Arsenio Hall and Eddie Murphy inComing 2 America.Amazon Prime Video has quite the blockbuster with Eddie Murphy’sComing 2 America.The sequel to the hit 1988 comedy arrived on the streamer over 30 years after the original made its debut in theaters, with Murphy and Arsenio Hall reviving their iconic roles.The return paid off, as Nielsen reportedComing 2 Americaled its streaming rankings for the week of March 1-7 with 1.41 billion minutes of viewing time. It makes the sequel one of the most-watched titles since Nielsen started releasing streaming data six months ago,The Hollywood Reporterreported.It also marks Amazon’s first time leading the rankings.Ahead of the movie’s release, Murphy and Hall spoke candidlyonExtraabout the first film and why it took more than 30 years for it to get a follow-up feature.“We never planned on making a sequel to the movie,” Murphy, 59, explained. “We had done the movie and it was in the past. But the movie stayed around.““Of all the movies that I’ve done over the last 40 years,Coming to Americais the only one that … has a cult following,” Murphy continued. “… And then, maybe around six, five years ago, I got an idea. Then it took four years for it to come together.“Hall, 65, admitted that he and Murphy felt a lot of pressure from fans to make the film the best it could be. “Fans rolled up on you in the mall or on Twitter … ‘Don’t you f— up our movie! Don’t mess it up!’ You have to go into it with all that in your head,” he said.Coming 2 Americais available to stream on Amazon Prime Video.
Arsenio Hall and Eddie Murphy inComing 2 America.
Amazon Prime Video has quite the blockbuster with Eddie Murphy’sComing 2 America.The sequel to the hit 1988 comedy arrived on the streamer over 30 years after the original made its debut in theaters, with Murphy and Arsenio Hall reviving their iconic roles.The return paid off, as Nielsen reportedComing 2 Americaled its streaming rankings for the week of March 1-7 with 1.41 billion minutes of viewing time. It makes the sequel one of the most-watched titles since Nielsen started releasing streaming data six months ago,The Hollywood Reporterreported.It also marks Amazon’s first time leading the rankings.Ahead of the movie’s release, Murphy and Hall spoke candidlyonExtraabout the first film and why it took more than 30 years for it to get a follow-up feature.“We never planned on making a sequel to the movie,” Murphy, 59, explained. “We had done the movie and it was in the past. But the movie stayed around.““Of all the movies that I’ve done over the last 40 years,Coming to Americais the only one that … has a cult following,” Murphy continued. “… And then, maybe around six, five years ago, I got an idea. Then it took four years for it to come together.“Hall, 65, admitted that he and Murphy felt a lot of pressure from fans to make the film the best it could be. “Fans rolled up on you in the mall or on Twitter … ‘Don’t you f— up our movie! Don’t mess it up!’ You have to go into it with all that in your head,” he said.Coming 2 Americais available to stream on Amazon Prime Video.
Amazon Prime Video has quite the blockbuster with Eddie Murphy’sComing 2 America.
The sequel to the hit 1988 comedy arrived on the streamer over 30 years after the original made its debut in theaters, with Murphy and Arsenio Hall reviving their iconic roles.
The return paid off, as Nielsen reportedComing 2 Americaled its streaming rankings for the week of March 1-7 with 1.41 billion minutes of viewing time. It makes the sequel one of the most-watched titles since Nielsen started releasing streaming data six months ago,The Hollywood Reporterreported.
It also marks Amazon’s first time leading the rankings.
Ahead of the movie’s release, Murphy and Hall spoke candidlyonExtraabout the first film and why it took more than 30 years for it to get a follow-up feature.
“We never planned on making a sequel to the movie,” Murphy, 59, explained. “We had done the movie and it was in the past. But the movie stayed around.”
“Of all the movies that I’ve done over the last 40 years,Coming to Americais the only one that … has a cult following,” Murphy continued. “… And then, maybe around six, five years ago, I got an idea. Then it took four years for it to come together.”
Hall, 65, admitted that he and Murphy felt a lot of pressure from fans to make the film the best it could be. “Fans rolled up on you in the mall or on Twitter … ‘Don’t you f— up our movie! Don’t mess it up!’ You have to go into it with all that in your head,” he said.
Coming 2 Americais available to stream on Amazon Prime Video.
source: people.com
