Why Sylvester Stallone's Beverly Hills Cop Movie Never Happened

And Eddie Murphy is wise-cracking Detroit detective Axel Foley in Beverly Hills Cop (and its two sequels).

To put that into perspective, Beverly Hills Cop earned more money that Ghostbusters, Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, Gremlins and The Karate Kid that year.

Released in 1984, Beverly Hills Cop took the world by storm, earning $234 million at the domestic box office, which was good enough for the No. 1 slot of the year that year.