Coming to America

Coming to America is a 1988 comedy movie directed by John Landis. It is about an African prince who comes to the United States in hopes of finding a woman he can marry. It stars Eddie Murphy, Arsenio Hall, James Earl Jones, John Amos, Ralph Bellamy, and Don Ameche. It was released on June 29, 1988. A sequel, Coming 2 America, was released in December 2020.

Coming to America
Directed byJohn Landis
Screenplay by
  • David Sheffield
  • Barry W. Blaustein
Story byEddie Murphy
Produced byGeorge Folsey Jr.
Robert D. Wachs
Starring
CinematographySol Negrin
Woody Omens
Edited byMalcolm Campbell
George Folsey Jr.
Music byNile Rodgers
Production
company
Eddie Murphy Productions
Distributed byParamount Pictures
Release date
  • June 29, 1988 (1988-06-29)
Running time
117 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$36 million[1]
Box office$288.8–350 million[1][2][3][4]

Release dates
CountryPremiere
 United States29 June 1988
 Norway2 August 1988
 Ireland5 August 1988
 France24 August 1988
 Australia25 August 1988
 West Germany1 September 1988
 Argentina8 September 1988
 Denmark16 September 1988
 Spain16 September 1988
 Finland23 September 1988
 Taiwan24 September 1988
 Italy30 September 1988
 Portugal30 September 1988
 Netherlands6 October 1988
 Sweden21 October 1988
 Brazil27 October 1988
 Hong Kong17 November 1988
 Japan17 December 1988
 Peru19 January 1989
 Hungary3 August 1989
 Turkey10 August 1990

References
  1. Bach, Steven (August 30, 1992). "Gross Profit: Fatal Subtraction: The inside story of Buchwald v. Paramount". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved May 10, 2020.
  2. "Coming to America (1988)". Box Office Mojo. IMDb. Retrieved March 29, 2019.
  3. Mcdougal, Dennis (February 4, 1990). "Murphy movie made millions, but stayed in red". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved May 10, 2020.
  4. Coming to America at the American Film Institute Catalog
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