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Coming to America

1988

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.

Cast & Crew

EMEM
Eddie Murphy

as Prince Akeem / Clarence / Randy Watson / Saul

AHAH
Arsenio Hall

as Semmi / Extremely Ugly Girl / Morris / Reverend Brown

SHSH
Shari Headley

as Lisa McDowell

JAJA
John Amos

as Cleo McDowell

JEJJEJ
James Earl Jones

as King Jaffe Joffer

MSMS
Madge Sinclair

as Queen Aoleon

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Basic Information
Status
Released
Release Date
6/29/1988
Runtime
1 hours, 57 minutes
Original Language
EN
Financial
Budget
$30,000,000
Revenue
$288,752,301
Profit/Loss
+$258,752,301
ROI: 862.5%
Genres
Comedy
Romance
Production Countries
United States of America (US)
Spoken Languages
English (en)
Production Companies
E
Eddie Murphy Productions
Paramount Pictures
Paramount Pictures