Universal’s ‘Ride Along’ Tops U.S. Box Office With $48.1 Million
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“Ride Along,” the buddy comedy with Kevin Hart and Ice Cube, led the box office with $48.1 million in ticket sales over the U.S. holiday weekend, giving Universal Pictures its second straight No. 1 release.
“Lone Survivor,” a military drama also released by Comcast Corp.-owned Universal, fell to second place with $26.4 million in U.S. and Canadian theaters, Rentrak Corp. said yesterday in an e-mailed statement. “The Nut Job,” an animated picture from Open Road Films, opened in third with $25.3 million.