Coming to America is a 1988 American romantic comedy film directed by John Landis, based on a story originally created by Eddie Murphy, written by David Sheffield and Barry W. Blaustein, and starring Murphy, Arsenio Hall, James Earl Jones, John Amos, Madge Sinclair, and Shari Headley. It tells the story of Akeem Joffer, the crown prince of the fictional African nation of Zamunda who travels to the United States in the hopes of finding a woman he can marry and will love him for who he is, not for his status or for having been trained to please him. The film was released in the United States on June 29, 1988.
Coming to America (1988)
Directed by John Landis
Genres - Comedy, Romance |
Sub-Genres - Romantic Comedy |
Release Date - Jun 29, 1988 |
Run Time - 117 min. |
Countries - United States of America |
MPAA Rating - R
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Movie Info
Budget
$30,000,000
Box Office
$288,752,301
Themes
Tags
Cult, Fast Food Restaurant, Fish Out Of Water, New York City, Prince, United States
Attributes
Filming Location: New York City
Narrative Location: New York City, Queens, Zamunda
Narrative Location: New York City, Queens, Zamunda
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Alternate Titles
Amerika for mine føtter
NO
Amerika Rüyası
TR
Amerikába jöttem
HU
Brud för prinsen
FI
Cesta do Ameriky
CZ, SK
Coming to America
AU, CA, DK, EC, EG, HK, IN, ID, IL, NL, PH, SG, ZA, TH, AE, GB, US
Der Prinz aus Zamunda
AT, DE
El príncipe de Zamunda
ES
El príncipe de Zamunda: buscando a la mujer ideal
ES
En prins i New York
SE
Hoshi no Ôji Nyûyôku e iku
JP
Il principe cerca moglie
IT
Kelione i Amerika
LT
Książę w Nowym Jorku
PL
O prigkipas tis Zamounta
GR
O pringipas tis Zamunda
GR
Princ odkriva Ameriko
SI
Princ osvaja Ameriku
RS
Princ otkriva Ameriku
HR, RS
Prinssille morsian
FI
Prints Zamundast
EE
Shoxona tashrif
UZ
The Quest
US
The Zamunda Project
US
Um Príncipe em Nova Iorque
PT
Um Príncipe em Nova York
BR
Un prince à New York
CA, FR
Un príncipe en Nueva York
AR, CL, CO, MX, PE
Un prinț în America
RO
Ο πρίγκιπας της Ζαμούντα
GR
Поїздка в Америку
UA
Поездка в Америку
RU
Пристигане в Америка
BG
कमिंग टू अमेरिका
IN
來去美國
TW
星の王子ニューヨークへ行く
JP
美國之旅
HK