Coming to America
“This summer, Prince Akeem discovers 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.
Genres
Comedy, Romance
Studio
Eddie Murphy Productions
Language
en
Status
Released
How Coming to America performed
Budget
$30.0M
Worldwide Gross
$288.8M
Gross Profit
$258.8M
Return
9.6× budget
Opening Wknd (est.)
$42M
Source: TMDB. Domestic/international split (~45/55, genre-typical) and the opening-weekend figure (32% of the domestic run, typical for Comedy) are MoviesRankd estimates. Profit is gross revenue minus production budget and excludes marketing — studios typically need ~2–2.5× budget to break even.
Where to Watch
Cast
Prince Akeem / Clarence / Randy Watson / Saul
Eddie Murphy
Prince Akeem / Clarence / Randy Watson / Saul
Semmi / Extremely Ugly Girl / Morris / Reverend Brown
Arsenio Hall
Semmi / Extremely Ugly Girl / Morris / Reverend Brown
Lisa McDowell
Shari Headley
Lisa McDowell
Cleo McDowell
John Amos
Cleo McDowell
King Jaffe Joffer
James Earl Jones
King Jaffe Joffer
Queen Aoleon
Madge Sinclair
Queen Aoleon
Darryl Jenks
Eriq La Salle
Darryl Jenks
Patrice McDowell
Allison Dean
Patrice McDowell
Landlord
Frankie Faison
Landlord
Maurice
Louie Anderson
Maurice
Oha
Paul Bates
Oha
Hold-Up Man
Samuel L. Jackson
Hold-Up Man
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