

The theatrical releases of his specials "Kevin Hart: Laugh at My Pain" (2011), "Kevin Hart: Let Me Explain" (2013), and "Kevin Hart: What Now?" (2016) combined to make over $63.5 million, with "Let Me Explain" having a $10 million opening on just 876 screens.Īnd Hart's box-office draw as an actor is even more astonishing. Hart emerged out of the stand-up scene in the late 1990s to become one of the biggest draws ever.

Hard work has never been something Hart has shied away from. My impact is felt and I think that goes a long way because when people that do the work for you see that you put in the work too, it makes it feel like they are part of something special." "I don't do things to just throw my name on it, I don't believe in that. "You just don't want to be the guy who shows up and says the speech before a film gets screened," Hart told Business Insider of his philosophy on the growth of HartBeat. And HartBeat is currently developing various film projects at numerous studios, including a first-look deal at Universal.

The company also has three soundstages in the San Fernando Valley used for its digital arm, Laugh Out Loud Network. But since then, it has grown to a staff of almost 40 and now takes up the entire floor of its original office building. HartBeat Productions launched with Hart and a team of two in 2009, at a modest corner office space in a nondescript building in downtown Encino, California.
