine. Blood, Violence, Nudity, Awesome soundtrack and the R rating.
I don't need to look it up to know Ghostbusters and Indiana Jones didn't have the R designation.
R films aren't what they once were. You could say beep 100 times in a film and it would sell tickets. BHC is more than curse words but it was just a different era in film.
It's like asking why Die Hard is so good why did it do so well?