4. 1984: Beverly Hills Cop, $234,760,478
This action comedy movie saw Eddie Murphy playing a reckless young Detroit cop, who wants to find the killer of his childhood best friend. Eddie Murphy became a quite prominent name after this movie. Grossing $316 million worldwide the movie didn’t disappoint its producers either.
3. 1989: Batman, $251,188,924
No wonder that the first Batman movie set the bar really high for box office collection! Right in its opening weekend, Batman made a whopping $40 million, a number quite unimaginable back then! Starring Michael Keaton as Batman, it broke all box office records when it became the first movie to earn $100 million in its first ten days of release.
