Ride Along Soars Into No. 1 Spot

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(CelebNMusic247 – NewsRide Along Set To Make $40M

Ice Cube‘s “Ride Along” is poised to be the #1 movie at the box office this weekend thanks to the comedic efforts of Kevin Hart.

In the first day of release Friday (Jan 17) Ice Cube’s Ride Along film earned $14.4 million, but the cop comedy is expected to earn about $40 million during the four-day weekend.

Here’s the drop via Variety:

Ride Along, which also stars Kevin Hart, is expected to be the #1 movie at the box office this weekend, variety’s story says.

If Ride Along hits $40 million during the Martin Luther King Day holiday weekend, it would be the second-highest opening film during the holiday, after 2008’s Cloverfield, which opened with $46.1 million.

Ice Cube’s next album, Everythangs Corrupt, is slated for a May 13 release.