Buddy Comedies Deliver at the Box for Universal Pictures and Focus Features

Universal Pictures' Ride Along maintained the top spot at the weekend box office for a third week in a row, pushed by the newly released Focus Features comedy That Awkward Moment, which finished third.

Ride Along pulled in $12.3 million, according to early returns, while That Awkward Moment grossed just over $9 million in its opening weekend. Universal Pictures' Lone Survivor, in its sixth week, drew $7.2 million and finished fifth, closing out a strong opening month of 2014 for the studio.

Ride Along and Lone Survivor, which benefited from wider release across U.S. theaters this weekend, have grossed $92 million and $104 million, respectively.

About That Awkward Moment
Zac Efron, Miles Teller and Michael B. Jordan are the stars of That Awkward Moment, which chronicles three best friends who find themselves where we’ve all been– at that confusing "moment" in every dating relationship when you have to decide "So…where is this going?"