film: Music "The Boys Are Back In Town" - Jesse Johnson 4:01 "Give It All You Got" - Curio 4:37 "I Just Can't Let It End" - Curio 3:52 Another 48 Hrs., film score~The Courthouse - James Horner 3:18 Another 48 Hrs., film score~Main Title - James Horner 4:11 Another 48 Hrs., film score~King Mei Shootout - James Horner 7:36 Another 48 Hrs., film score~Birdcage Battle - James Horner 4:43 I'll Never Get You Out of This World Alive - Michael Stanton 2:25 Reception Box office The film grossed more at the US box office than its predecessor and made $72.7 million from foreign markets for a total of $153.5 million. However this was considered a box office disappointment and because the film was so costly, profits were minimized. Murphy accused Paramount of not spending enough on advertising and changing the release date. Paramount counter-alleged that Murphy did not spend enough time promoting the film. This led to tension in the long-running relationship between Murphy and Paramount. Critical response On Rotten Tomatoes the film holds an approval rating of 20% based on 35 reviews, with an average rating of 4.2/10. The website's critics consensus reads: "Even the return of Eddie Murphy, Nick Nolte, and director Walter Hill can't hide the lazy, patchwork quality of Another 48 Hrs." On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 23 out of 100, based on 13 critics, indicating "generally unfavorable reviews". Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "A−" on an A+ to F scale. Vincent Canby of The New York Times stated that it was "as much a star vehicle for Mr. Murphy as The Gorgeous Hussy once was for Joan Crawford. The Crawford name isn't idly invoked. You have to go back to the old MGM days to find movies that, with every gesture, let the audience know it was watching a star." Canby continued, "Though the body count is high, all of the people killed are faceless or only minor characters, until the end. It's as if the movie were saying that lethal violence is acceptable (and fun) as long as the victims–like the victims of guided missiles and high-altitude bombing–remain anonymous. Any comedy that allows the mind to ponder high-altitude bombing is in deep trouble." Los Angeles Times critic Peter Rainer called it "a crude rehashing of the high points of the first film."