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
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