It was inevitable that on some weekend Stars Wars The Force Awakens would eventually be overtaken by another film for the No.1 box office weekend slot, but who out there guessed that film would be the Kevin Hart/Ice Cube sequel Ride Along 2? I sure didn’t see that coming. Maybe JJ Abrams should seriously consider have Hart and Cube in the next Star Wars film.
The sequel pulled in some $34 million Fri-Sun (plus another $3 million foreign) this extended MLK holiday weekend and adding another $5.5-6 million on Sunday for a total around $40 million. That’s an amazing sum for the sequel considering that it was not expected to do as well as the first Ride Along film which came out of…
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