Coming to America
19881h 57m6.9
Comedy, Romance
- Runtime
- 1h 57m
- Genre
- Comedy
- Certificate
- R
- Budget
- $30,000,000
- Revenue
- $288,752,301
- Origin
- United States of America
About
This summer, Prince Akeem discovers America.
An African prince decides it’s time for him to find a princess... and his mission leads him and his most loyal friend to Queens, New York. In disguise as an impoverished immigrant, the pampered prince quickly finds himself a new job, new friends, new digs, new enemies and lots of trouble.
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Details
- Director
- John Landis
- Writing
- David Sheffield, Barry W. Blaustein
- Status
- Released
- Released
- Jun 29, 1988
- Budget
- $30.0M
- Box office
- $289M
- Studio
- Eddie Murphy Productions, Paramount Pictures
Cast
Eddie Murphy
Prince Akeem / Clarence / Randy Watson / Saul
Shari Headley
Lisa McDowell
Arsenio Hall
Semmi / Extremely Ugly Girl / Morris / Reverend Brown
James Earl Jones
King Jaffe Joffer
Eriq La Salle
Darryl Jenks
John Amos
Cleo McDowell
Allison Dean
Patrice McDowell
Madge Sinclair
Queen Aoleon
Samuel L. Jackson
Hold-Up Man
Cuba Gooding Jr.
Boy Getting Haircut
Vanessa Bell Calloway
Imani Izzi
Calvin Lockhart
Colonel Izzi
Frankie Faison
Landlord
Louie Anderson
Maurice
Paul Bates
Oha
Vondie Curtis-Hall
Basketball Game Vendor
Garcelle Beauvais
Rose Bearer #3
Ruben Santiago-Hudson
Street Hustler
Victoria Dillard
Bather / Dancer
Clyde Jones
Soul Glo Man
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