Box Office: 'Ride Along 2' Nabs $1.26 Million Thursday

After The Force Awakens spent four weekends at No. 1, there's a new box office contender in town, and Ride Along 2 is expected to top the charts this holiday weekend. Back in 2014, the first Ride Along set a record for the biggest Martin Luther King

Taking that top spot from Star Wars will be Ride Along 2, the sequel to the 2014 comedy that previously held the January, three-day opening weekend record with $41.5 million until American Sniper came along last year and more than doubled that number.

Ride Along 2 began its opening weekend last night with a solid $1.26 million in Thursday previews. Said showings began at 7:00 pm, and they are almost identical to the Thursday previews of the first Ride Along. Said Ice Cube/Kevin Hart action comedy 

Ride Along 2 began its opening weekend last night with a solid $1.26 million in Thursday previews. Said showings began at 7:00 pm, and they are almost identical to the Thursday previews of the first Ride Along. Said Ice Cube/Kevin Hart action comedy 

Some parents may view “Ride Along 2” as too profane and full of sexual innuendo, even within its PG-13 limits, for middle-schoolers. The violence is loud and sometimes lethal but largely bloodless. A year has passed, and Ben (Kevin Hart) has become a