Ride Along (film)

Ride Along
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Tim Story
Produced by	Ice Cube Matt Alvarez Will Packer Larry Brezner
Screenplay by	Greg Coolidge Jason Mantzoukas Phil Hay Matt Manfredi
Story by	Greg Coolidge
Starring	Ice Cube Kevin Hart John Leguizamo Bruce McGill Tika Sumpter Laurence Fishburne
Music by	Christopher Lennertz
Cinematography	Larry Blanford
Edited by	Craig Alpert
Production company	Relativity Media Cube Vision Rainforest Films
Distributed by	Universal Pictures
Release date	January 17, 2014 (2014-01-17)
Running time	100 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$25 million
Box office	$154.5 million

Ride Along is a 2014 American buddy cop action comedy film directed by Tim Story and starring Ice Cube, Kevin Hart, John Leguizamo, Bryan Callen, Tika Sumpter and Laurence Fishburne. Greg Coolidge, Jason Mantzoukas, Phil Hay, and Matt Manfredi wrote the screenplay based on a story originally from Coolidge.

The film follows Ben Barber (Hart), a high school security guard who must prove to his girlfriend's brother, James Payton (Ice Cube), that he is worthy of marrying her. James, a police officer out to catch Serbian smugglers' boss Omar (Fishburne), takes Ben on a ride along to prove himself.

Principal photography began on October 31, 2012 in Atlanta and ended on December 19, 2012. The film was produced by Relativity Media, Cube Vision Productions and Rainforest Films, and distributed by Universal Pictures. Following two premieres in Atlanta and Los Angeles, the film was released worldwide on January 17, 2014. Despite negative reviews, the film earned a worldwide total of more than $153 million against a budget of $25 million. The film broke the record for highest domestic opening weekend gross in the month of January, taking in $41.5 million, a record broken again a year later when American Sniper had its wide release.