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NWA biopic Straight Outta Compton has topped the US box office in its first week of release.


The film, which focuses on the group's rise to hip-hop stardom, took $56m to knock Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation off the top spot down to number two.

Elsewhere, Guy Ritchie's spy flick The Man From UNCLE is new at three with $13.5m and Fantastic Four is down to four with $8m.

The Gift is at five with $6.5m and Paul Rudd's Ant-Man is down to six with $5.5m.

Vacation is at seven, while animated comedy Minions slips to eight with $5.2m.

Finally, Ricki and the Flash is at nine with $4.5m and Amy Schumer's Trainwreck rounds out the top ten with $3.8m.

The US weekend box office top 10 for August 14 - 16 is as follows:
1. (-) Straight Outta Compton - $56,100,000
2. (1) Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation - $17,300,000
3. (-) The Man from UNCLE - $13,535,000
4. (2) Fantastic Four - $8,000,000
5. (3) The Gift - $6,500,000
6. (5) Ant-Man - $5,517,000
7. (4) Vacation - $5,330,000
8. (6) Minions - $5,200,000
9. (7) Ricki and the Flash - $4,570,000
10. (8) Trainwreck - $3,800,000