By: Amanda Anderson-Niles
Kevin Hart Let Me Explain movie is expected to do big numbers. Personal life and recent DUIs aside, Kevin Hart is surely winning big as he remains to be one of today’s most successful black comedians. Hart is not only enjoying his time in the spotlight, but he’s making the most out of it. Kevin is enjoying the success of his hit show on BET, “Real Husbands of Hollywood,” but he’s also making movies and ensuring his success won’t end quickly like it has for so many other black comedians. In fact, Kevin’s newest movie “Let Me Explain” is already making a splash its first week at the box office, and with the early numbers already in, many seem to think his newest stand up movie could easily become one of the top grossed stand ups by black comedians, a list Eddie Murphy and Richard Pryor have been dominating for decades. The Grio reports:
Hart, who has been on a winning streak following his hit film Think Like a Man and popular BET series Real Husbands of Hollywood, already has one very successful stand up film under his belt; 2011′s Laugh at My Pain.
But the performance of Let Me Explain is unprecedented.
According to Deadline.com, the film has already earned $7.4 million in ticket sales during its first two days of release, which nearly eclipsed the entire run of Laugh at My Pain. And Variety reports that Let Me Explain made $29 million by Sunday night.
The movie achieved this feat while opening in 876 theaters. In comparison, Disney’s The Lone Ranger (starring Johnny Depp) opened in 3,904 theaters and yet only grossed $5 million more than Hart’s low-budget comedy.
To date, Eddie Murphy’s seminal 1987 stand-up film Raw remains the most profitable in the genre’s history — earning $50 million. If adjusted for inflation, that total would reach $100 million in 2013 numbers.
Congrats to Kevin. No one on the staff has seen the movie yet (most of us are going tonight), but lots of people have taken to social media to praise it and suggest its pretty funny. If you’ve seen it, be sure to tell us what you thought about it in the comment section below.
Haven’t seen it yet. But I’m going sometime this weekend. I heard it was funny though.
It was ok. Kevin’s not as funny as he used to be IMO.
Good for him. He’s really doing his thing. I miss Dave Chappelle though.
I loved it. Now did I piss on myself laughing, no, but I did laugh quite a few times. #shrugs
Going tonight.
Everyone I know said it was really funny so I’m going tomorrow. Kevin is really on top of his game right now. I didn’t think he would blow up like this, I honestly thought Dave Chappelle would still be running things.
It’s funny as hell. Go see it everybody.
I thought it was hilarious!!! Some of y’all aren’t laughing because you are the chicks he was talking about in the movie or you have been a victim of the bum bump!! Lol