Universal mega summer hit "Straight Outta Compton" is now on target to gross more than $200 million in worldwide box office sales.

Buoyed by the fifth-highest August opening ever of $60.2 million, Deadline reports the musical biopic, which chronicles the rise of hip-hop trailblazers N.W.A., has now topped $161.1 million in domestic sales. Directed by F. Gary Gray, the film's opening month puts it ahead of such major hits as M. Night Shyamalan's "Signs" at $60.1 million, "Rise of the Planet of the Apes" at $54.8 million, and "G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra" at $54.7 million.

The flick also marked its international opening by topping the box office in the U.K. and Germany. It has four such openings remaining, including Russia and Spain later this month. With current international sales estimated to easily top $38.9 million, the film's showing also makes Gray the director of the highest grossing film by an African-American in history.

Starring O'Shea Jackson Jr. as his father Ice Cube and Jason Mitchell as Easy-E, the movie has almost sparked as much controversy as sales. The most recent development finds former N.W.A. manager Jerry Heller suing Cube, Dr. Dre and the estate of Easy-E for at least $110 million.

TMZ reports Heller is seeking $35 million in compensatory damages and at least another $75 million in punitive damages on claims of defamation. In addition, Heller also named NBC and Universal Pictures as defendants.

Branding his portrayal in the film as "all lies," Heller particularly took issue with scenes that show him fraudulently withholding a $75,000 check from Cube, and tricking him and Dre into signing bad deals with his company.

Heller also insists that he never granted anyone associated with the movie permission to use his likeness in the film.

"This is a guy who's been in the music business for six decades, and he still gets up every day and goes to work," attorney Michael R. Shapiro told the New York Daily News of his client. "And this film characterizes him as a sleazy thief. It's so patently dishonest and inaccurate, he couldn't let it go on."