How did this movie make so much $?
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colorado_moviebuff2012 — 11 years ago(April 07, 2014 04:33 PM)
..to the OP.. it did not make more than Ghostbusters, close, but not more.
http://www.the-numbers.com/movies/year/1984
your forgetting, the 80's was a time of so many great movies, and a time when Eddie Murphy was on top of his game and still becoming a huge star.
plus, 80's was a time when Police Academy made 81 million in theaters. Comedy was big back then, especially screwball comedies.
.Beverly Hills Cop had serious drama, action, comedy and an interesting plot. And to think Stallone wanted to be the star of the movie lol..
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indianabond1 — 11 years ago(April 07, 2014 06:49 PM)
According to boxofficemojo Beverly Hills Cop made more money than Ghostbusters:
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adouthit-1 — 11 years ago(May 22, 2014 03:25 PM)
I am watching it again after only seeing it when I was really young and didn't really remember it. It's an ok movie but I'm guessing it's because the movie is pretty old now. Had I seen it when it first came out (and was old enough) maybe I would have liked it much more.
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gregmays — 11 years ago(May 29, 2014 09:17 PM)
Combining Action and Comedy, started with Eddie Murphy. Beginning with 48 Hours. Epitomized with BHC. It solidified a new Genre. Comedy fans, and Action fans, both flocked.
If you think about it, every Action film since then, has had a Comedic undertone. Think Lethal Weapon and Die Hard. It was a brand new thing, in 1984. Murphy pulled it off. At that time, I'm not sure anyone else could have. -
daughterofolaf — 11 years ago(June 20, 2014 01:18 PM)
How? Because its an awesome movie. It's funny, it has an epic car chase scene/opening, Axel Foley is a highly likable character, it has buddy scenes and danger and a great shoot out. And the good guys win. What's not to love? Unless you hate 1980's Eddie Murphy, in which case I feel sorry for you.
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TheLordofTheHarvest — 11 years ago(July 05, 2014 10:43 PM)
Beverley Hills Cop was released in Murphy's golden era, he could do no wrong really. He had a bomb that year called "Best Defense" with Dudley Moore but this movie and his standup helped to keep him on course and made it look easy where other comics may have never recovered. He himself was a franchise for Paramount because his movies made a ton of dough, this series was a lot of it.
One thing that helped BHC was that it had a bigger release plan than either Ghostbusters, Indy, or Gremlins had. It opened up in 1,500 theaters (less than Indy but more than Ghostbusters,) and by the end it had 2,000 theaters showing it (way more than any other film that year,) it was a mega hit and Paramount put their all into it. BHC had it tougher due to the R rating but it was perfect for the film and drove adults in.
Only reason some websites has Ghostbusters #1 is that they are attributing the August 1985 re-release numbers into the total. It made 9 million through that re-release. But looking at the pure 1984 numbers BHC wins. -
Leoneswest — 11 years ago(September 08, 2014 02:25 AM)
I almost laughed how you mentioned Temple of doom in your post.considering that POS shouldn't have made any money at all. Lucas and speilberg should both be ashamed of that utter bomb.
And if you think this film isn't funnythen maybe you should stop watching Will farrell/adam sandler films and appreciate real humour. Cause will farrell over-acting isn't really that funny. -
vicky_lc2001 — 11 years ago(January 27, 2015 01:45 PM)
My mom and I just watched tis for the first time and we found this hilariously funny. The cast is spot on and charismatic specially Eddie Murphy. I think it has aged very well.
The jokes probably went over your head.
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SydneyIz — 10 years ago(February 06, 2016 09:47 AM)
OP is entitled to their opinions, but I enjoyed all three movies. It is a matter of personal taste. I thought all three movies have aged very well, and don't seem as dated as other films from the 80s.
I really didn't understand the success of the Twilight movies, which had no redeeming qualities. People are still fascinated when I say I didn't like Avatar, 300, Guardians of the Galaxy, or almost all of the Transformers movies, I still can't see how these movies are so popular.
To Each is Their Own.