Editing Coming to America (section)

{{Short description|1988 film directed by John Landis}}
{{About|the 1988 film}}
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{{Infobox film
| name           = Coming to America
| image          = ComingtoAmerica1988MoviePoster.jpg
| alt            = 
| caption        = Theatrical release poster illustrated by [[Drew Struzan]]
| director       = [[John Landis]]
| screenplay     = {{plainlist| 
* [[David Sheffield]]
* [[Barry W. Blaustein]]
}}
| story          = [[Eddie Murphy]]
| producer       = [[George Folsey Jr.]]<br />Robert D. Wachs
| starring       = {{plainlist|<!--Per poster billing-->
* Eddie Murphy
* [[Arsenio Hall]]
* [[James Earl Jones]]
* [[John Amos]]
* [[Madge Sinclair]]
* [[Shari Headley]]
}}
| music          = [[Nile Rodgers]]
| cinematography = Woody Omens
| editing        = {{interlanguage link|Malcolm Campbell (film editor)|lt=Malcolm Campbell|de|Malcolm Campbell (Filmeditor)|nds|Malcolm Campbell (Filmeditor)}}<br />[[George Folsey Jr.]]
| studio         = Eddie Murphy Productions
| distributor    = [[Paramount Pictures]]
| released       = {{Film date|1988|06|29}}
| runtime        = 117 minutes
| country        = United States
| language       = English
| budget         = $36 million<ref name="Gross Profit">{{cite news|last=Bach |first=Steven |title=Gross Profit: Fatal Subtraction: The inside story of Buchwald v. Paramount |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1992-08-30-bk-8596-story.html |access-date=May 10, 2020 |work=[[Los Angeles Times]]|date=August 30, 1992}}</ref>
| gross          = $288.8–350 million<ref name="BOM">{{cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/release/rl3058337281/weekend/|title=Coming to America (1988)|website=[[Box Office Mojo]]|publisher=[[IMDb]]|access-date=February 28, 2022}}</ref><ref name="Gross Profit"/><ref name="Murphy made millions">{{cite news |last=Mcdougal |first=Dennis |title=Murphy movie made millions, but stayed in red |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-02-04-mn-537-story.html |access-date=May 10, 2020 |work=[[Los Angeles Times]]|date=February 4, 1990}}</ref><ref name="AFI film-55743">{{AFI film|55743}}</ref>
}}
'''''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 (in various roles), [[Arsenio Hall]] (also in various roles), [[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.

In 1989, a [[Coming to America (TV pilot)|pilot]] for a planned [[spin-off (media)|spin-off]] television series was made, although this was never picked up for a series.<ref name="splinter_spinoff">{{cite web|url=http://splinternews.com/reminder-a-terrible-coming-to-america-tv-pilot-happene-1793852530|title=Reminder: A terrible 'Coming to America' TV pilot happened in 1989|last=Fitzpatrick|first=Molly|date=April 11, 2015|website=[[Splinter News]]|access-date=September 28, 2017}}</ref>

A sequel, ''[[Coming 2 America]]'', was released on March 4, 2021.