<P> A promotional song for the film, also titled "Coming to America", was written and performed by The System . </P> <P> Paramount cancelled press screenings of the film, after initial negative reactions to a press screening in New York . </P> <P> Released on June 29, 1988, by Paramount Pictures in the United States, it was a commercial box - office success, both domestically and worldwide . The film debuted at number one with $21,404,420 from 2,064 screens, for a five - day total of $28,409,497 . The film made $128,152,301 in the United States and ended up with a worldwide total of $288,752,301 . It was the highest earning film that year for the studio and the third - highest - grossing film at the United States box office . </P> <P> It opened a month later in the UK and earned $7,712,622 during its seven - week run . It opened on September 2 in West Germany, where it debuted at number one with $3,715,791 from 297 screens . It ended its run after 13 weeks with $15,743,447 . </P>

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