Franchise Friday: Beverly Hills Cop
The heat is on...and then it cools.
When it comes to box office trivia, the question of the highest-grossing movie of 1984 always throws me for a loop. Surely, I think, it must be Ghostbusters, which opened that summer and was a cultural phenomenon. And yes, Ghostbusters did very well, dominating the #1 spot for seven straight weeks and raking in $229 million.
But the highest-grossing mov…
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