Overview - Coming to America

Date of release

Genres

  • Comedy
  • Romance

Runtime: 117 minutes

Homepage: Coming to America

Budget

$30,000,000.00

Revenue

$288,752,301.00

Spoken Languages

  • English

Production companies

  • Name: Eddie Murphy Productions

    Production country United States of America

  • Name: Paramount Pictures

    Production country United States of America

Overview

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

  • Name: Eddie Murphy

    Character: Prince Akeem / Clarence / Randy Watson / Saul

    Popularity: 37.013

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  • Name: Arsenio Hall

    Character: Semmi / Extremely Ugly Girl / Morris / Reverend Brown

    Popularity: 6.041

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  • Name: Shari Headley

    Character: Lisa McDowell

    Popularity: 8.663

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  • Name: John Amos

    Character: Cleo McDowell

    Popularity: 14.374

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  • Name: James Earl Jones

    Character: King Jaffe Joffer

    Popularity: 21.163

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  • Name: Madge Sinclair

    Character: Queen Aoleon

    Popularity: 10.142

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  • Name: Eriq La Salle

    Character: Darryl Jenks

    Popularity: 7.829

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  • Name: Allison Dean

    Character: Patrice McDowell

    Popularity: 7.248

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