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Amazon Claims ‘Coming 2 America’ Drew The Most Opening Weekend Viewers of Any Movie During the Pandemic
Seems like Coming 2 America was well worth the 30-year wait. The sequel to Eddie Murphy and Arsenio Hall‘s classic comedy is shattering records during its opening weekend on Amazon Prime Video, Deadline reports. The film, which officially premiered Friday, March 5, was reported to have drawn the most first weekend viewers of any streaming movie in 2021. Amazon is also claiming that Coming 2 America had the top weekend of any streaming movie in the past 12 months, but they refused to provide any hard data backing up their claim.
While no viewership numbers were released, Coming 2 America reportedly surpassed this weekend’s Paramount+ release The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run, as well as Disney+’s Raya and the Last Dragon, which cost audiences $30 to watch at home, but was also released in theaters. Coming 2 America also had a stronger Amazon debut than Sacha Baron Cohen’s Borat Subsequent Moviefilm, which was released on the platform last fall, and drew in a larger audience than HBO Max’s holiday blockbuster Wonder Woman: 1984.
“The Zamunda Royal family has arrived and audiences around the globe welcomed them enthusiastically! The premiere of Coming 2 America has far exceeded any of our wildest expectations,” Jennifer Salke, Head of Amazon Studios, said in a statement. “It’s clear an entire new generation of fans have joined the enormous loyal fanbase who already adored the magical world created by global phenom Eddie Murphy, the incredibly talented filmmaking team and the hilarious, all-star cast of existing and newly-cemented legends. Coming 2 America is the perfectly fun, celebratory, escapist, feel-good comedy movie that worldwide audiences needed.”
