Opening in North America in mid-November 1989, the film debuted at No.1 its opening weekend.[11] It grossed $16,096,808 from 2,180 screens during those first three days setting a record pre-holiday fall opening[12] and would go on to collect a total of $60,864,870 domestically at the box office.[2] Despite a fair gross, the film was considered a box office disappointment by the studio, earning roughly half of Murphy's earlier box office successes Coming to America and Beverly Hills Cop II from the previous two years.