![]() His directorial debut, Harlem Nights was not well-received, nor was 1992’s Beverly Hills Cop III or Vampire in Brooklyn. The following nine years could not match the highs of 1980s Eddie Murphy. The film again was made on a relatively low budget of $35 million, going on to make $288 million. The following year, Murphy reunited with Trading Places director, John Landis to make Coming to America. The same year Murphy released his critically-acclaimed stand-up special, Raw, which grossed $50 million in the US alone. His meteoric rise continued in 1987 with the release of Beverly Hills Cop II, which grossed $300 million on a $20 million budget. Murphy left SNL in 1984 and by 1985, still only 23, Murphy released his debut music album, How Could It Be, which featured the No.2 hit Party All the Time. The film cost $15 million but made over $315 million at the box office, becoming the highest-grossing film of 1984 and the highest-grossing R-rated film of all time (until 2003’s Matrix Reloaded). ![]() The following year, Murphy released his popular but highly controversial stand-up special, Delirious, and second feature film, Trading Places, starring opposite fellow SNL star Dan Aykroyd and Jamie Lee Curtis.Ī year after that, Murphy consolidated his status as the biggest and funniest Hollywood star, appearing in Beverly Hills Cop. Murphy's first feature film was 1982's 48 Hrs, in which he played a convict opposite Nick Nolte
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