Eddie Murphy

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Acted in the television series Saturday Night Live as Various (1980-1984)

Famous as Stand-Up Comedian before acting: Eddie Murphy

Often acts together with Miguel A. Núñez, Jr. (5) , Mike Myers (4) , Cameron Diaz (4)

Number 6 on the Top 100 Stars of the 1980s list

Number 67 on the Top 100 Stars of the 1990s list

Number 30 on the Top 100 Stars of the 2000s list

Additional Info

Salary (Tower Heist):

$7,500,000 (Hollywood Reporter, 11/18/2011, p. 7)

Appearances

Released	Movie Name	Role	1st weekend	US Gross	Worldwide Gross
3/9/2012	A Thousand Words	Jack McCall	$6,176,280	$16,597,840	$16,597,840
11/4/2011	Tower Heist	Slide	$24,025,190	$78,046,570	$148,191,165
5/21/2010	Shrek Forever After	Donkey (Voice)	$70,838,207	$238,736,787	$752,600,867
6/12/2009	Imagine That	Evan Danielson	$5,503,519	$16,123,323	$16,123,323
7/11/2008	Meet Dave	Dave	$5,251,918	$11,803,254	$50,648,806
5/18/2007	Shrek the Third	Donkey (Voice)	$121,629,270	$322,719,944	$798,958,162
2/9/2007	Norbit	Norbit/Rasputia/Mr. Wong	$34,195,434	$95,673,607	$158,973,607
12/15/2006	Dreamgirls	James 'Thunder' Early	$378,950	$103,365,956	$154,965,956
5/19/2004	Shrek 2	Donkey (Voice)	$108,037,878	$441,226,247	$919,838,758
11/26/2003	The Haunted Mansion	Jim Evers	$24,278,410	$75,817,994	$155,750,628
5/9/2003	Daddy Day Care	Charlie Hinton	$27,623,580	$104,148,781	$164,285,587
11/1/2002	I Spy	Kelly Robinson	$12,752,803	$33,561,137	$60,279,822
8/16/2002	The Adventures of Pluto Nash	Pluto Nash	$2,182,900	$4,411,102	$7,094,995
3/15/2002	Showtime	Trey	$15,011,430	$37,948,765	$78,948,765
6/22/2001	Doctor Dolittle 2	Dr. John Dolittle	$25,037,039	$112,950,721	$176,101,721
5/18/2001	Shrek	The Donkey (Voice)	$42,347,760	$267,655,011	$484,399,218
7/28/2000	Nutty Professor II: The Klumps	Sherman Klump/Buddy Love/Mama Klump/Papa Klump etc	$42,518,830	$123,307,945	$166,307,945
8/13/1999	Bowfinger	Kit Ramsey	$18,062,550	$66,458,769	$98,699,769
4/16/1999	Life	Ray	$20,414,775	$64,062,587	$73,521,587
10/9/1998	Holy Man	G	$5,106,919	$12,069,719	$12,069,719
6/26/1998	Doctor Dolittle	Dr. John Dolittle	$29,014,324	$144,156,605	$294,156,605
6/19/1998	Mulan	Mushu (voice) (Voice)	$22,745,143	$120,620,254	$303,500,000
1/17/1997	Metro	Scott Roper	$11,411,107	$32,017,895	$32,017,895
6/28/1996	The Nutty Professor	Sherman Klump/Buddy Love/Lance Perkins/Papa Klump	$25,411,725	$128,814,019	$273,814,019
10/27/1995	Vampire in Brooklyn	Maximillian/Preacher Pauly/Guido	$7,045,379	$19,637,147	$19,637,147
5/25/1994	Beverly Hills Cop III	Axel Foley	$15,276,224	$42,586,861	$119,180,938
12/4/1992	The Distinguished Gentleman	Thomas Jefferson Johnson	$10,611,040	$46,434,570	$46,434,570
7/1/1992	Boomerang	Marcus	$13,640,706	$70,052,444	$131,052,444
6/8/1990	Another 48 Hrs.	Reggie Hammond	$19,470,596	$80,818,974	$153,518,974
11/17/1989	Harlem Nights	Quick	$16,096,808	$60,857,262	$95,857,262
6/29/1988	Coming to America	Clarence/Prince Akeem/Randy Watson/Saul	$21,404,420	$128,152,301	$288,800,000
12/18/1987	Eddie Murphy Raw	Himself	$9,077,324	$50,504,655	$50,504,655
5/20/1987	Beverly Hills Cop II	Axel Foley	$26,348,555	$153,665,036	$276,665,036
12/12/1986	The Golden Child	Chandler Jarrell	$11,549,711	$79,817,937	$79,817,937
12/5/1984	Beverly Hills Cop	Axel Foley	$15,214,805	$234,760,478	$316,300,000
7/20/1984	Best Defense	Lieutenant T.M. Landry	$7,872,297	$19,265,302	$19,265,302
6/8/1983	Trading Places	Billy Ray Valentine	$7,348,200	$90,400,000	$90,400,000
1983	Eddie Murphy Delirious	Himself		-
12/8/1982	48 Hrs.	Reggie Hammond	$4,369,868	$75,936,265	$75,936,265
		Total Grosses		$3,805,184,064	$7,161,217,289
		Average Gross		$100,136,423
	Average Opening Weekend		$23,296,891