'Ride Along 2' dethrones 'Star Wars' at N. America box office

The answer is no. But it did rustle up enough of an audience to take the second Star Wars movie off of the top spot a month after it premiered in 1980. The drama earned over $19.6 million. Sequels will typically open bigger and fall faster. "Creed, ' a spin-off to the 'Rocky" series, has grossed $136 million worldwide since debuting in November. A better comparison would be 2013's Pain & Gain, which started at $20.2 million in April and went on to a opening weekend multiplier of just 2.46.

Next weekend will be an interesting one at the box office as Ride Along 2 and The Revenant face off with two major newcomers: young adult alien invasion film The Fifth Wave starring Chloe Grace Moretz and the Robert DeNiro/Zac Efron R-rated comedy Dirty Grandpa.

Dropping only 26% since last weekend's wide expansion, 'The Revenant' also out-grossed "Star Wars". This brought its running total to $87 million. The Revenant should zip past the $100 million mark by next Friday. However, it was essential for Abrams to harken back to the orignal trilogy to prove that another Star Wars film could be made that, unlike the prequels, actually looked and felt like Star Wars. As we've come to expect from DK's previous Visual Dictionaries, there is a wealth of background facts and information about many aspects of the movie, such as the ancient design of Kylo Ren's lightsaber and the origins of the coating of the armour worn by Captain Phasma.

Internationally Star Wars crossed $1 Billion, becoming only the 5 movie ever to reach the milestone. This seventh movie in the Star Wars saga was not shown in China on its introductory weekend, unlike Jurassic World.

"Star Wars: The Force Awakens" might have slipped from pole position at the box office, but the film is ripping up the global market with over $1 billion earned so far.

All that being said, "Ride Along 2" sits at right about 14% on Rotten Tomatoes - so maybe Redbox it. Barring a significant rerelease, this would be Star Wars final milestone reached on the all-time charts.

Rounding out the 10 most-popular films in the United States and Canada were "13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers" (16 million dollars), "Daddy's Home" (9.3 million), "Norm Of The North" (6.7 million), "The Forest" (5.8 million), "The Big Short" (5.2 million), "Sisters" (4.4 million) and "The Hateful Eight" (3.4 million). Day weekend, the box-office tracking firm Rentrak estimated Sunday.

13 Hours, recounts the US military operatives who defended the US Embassy compound in Benghazi from a terrorist attack that left four dead, including US Ambassador J. Christopher Stevens. With its budget still unknown, the comedy brought in an estimated $9.3 million and an impressive $129.3 million domestically, making it the second-highest earning film of the top ten.

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