<Tr> <Th> Budget </Th> <Td> $85 million </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Box office </Th> <Td> $735.5 million </Td> </Tr> <P> Beverly Hills Cop is a series of American action comedy films and an unaired television pilot based on characters created by Daniel Petrie, Jr. and Danilo Bach . The films star Eddie Murphy as Axel Foley, a street - smart Detroit cop who travels to Beverly Hills, California to investigate crimes, even though it is out of his jurisdiction . There, he meets Detective Billy Rosewood (Judge Reinhold), Sergeant John Taggart (John Ashton), and Lieutenant Andrew Bogomil (Ronny Cox). Ashton and Cox do not appear in Beverly Hills Cop III . Murphy, Reinhold, and Gil Hill, who plays Axel's boss, Inspector Todd, are the only actors who appear in all three films . Harold Faltermeyer produced the now famous "Axel F" theme song heard throughout the series . The series as a whole have been distributed by Paramount Pictures . The films have made a total of $735,534,503 at the worldwide box office . </P> <P> Following a failed attempt at a television series based on the films, Paramount decided to produce another film with a currently unknown release date . </P>

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