Huge Opening For Kevin Hart Film Shocks Hollywood
"Despicable Me 2" and "The Lone Ranger" have received the lion's share of press over the last week, but it's "Kevin Hart: Let Me Explain" that has become a surprise box office hit. According to numbers released by Deadline.com, Hart's stand-up comedy film has already earned $7.4 million in ticket sales during its first two days of release. Per Variety, "Let Me Explain" could have $29 million in its coffers by Sunday night.
Should Hart's film -- which was filmed at a sold-out Madison Square Garden appearance last year -- reach that lofty tally during opening weekend, it would already become the fourth highest stand-up comedy film of all time, behind only "Richard Pryor: Live on the Sunset Strip" ($36 million), "The Original Kings of Comedy" ($38 million) and "Eddie Murphy Raw" ($50 million).
That "Kevin Hart: Let Me Explain" is a big success shouldn't be too much of a surprise. Hart's last stand-up comedy film, »
- Christopher Rosen
nikkas saying he ain't funny, when he's in the position he's in now for being... funny. From a shoe salesman, to selling out arenas.
asking if Chappelle was funny. I don't even remember a cat that didn't get that big like Patrice O'neal having his funny questioned......and in light of these things if you wonder about Kevin Hart....you're simply a hater.....meh. 
