Sure, one might argue, those were movies built around Hart’s signature brand. After $32 million worth of ticket sales rolled in, it was clear that Hart - who has 9.6 million followers on Twitter - could open a movie.
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The movie - which Hart funded himself for $750,000 - did so well that last summer, Lionsgate decided to release his second comedy concert, “Let Me Explain,” during the competitive Fourth of July weekend. In 2011, a film version of his stand-up show “Laugh at My Pain” surprised studio executives when it grossed $7.7 million while playing in fewer than 300 cinemas. Though the Philadelphia native has packed arenas for years on his comedy tours, Hollywood only recently began to look to Hart as a box-office draw. “This is the movie that can catapult me into a different realm of stardom,” said Hart, 34, exuding the same rapid-fire energy of his comedy specials even though he’d yet to have his morning coffee. That’s when “Ride Along,” his buddy-cop comedy with Ice Cube, hits theaters - the first film in which he has a starring role. You’d think he’d be content with all that, but Hart wants more, and he believes it’ll start coming to him next weekend. And then he was invited to spend seven precious minutes with President Obama. The stand-up comedian-turned-actor’s BET sitcom “Real Husbands of Hollywood,” meanwhile, has scored solid ratings.
By the time summer rolls around, moviegoers will have seen Kevin Hart in five films within a year.