Box Office: 'Home' Evicts 'Get Hard' With $54M

Michigan State's offense sputtered in the first half against Oklahoma Friday night in Syracuse, but Denzel Valentine led the Spartans with 13 second-half points to give Michigan State its first lead of the game with under 10 minutes remaining. Tom Izzo

The Will Ferrell-Kevin Hart comedy had a strong showing at the box office over its opening weekend, but it also earned flak from critics who argued that the film had racist and homophobic undertones. The film's plot centers on James (Ferrell), a white 

In sum, Get Hard's recipe for success was putting Ferrell and Hart in their bawdy-comedy wheelhouse, one-upping their previous set-ups with a high concept about a non-ex con who teaches a rich guy how to man up when he gets sentenced to prison.

Rentrak's Senior Media Analyst Paul Dergarabedian commented, "There's no place like 'Home' when it comes to this weekend's box office" 635632445203090764-theater. box office (Photo: Thinkstock). 21 CONNECT 3 TWEETLINKEDINCOMMENTEMAIL 

Weekend box office results for Get Hard, Home, It Follows and the complete top ten for the weekend of March 27-29, 2015.