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Coming to America

Coming to America

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Status

Released

Release Date

Jun 29, 1988

Runtime

1h 57m

Genres

Comedy, Romance

User Score

69%

Original Title

Coming to America

Production Companies

Eddie Murphy Productions, Paramount Pictures

Director

John Landis

Budget

$30,000,000

Revenue

$288,752,301

Description

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.