Beverly Hills Cop III
1994 American action comedy film by John Landis / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Beverly Hills Cop III is a 1994 American action comedy film starring Eddie Murphy and directed by John Landis, who had previously worked with Murphy on Trading Places and Coming to America. It is the third film in the Beverly Hills Cop franchise. Murphy again plays Detroit detective Axel Foley, who once again returns to Beverly Hills and teams up with detective Billy Rosewood (Judge Reinhold) to stop a gang of counterfeiters at a local amusement park called Wonder World.
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| Beverly Hills Cop III | |
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| Directed by | John Landis |
| Written by | Steven E. de Souza |
| Based on | Characters by |
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| Cinematography | Mac Ahlberg |
| Edited by | Dale Beldin |
| Music by | Nile Rodgers |
Production company | Eddie Murphy Productions |
| Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
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Running time | 104 minutes[1] |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $70 million[2][3] |
| Box office | $119.2 million[4] |
The film features a number of cameo appearances by well-known film personalities, including Robert B. Sherman, Arthur Hiller, John Singleton, Joe Dante, Barbet Schroeder, Peter Medak, special effects legend Ray Harryhausen, and George Lucas as a ride patron. It is also the first film in the series not to involve producers Don Simpson and Jerry Bruckheimer, who opted out of the film's production due to budgetary disagreements.
Beverly Hills Cop III was released on May 25, 1994, and grossed $42.6 million in the United States, and $76.5 million at the foreign box office for a worldwide total of $119.2 million. The film received negative reviews from critics, and was considered by them and Murphy himself as the weakest film in the trilogy.[5]