Beverly Hills Cop III Movie Details:
| Also known as | Beverly Hills Cop 3 |
| Based on | Characters by Danilo Bach and Daniel Petrie, Jr. |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller |
| Release date | May 25, 1994 |
| Running time | 1hr 44min |
| Age rating | R |
| Starring | Eddie Murphy Judge Reinhold Héctor Elizondo Theresa Randle |
| Directed by | John Landis |
| Written by | Steven E. de Souza |
| Produced by | Mace Neufeld Robert Rehme |
| Cinematography by | Mac Ahlberg |
| Edited by | Dale Beldin |
| Music by | Nile Rodgers |
| Production Company | Neufeld/Rehme Productions Eddie Murphy Productions |
| Distributor | Paramount Pictures |
Beverly Hills Cop III Movie Cast & Characters:
- Eddie Murphy as Detective Axel Foley
- Judge Reinhold as Sergeant Billy Rosewood
- Hector Elizondo as Detective Jon Flint
- Timothy Carhart as Ellis DeWald
- John Saxon as Orrin Sanderson
- Theresa Randle as Janice Perkins
- Alan Young as Uncle Dave Thornton
- Stephen McHattie as Secret Service Agent Steve Fulbright
- Bronson Pinchot as Serge
- Gil Hill as Inspector Douglas Todd
- Jon Tenney as Detective Levine
- Lindsey Ginter as Holloway
- Dan Martin as Cooper
- Al Green as Minister
- Joey Travolta as Giolito
- Hattie Winston as Mrs. Todd
- Helen Martin as Grandma
- Tracy Melchior as Ticket Booth Lady
- Eugene Collier as Leppert
- Forry Smith as Rondy
- Gregory McKinney as Kimbrough
- David Parry as Taddeo
- Michael Bowen as Fletch
- Symba Smith as Annihilator Girl #1
- Julie Strain as Annihilator Girl #2
- Heather Elizabeth Parkhurst as Annihilator Girl #3
- John Singleton as Fireman
- George Lucas as Disappointed Man
- Arthur Hiller as Bar Patron #1
- Ray Harryhausen as Bar Patron #2
- Robert B. Sherman as Bar Patron #3
- Richard M. Sherman as Wonderworld Bandleader (deleted scenes)
Storyline:
Axel Foley, while investigating a car theft ring, comes across something much bigger than that: the same men who killed his boss are running a counterfeit money ring out of a theme park in Los Angeles.
About Beverly Hills Cop III Movie:
Beverly Hills Cop III is an American action comedy film starring Eddie Murphy, written by Steven E. de Souza, and directed by John Landis, who had previously worked with Murphy on Trading Places (1983) and Coming to America (1988). It is a sequel to Beverly Hills Cop II (1987) and the third film in the Beverly Hills Cop franchise.
Eddie 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. 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, as well as the last film in the series to be distributed by Paramount Pictures.
Principal photography began on September 8, 1993. The final chase scene through the “Land of the Dinosaurs”, featuring eleven animatronic dinosaurs, was filmed at Universal Studios Stage 37. Exterior scenes set in the theme park were filmed at Paramount’s Great America (now known as California’s Great America) in Santa Clara, California, after Knott’s Berry Farm declined permission.
The three-armed Ferris wheel rescue scene used Great America’s Sky Whirl. One shootout sequence was filmed inside the Earthquake! ride at the Universal Studios theme park. The Sherman Brothers wrote the WonderWorld theme song. Filming wrapped on January 25, 1994.
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 series. A sequel, and fourth film, titled Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F, was released on Netflix on July 3, 2024.
Beverly Hills Cop III Movie Budget & Box Office Collection:
| Budget | $70 million |
| Domestic Opening | $12,426,169 |
| Domestic Collection | $42,614,912 |
| International Collection | $76,594,077 |
| Worldwide Collection | $119,208,989 |
