Coming to America(Movie, 1988)

Name: Coming to America
Genre: Comedy, Romance / Love
Released: 1988
Duration: T01:57:00
Rating: 3.4

| 1h 57min | Genres: Comedy, Romance / Love

Rating: 3.4/5 (with 1,898 votes)

Coming to America is a 1988 American romantic comedy film directed by John Landis and based on a story originally created by Eddie Murphy, who also stars in the lead role. The film also co-stars Arsenio Hall, James Earl Jones, Shari Headley, and John Amos. The film was released in the United States on June 29, 1988. Eddie Murphy plays 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. In 1989, a pilot for a planned spin-off television series was made, although this was never picked up for a series. A sequel, Coming 2 America... ()

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Awards & Nominations for Coming to America

nominated for: Academy Award for Best Costume Design nominated for: Academy Award for Best Makeup and Hairstyling

About Coming to 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.

Trailer for Coming to America + Featurettes/Teaser/Clips

COMING TO AMERICA | Official Trailer | Paramount Movies(Trailer, 1:54)

Additional Information

Production country: United States of America (USA)

Shot in: New York City (NYC)

Plays in: New York City (NYC), Queens, Zamunda

Made by: Paramount Pictures, Eddie Murphy Productions

Original language: English (EN)

Spoken languages: English (EN)

Translated into 32 languages: Bulgarian (BG), Czech (CS), Danish (DA), German (DE), Greek (EL), English (EN), Spanish (ES), Persian (FA), Finnish (FI), French (FR), Hebrew (HE), Croatian (HR), Hungarian (HU), Italian (IT), Japanese (JA), Korean (KO), Lithuanian (LT), Norwegian Bokmål (NB), Dutch (NL), Norwegian (NO), Polish (PL), Portuguese (PT), Romanian (RO), Russian (RU), Slovak (SK), Slovenian (SL), Serbian (SR), Swedish (SV), Turkish (TR), Ukrainian (UK), Vietnamese (VI), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)

Status: Released

Release date US: 06/29/1988

Appearing Characters: King Jaffe, Queen Aoleon

Cast: Eddie Murphy, James Earl Jones, Madge Sinclair, John Amos, Carlos Arsenio Mendez Hall, Shari Headley, Eriq La Salle, Samuel L. Jackson, Don Ameche, Ralph Bellamy, Calvin Lockhart, Cuba Gooding Jr., Frankie Faison, Helen Hanft, Louie Anderson, Vanessa Bell Calloway, Garcelle Beauvais, Vondie Curtis-Hall, Victoria Dillard, Ruben Santiago-Hudson, Jim Abrahams

Director: John Landis

Producer: George Folsey

Screenwriter: David Sheffield, Eddie Murphy, Barry W. Blaustein

Film Editor: Malcolm Campbell

Composer: Nile Rodgers

Performer: various artists

Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):

"Um Príncipe em Nova York"

"Prints Zamundast"

"O prigkipas tis Zamounta"

"O prigkipas tis Zamunda"

"O pringipas tis Zamunda"

"Hoshi no Ôji Nyûyôku e iku"

Keywords: duringcreditsstinger, fake identity, new york city, fish out of water, heir to the throne, fast food restaurant, searching for love, prince

Budget: 39,000,000 USD

Revenue: 288,752,301 USD (= 740%)