Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F Dominates Netflix's Global Chart With Massive Viewership Debut

Summary

Beverly Hills Cop: Axel Fdestroys the competition on the Netflix charts this week, boasting a massive debut. The movie is the fourth film in theBeverly Hills Copfranchise, which began back in 1984. BeforeAxel F, it had been 30 years sinceBeverly Hills Cop IIImade its mixed-reviewed debut back in 1984. The new moviefeatures a leading cast including Eddie Murphy, Kevin Bacon, Taylour Paige, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Judge Reinhold, Paul Reiser, Bronson Pinchot, and John Ashton.

As perNetflix,Beverly Hills Cop: Axel Fhas made it onto the Global Top 10 for the week of July 1 through July 7. Itcame in at no. 1 on the chart with 41 million views and 80.7 million hours viewed. Also charting this week were titles such asA Family Affair,Trigger Warning,Paw Patrol: The Movie, andWarcraft.

Eddie Murphy’s Axel pointing his gun, Kevin Bacon looking smarmy as Cade and Taylour Paige as Jane

Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F Improves Vastly From Beverly Hills Cop 3

Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F Has A Higher Rotten Tomatoes Score Than Beverly Hills Cop 3

Bringing back any franchise after three decades is not easy, andBeverly Hills Cop: Axel Fwas going into a particularly precarious position in advance of its release. Its immediate predecessor,Beverly Hills Cop III, was the lowest-rated in the franchise, as well as the lowest-grossing at the box office. WhileAxel Farrived exclusively on Netflix and thus wouldn’t produce a theatrical gross, the pressure was on for the movie to at least surpass the critical reception and general popularity ofBeverly Hills Cop III.

Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F Ending Explained

Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F finds Eddie Murphy’s title character on his most personal case yet, and the sequel leaves the door open for another movie.

Based on the Netflix charts,Beverly Hills Cop: Axel Fexceeded expectations. Not only did it top the chart, but it did so by a margin of nearly 10 million views. For reference, the difference between the no. 1 and no. 2 titles on the previous chart was only half a million views. Looking back at the whole year so far, it is also worth noting thatBeverly Hills Cop: Axel Fhad more views in a week than any Netflix English-language film sinceDamsel’s 50.8 million view count in the week of March 11 to March 17.

Beverly Hills Cop Axel F Film Poster

Beverly Hills Cop: Axel Fwas released on Netflix on July 3, and thus had only 5 days (rather than a full 7) to reach its no. 1 status for the first week in July.

Needless to say, the movie successfully showed its popularity even without the aid of box office numbers. In addition to this high viewership, thereviews forBeverly Hills Cop: Axel Fare fairly positive. At the time of writing, it boasts a 66% Tomatometer among 160 Rotten Tomatoes critics, as well as an 80% audience approval rating. These scores show vast improvement fromBeverly Hills Cop III, which critics and audiences gave 11% and 35%, respectively. All around,Beverly Hills Cop: Axel Fis proving to be a summer hit, even without boasting the theatrical box office clout.