'Straight Outta Compton' Crosses $100M, Beats 'Fantastic Four'
"Straight Outta Compton" is still succeeding in the box office, reaching more than $100 million this week.
The N.W.A. biopic was the top movie on Friday and the top earner of the weekend for the second time out, according to Forbes.
"Straight Outta Compton" ended the weekend with nearly $27 million, earning $93 million domestic. The hip-hop drama has proven to be more than a one-week-wonder, as critics predicted following its great success when it was first released.
"Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer" has fallen in the box office since its release. By the third week, the film lost a third of its viewers and is competing with other big releases like "Hitman: Agent 47," which earned $8.2 million.
According to ABC News, "Straight Outta Compton" made No. 1 at the box office, while "Fantastic Four" made No. 10 in estimated ticket sells. "Hitman" finished in fourth place.
Meanwhile, the actual N.W.A. group is rising in the music charts, reaching the Top 10 of Billboard 200, as the biopic reaches top numbers in the box office, Rolling Stone reports.
The album "Straight Outta Compton" reached No. 4 on the charts, selling a total of 44,000 copies recently. The last time N.W.A. saw this kind of success was in June 1991.
Former member of N.W.A. Dr. Dre's "Compton" finished at No. 3 making a total of 51,000 sells in its second week.
N.W.A. gave the public the first insider's perspective of the gang violence and brutality that plagued South Central Los Angeles, with their double-platinum album "Straight Outta Compton" released in 1988.
The group was first formed with O'Shea "Ice Cube" Jackson, Andre "Dr. Dre" Young and Eric "Eazy-E" Wright. After HBO rejected Ice Cube and Dr. Dre's song "Boyz-n-the-Hood," Eazy-E picked it up with Ruthless Records, a record company he formed with drug profits.
Four years later, riots broke out in the streets of L.A. against police brutality.
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