Think Like A Man Too comes out today and already the movie has made 1.8 million dollars in pre-sales.
If you’ve been paying attention then you know Kevin Hart and Will Packer have been knocking out some gems the past couple of years. In 27 films Kevin has grossed 1.5 billion dollars worldwide and it’s only growing. He has the hilarious Wedding Ringer (trailer below) coming out next year, just finished filming Get Hard with Will Ferrell, and he is about to start filming Ride Along 2 in July.
The boy has some roles. We looked at Kevin’s catalog and decided to rank his top 11 roles. It’s these roles which helped make him into the box office phenomenon that he is today.
11. Nashawn in Soul Plane: This movie is almost universally considered awful, but it was his first major role in a film so it’s pretty much on this list by default.
10: Shawn in Paper Soldiers: This is the role that helped launch him from stand up comic to actor. It was also the blueprint for his next big film, as well as the core of some of his stand up material. Kevin told us, “Paper Soldiers was a stepping stone that in my mind when I did it, it would eventually lead me to do other things.”
9. Kevin Hart in This Is The End: Nothing says momma I made it like when you play yourself in a movie. Even if you die in like 3 minutes. Spoiler.
8. Brian in Death Of A Funeral: If you’re like us you probably forgot or didn’t know that Kevin Hart was even in this movie, but with Tracy Morgan, Martin Lawrence, and Chris Rock this could be considered a passing of a torch.
7. Big Bunny in Fool’s Gold: Kevin and Matthew McConaughey in the same movie, equals gold. Both men were launched into superstardom using the phrase, “All right. All right. Allllllll right!!!!!”
6. Dante Slate Jr in Grudge Match: Kevin’s character made this film. While it might not have drawn the laughs that his other films did, he learned so much doing this film. “I saw how much knowledge they had, not just from a script point of view but from camera placement, to shots we needed — to literally being involved every step of the way. It’s just showed that hard work is what got them there and they still put in the same effort into their job.”
5. Smart Tech Customer in 40 Year Old Virgin: Most of us had no clue who the hell he was but it was a quick moment where he stole the show.
4. Bernie in About Last Night: His chemistry with Regina Hall in this one was the life line to this classic remake.
3. Cedric in Think Like A Man: This was when everyone else got it. Fresh off his small role in The Five Year Engagement TLAM changed the game to let people know a black leading cast could be a mainstream hit.
2. Ben in Ride Along: It was the perfect time for a comedy action film and they knocked it out the park doing more than anyone expected. Kevin’s biggest grossing film to date with him as a leading actor. The film cost 25 million to make and pulled in 134 million dollars in America alone.
1. Cedric in Think Like A Man Too: It’s in theaters now. Go see it.
