War Room fails to dislodge Straight Outta Compton

Straight Outta Compton has stayed at number one in the US box office following a quiet weekend.

The NWA biopic took $13.2m to see off competition from Alex Kendrick’s War Room, which is new in at two with $11m.

Elsewhere, Tom Cruise’s Mission Impossible – Rogue Nation is down to three with $8.3m, just ahead of new entry No Escape, which is at four.

Horror sequel Sinister 2 is at five with $4.6m and Guy Ritchie’s The Man From UNCLE is at six with $4.4m.

Hitman: Agent 47 is at seven, while The Gift is at eight with $3.1m.

Finally, Jurassic World is at nine with $3.1m and Paul Rudd’s Ant-Man rounds out the top ten with $3m.

The US weekend box office top 10 for is as follows:
1. (1) Straight Outta Compton – $13,240,000
2. (-) War Room – $11,000,000
3. (2) Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation – $8,300,000
4. (-) No Escape – $8,288,000
5. (3) Sinister 2 – $4,650,000
6. (5) The Man From UNCLE – $4,410,000
7. (4) Hitman: Agent 47 – $3,850,000
8. (7) The Gift – $3,134,000
9. (-) Jurassic World – $3,120,000
10. (8) Ant-Man – $3,054,000

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