Back Coming to America AN القدوم إلى أمريكا Arabic القدوم الى اميركا ARZ Пристигане в Америка Bulgarian Cesta do Ameriky Czech Coming to America Welsh Coming to America Danish Der Prinz aus Zamunda German Ο πρίγκιπας της Ζαμούντα Greek Coming to America Esperanto
| Coming to America | |
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 Theatrical release poster illustrated by Drew Struzan | |
| Directed by | John Landis |
| Screenplay by | |
| Story by | Eddie Murphy |
| Produced by | George Folsey Jr. Robert D. Wachs |
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| Cinematography | Woody Omens |
| Edited by | Malcolm Campbell George Folsey Jr. |
| Music by | Nile Rodgers |
Production company | Eddie Murphy Productions |
| Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 117 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $36 million[1] |
| Box office | $288.8–350 million[2][1][3][4] |
Coming to America is a 1988 American romantic comedy film directed by John Landis, based on a story originally created by Eddie Murphy, written by David Sheffield and Barry W. Blaustein, and starring Murphy (in various roles), Arsenio Hall (also in various roles), James Earl Jones, John Amos, Madge Sinclair, and Shari Headley. It tells the story of Akeem Joffer, the crown prince of the fictional African nation of Zamunda who travels to the United States in the hopes of finding a woman he can marry and will love him for who he is, not for his status or for having been trained to please him. The film was released in the United States on June 29, 1988.
In 1989, a pilot for a planned spin-off television series was made, although this was never picked up for a series.[5]
A sequel, Coming 2 America, was released on March 4, 2021.
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- ^ "Coming to America (1988)". Box Office Mojo. IMDb. Retrieved February 28, 2022.
- ^ Mcdougal, Dennis (February 4, 1990). "Murphy movie made millions, but stayed in red". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved May 10, 2020.
- ^ Coming to America at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films
- ^ Fitzpatrick, Molly (April 11, 2015). "Reminder: A terrible 'Coming to America' TV pilot happened in 1989". Splinter News. Retrieved September 28, 2017.