Buddy film alienation" felt in the era. Beyond Hollywood, a notable buddy road movie of that era was the Bollywood "Curry Western" film "Sholay" (1975), which was the highest-grossing Indian film of all time. Biracial buddy films emerged in the 1970s and 1980s; Richard Pryor and Gene Wilder initiated the movement with "Silver Streak" (1976) and "Stir Crazy" (1980). Eddie Murphy was a key actor in biracial buddy films, starring in "48 Hours" (1982) with Nick Nolte and in "Trading Places" (1983) with Dan Aykroyd. Throughout the 1980s, the individual roles in biracial buddy films are reversed. The "racial other... is too
Trading Places top ten grossing films for 17 weeks. It went on to earn $90.4 million during its U.S. theatrical run, making it the 4th highest-grossing film of 1983, behind "Flashdance" ($92.9 million), "Terms of Endearment" ($108.4 million) and "Return of the Jedi" ($252.5 million), and the second highest grossing R-rated film of 1983, behind "Flashdance". Adjusted for inflation, the film remains the number 58 highest-grossing R-rated film of all time. "Trading Places" was met with positive reviews from critics. Review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes gives the film an approval rating of 86%, based on 44 reviews, with an average rating of