21 Jump Street remake takes $4m at the box office

The movie remake of an ’80s cop show has opened strongly at the box office over the weekend.

21 Jump Street, starring Jonah Hill and Channing Tatum, took the most revenue with $4,070,000 over the weekend, according to the Motion Picture Distributors Association of Australia.

The action comedy remake about a young police team that goes under cover at a high school to crack a drug syndicate opened on 300 screens taking an impressive $13,568 per screen.