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 | |
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Directed by | John Landis |
Produced by | George Folsey Jr. Robert D. Wachs |
Screenplay by | |
Story by | Eddie Murphy |
Starring | |
Music by | Nile Rodgers |
Cinematography | Sol Negrin Woody Omens |
Edited by | Malcolm Campbell George Folsey Jr. |
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[1][2][3][4] |
Release dates
Country | Premiere |
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United States | 29 June 1988 |
Norway | 2 August 1988 |
Ireland | 5 August 1988 |
France | 24 August 1988 |
Australia | 25 August 1988 |
West Germany | 1 September 1988 |
Argentina | 8 September 1988 |
Denmark | 16 September 1988 |
Spain | 16 September 1988 |
Finland | 23 September 1988 |
Taiwan | 24 September 1988 |
Italy | 30 September 1988 |
Portugal | 30 September 1988 |
Netherlands | 6 October 1988 |
Sweden | 21 October 1988 |
Brazil | 27 October 1988 |
17 November 1988 | |
Japan | 17 December 1988 |
Peru | 19 January 1989 |
Hungary | 3 August 1989 |
Turkey | 10 August 1990 |
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Bach, Steven (August 30, 1992). "Gross Profit: Fatal Subtraction: The inside story of Buchwald v. Paramount". Los Angeles Times. https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1992-08-30-bk-8596-story.html. Retrieved May 10, 2020.
- ↑ "Coming to America (1988)". Box Office Mojo. IMDb. Retrieved March 29, 2019.
- ↑ Mcdougal, Dennis (February 4, 1990). "Murphy movie made millions, but stayed in red". Los Angeles Times. https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-02-04-mn-537-story.html. Retrieved May 10, 2020.
- ↑ Coming to America at the American Film Institute Catalog