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Coming 2 America Hits No. 1 on Nielsen U.S. Streaming Rankings Todd Spangler, provided by FacebookTwitterEmail “Coming 2 America,” the long-awaited sequel to Eddie Murphy’s 1988 “Coming to America,” was the most-streamed title in the U.S. the week of its premiere, according to new Nielsen data. The movie, released March 4 on Amazon Prime Video, drew 1.413 billion minutes of total viewing for the week of March 1-7 among U.S. viewers, per Nielsen’s SVOD Content Ratings estimates. Afr...

If you asked me to pick out my one most vividly remembered scene from Coming to America, the classic Eddie Murphy comedy released in 1988, it would be the Murphys Prince Akeem of Zamunda is out on a date with his future wife Lisa McDowell (Shari Headley). But hes got a problem: Lisa doesnt know about Akeems immense wealth and royal lineage, and Akeem, who is trying to pass himself off as a goat herder, ends up stuck with a paper bag filled with thousands of dollars thanks to his meddling frie...

CinemaBlend Within days of its exclusive premiere on Amazon Prime Video, Coming 2 America became the most popular movie on the streaming platform that weekend. It is likely that many of the viewers who checked out the comedy sequel also made time to catch up on the original 1988 film, Saturday Night Live veteran actually first brought his talent for playing multiple characters to the big screen in the original royal rom-com, which he does once again in the follow-up. Of course, part of the fu...

Share this article Share this article ATLANTA, March 15, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Bronner Bros., Inc. (BB), the nations oldest independently-owned Black beauty company announced the launch of its "BB Goes to Zamunda" Challenge in support of the newly released Amazon Original movie Coming 2 America. In celebration of Black culture, BB invites its network of over 200,000 professional multicultural stylists and barbers to participate in the "BB Goes to Zamunda" Challenge. As part of the collaboratio...

Photo: Apple TV Plus In a week that began with Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s strangely polite albeit damning two-hour interview with Oprah Winfrey and ended with President Biden giving his first prime-time White House address, there was no shortage of remarkable, strange, and buzzworthy things to watch or talk about this week. In terms of this week’s slate of films, Anthony and Joe Russo of Avengers: Endgame fame released their latest crime drama Cherry starring Tom Holland exclusively...

In an interview with OprahMag.com, Ruth E. Carter opens up about creating "Coming 2 America's" gorgeous costumes and working with Eddie Murphy.

Our Nigerian critic wants you to know: We Africans do not see wild animals in our backyards! Women are allowed to own businesses! But I did admire the awesome head-ties — and powerful princesses!

In the 1990s, I watched Coming to America as a young medical student in Nigeria. I loved Eddie Murphys character Akeem (a common name in Nigeria) – quick wit, rakish charm, carefree — and the wealth of the African nation Zamunda, a nice contrast to typical depictions of Africa as poor. Now, 22 years after graduation from medical school, I watched its sequel, Coming 2 America. Like its predecessor, its funny and silly and has a happy ending. And I know that its a comedy, so were not suppos...

Coming 2 America has been a big hit for Amazon and Eddie Murphy is already planning another sequel, but it might not be out for some time.