Coming to America

CTL-W-1231 · Work

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Highest-earning Paramount film of 1988; third-highest US box office that year

The record

• Year: 1988
• Work type: film

Relationships

• Eddie Murphy — authored by
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• John Landis — authored by
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Referenced by

• Arsenio Hall — appeared in → this record
• Cleo McDowell — featured in → this record
• Cuba Gooding Jr. — appeared in → this record
• Eddie Murphy — appeared in → this record
• Eriq La Salle — appeared in → this record
• Frankie Faison — appeared in → this record
• Garcelle Beauvais — appeared in → this record
• James Earl Jones — appeared in → this record
• John Amos — appeared in → this record
• King Jaffe Joffer — featured in → this record
• Lisa McDowell — featured in → this record
• Louie Anderson — appeared in → this record
• Madge Sinclair — appeared in → this record
• Paul Bates — appeared in → this record
• Prince Akeem Joffer — featured in → this record
• Reverend Brown — featured in → this record
• Semmi — featured in → this record
• Shari Headley — appeared in → this record
• Vanessa Bell Calloway — appeared in → this record

Sources

• https://catalog.afi.com/Film/55743-COMING-TO-AMERICA (verification source · master store)

Evidence note (master store)

1988 film directed by John Landis; Paramount Pictures production/distribution; released June 29, 1988 (AFI Catalog). Stored box-office note also confirmed against Box Office Mojo's 1988 chart: $128.2M domestic gross ranked No. 3 among 1988 US releases (behind Rain Man and Who Framed Roger Rabbit) and was Paramount's highest-earning film of 1988 (next Paramount title, Crocodile Dundee II, $109.3M)

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