Beverly Hills Cop II

Beverly Hills Cop II
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Tony Scott
Screenplay by	Larry Ferguson Warren Skaaren
Story by	Eddie Murphy Robert D. Wachs
Based on	Characters by Danilo Bach and Daniel Petrie Jr.
Produced by	Don Simpson Jerry Bruckheimer
Starring	Eddie Murphy Judge Reinhold Jürgen Prochnow Ronny Cox John Ashton Brigitte Nielsen Allen Garfield Paul Reiser
Cinematography	Jeffrey L. Kimball
Edited by	Chris Lebenzon Michael Tronick Billy Weber
Music by	Harold Faltermeyer
Production companies	Don Simpson/Jerry Bruckheimer Films Eddie Murphy Productions
Distributed by	Paramount Pictures
Release dates	May 19, 1987 (1987-05-19) (Los Angeles) May 20, 1987 (1987-05-20) (United States)
Running time	103 minutes[1]
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$27 million[2][3]
Box office	$299.97 million[4]

Beverly Hills Cop II is a 1987 American buddy cop action comedy film directed by Tony Scott, written by Larry Ferguson and Warren Skaaren, and starring Eddie Murphy. It is the sequel to the 1984 film Beverly Hills Cop and the second installment in the Beverly Hills Cop film series. Murphy returns as Detroit police detective Axel Foley, who reunites with Beverly Hills detectives Billy Rosewood (Judge Reinhold) and John Taggart (John Ashton) to stop a criminal organization after Captain Andrew Bogomil (Ronny Cox) is shot and seriously wounded.

The film received mixed reviews from critics on release, but it was a box office success, grossing $299 million worldwide, making it the highest grossing film of the Beverly Hills Cop film series. Additionally, the film was nominated for an Oscar, as well as a Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song, for Bob Seger's "Shakedown". Two sequels, Beverly Hills Cop III and Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F, were released in 1994 and 2024.