Coming to America

Coming to America

1988
1h 57m
6.9

6.9/10

4,700 votes • View on IMDb
Comedy Romance

"This summer, Prince Akeem discovers America."

Overview

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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Status: Released

Budget: $30,000,000

Revenue: $288,752,301

Language: EN

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Production Information

Production Companies
Eddie Murphy Productions Paramount Pictures
Production Countries
United States of America
Spoken Languages
English

Keywords

new york city fast food restaurant prince fake identity heir to the throne royal family fish out of water rich man searching for love rich family satirical pretending to be poor absurd hilarious ambiguous amused exhilarated familiar melodramatic african american romance african royalty

Quick Facts

Release Date June 29, 1988
Status Released
Language EN
IMDb ID tt0094898

Cast

Eddie Murphy
Eddie Murphy

Prince Akeem / Clarence / Randy Watson / Saul

Arsenio Hall
Arsenio Hall

Semmi / Extremely Ugly Girl / Morris / Reverend Brown

Shari Headley
Shari Headley

Lisa McDowell

John Amos
John Amos

Cleo McDowell

James Earl Jones
James Earl Jones

King Jaffe Joffer

Madge Sinclair
Madge Sinclair

Queen Aoleon

Eriq La Salle
Eriq La Salle

Darryl Jenks

Allison Dean
Allison Dean

Patrice McDowell

Frankie Faison
Frankie Faison

Landlord

Louie Anderson
Louie Anderson

Maurice

Paul Bates
Paul Bates

Oha

Samuel L. Jackson
Samuel L. Jackson

Hold-Up Man

Key Crew

George Folsey Jr.
Producer
Robert D. Wachs
Producer
David Sheffield
Screenplay
John Landis
Director
Leslie Belzberg
Executive Producer
Barry W. Blaustein
Screenplay
Mark Lipsky
Executive Producer
Eddie Murphy
Executive Producer