Eddie Murphy's New Hit Movie `Nutty Professor II' Is No. 1 At Box Office

Jet, August 14, 2000

Eddie Murphy's Nutty Professor II: The Klumps grossed $42.7 million in its first weekend, making it the No. 1 movie in the country.

The sequel to Murphy's 1996 The Nutty Professor stars Murphy as the large and lovable Professor Sherman Klump and seven other characters. Janet Jackson also stars in the film.

It was Murphy's best-ever opening, topping the $33 million for Beverly Hills Cop 2 over the four-day Memorial Day weekend in 1987 and the $29 million three-day gross for Dr. Doolittle in 1998. The sequel also beat the $25.4 million opening weekend for Murphy's The Nutty Professor.