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Coming to America

The Numbers Rating: 10.00 (3 votes) Rate it - Rating Details
Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 65% - Fresh
Theatrical Performance
Domestic Box Office $128,152,301
International Box Office $160,647,699
Worldwide Box Office $288,800,000
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Released June 29, 1988 (Wide)
Highest Combined Star Gross226 (see full chart)
Keywords African-American, Culture Clash, Same Actor, Multiple Roles, Prince/Princess
Distributed by Paramount Pictures
Source Original Screenplay
Major Genre Comedy
Country United States
Production Method Live Action
Creative Type Contemporary Fiction
Director John Landis

Cast

Eddie Murphy    Clarence/Prince Akeem/Randy Watson/Saul
James Earl Jones    King Jaffe Joffer
Samuel L. Jackson    Hold-up Man
Arsenio Hall    Semmi/Extremly Ugly Girl/Morris/Reverend Brown
John Amos    Cleo McDowell
Frankie Faison    Landlord
Don Ameche    Mortimer Duke
Ralph Bellamy    Randolph Duke
Eriq La Salle    Darryl Jenks
Jim Abrahams    Face on Cutting Room Floor
Cuba Gooding, Jr.    Boy Getting Haircut
Vondie Curtis-Hall    Basketball Game Vendor

Weekend Chart Record

DateRank Gross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossDays
7/1/1988 1 $21,404,420   2,064 $10,370 $28,409,497 5
7/8/1988 1 $13,342,707 -37.66% 2,064 $6,464 $49,497,282 12
7/15/1988 1 $10,417,790 -21.92% 2,064 $5,047 $66,732,490 19
7/22/1988 2 $8,886,442 -14.70% 2,064 $4,305 $81,234,946 26
7/29/1988 3 $6,430,730 -27.63% 1,902 $3,381 $92,011,700 33
8/5/1988 4 $5,065,482 -21.23% 1,786 $2,836 $100,477,310 40
8/12/1988 7 $3,611,470 -28.70% 1,481 $2,439 $106,688,022 47
8/19/1988 9 $2,512,639 -30.43% 1,273 $1,974 $111,133,227 54
9/16/1988 10 $1,304,208   830 $1,571 $120,794,325 82