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The Numbers Rating: 0.00 (2 votes) Rate it - Rating Details
Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 62% - Fresh
Theatrical Performance
Total US Gross $128,152,301
International Gross $160,647,699
Worldwide Gross $288,800,000
Released June 29, 1988
Highest Combined Star Gross128 (see full chart)
Keywords Prince/Princess, Same Actor, Multiple Roles, Culture Clash, African-American
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
Cuba Gooding, Jr    Boy Getting Haircut
Arsenio Hall    Semmi/Extremly Ugly Girl/Morris/Reverend Brown
John Amos    Cleo McDowell
Frankie Faison    Landlord
Don Ameche    Mortimer Duke
Ralph Bellamy    Randolph Duke
Samuel L. Jackson    Hold-up Man
Eriq La Salle    Darryl Jenks
Jim Abrahams    Face on Cutting Room Floor
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