After four weeks at the top of the US box office, Star Wars: The Force Awakens dropped to number 3 over the weekend. The buddy-cop comedy Ride Along 2 premiered at the top, followed by The Revenant at number 2.

Audiences were excited to once again see the comedic chemistry of Kevin Hart and Ice Cube as they reprised their Ride Along roles, with the film picking up an estimated $34 million over the weekend.

Leonardo DiCaprio vehicle The Revenant also performed strongly at the box office, picking up $29.5 million in revenue over the weekend, helped along no doubt by the films 12 Oscar nominations. The politically charged 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi pulled in $16 million on its opening weekend, putting it at number 4.

Rentrak's box office estimates for the weekend are as follows:

Ride Along 2 $34,036,000
The Revenant $29,500,000
Star Wars: The Force Awakens $25,120,000
13 Hours:The Secret Soldiers Of Benghazi $16,000,000
Daddy's Home $9,300,000
Norm Of The North $6,675,000
The Forest $5,792,000
The Big Short $5,200,000
SistersUniversal $4,417,830
The Hateful Eigh $3,447,000

Star Wars has now reached $851 million domestically, making it the largest movie in US history, and has earned $1.86 billion globally.