Coming to America

Name: Coming to America
Director: John Landis
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Released: 1988
Cast: Eddie Murphy, Arsenio Hall, James Earl Jones, Shari Headley

1988 • R • 1h 57m • Comedy, Romance • Paramount Pictures

This summer, Prince Akeem discovers America.

🍅 71% 85%

3.58

7.1

Box office summary

Opening Weekend

$21.4M

3-day opening

Domestic Total

$128.2M

Final

Worldwide Total

$288.8M

$160.6M international

Domestic Legs6.0x

1988 Rank#2

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Cast & Crew

Directed byJohn Landis ScreenplayDavid Sheffield, Barry W. Blaustein Story byEddie Murphy Produced byGeorge Folsey Jr., Robert D. Wachs CinematographyWoody Omens Music byNile Rodgers StarringEddie Murphy, Arsenio Hall, James Earl Jones, Shari Headley StudioParamount Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Jul 1-3 1 $21.4M — 2,064 $10,370 $28.4M

2 Jul 8-10 1 $13.3M −37.7% 2,064 $6,464 $49.5M

3 Jul 15-17 1 $10.4M −21.9% 2,064 $5,047 $66.7M

4 Jul 22-24 2 $8.9M −14.7% 2,064 $4,305 $81.2M

5 Jul 29-31 3 $6.4M −27.6% 1,902 $3,381 $92.0M

6 Aug 5-7 4 $5.1M −21.2% 1,786 $2,836 $100.5M

7 Aug 12-14 7 $3.6M −28.7% 1,481 $2,438 $106.7M

8 Aug 19-21 9 $2.5M −30.4% 1,273 $1,973 $111.1M

12 Sep 16-18 10 $1.3M — 830 $1,571 $120.8M

Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record

Weekend grossWk 8 · $2.5M

$21.4M

$13.3M

$10.4M

$8.9M

$6.4M

$5.1M

$3.6M

$2.5M

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 8 · −30.4%

−37.7%

W1→2

−21.9%

W2→3

−14.7%

W3→4

−27.6%

W4→5

−21.2%

W5→6

−28.7%

W6→7

−30.4%

W7→8

Steepest −37.7%Best hold −14.7%

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