“By the top of in the present day, it’s going to have outgrossed the whole lot on stated record save for ‘eight Mile, ‘ which opened with $51 million again in 2002 on its option to a $116 million cume”.
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Dr. Dre has also announced plans to donate royalties from his album to create a new arts and entertainment center for children.
While the studio predicted a weekend box office of .1 million on Sunday morning, on Monday it revised that number to a whopping $60.2 million.
Compton’s debut is head and shoulders above the $55.5 million earned by Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation and Ant-Man’s $57.2 million.
There have been over 5.4 million downloads to date and it trended No1 across Facebook, Twitter and Instagram for two days in a row.
N.W.A.’s original line-up consisted of rap legends Ice Cube, the late Easy-E, Dr.Dre and Arabian Prince; MC Ren and DJ Yella joined later on.
Exit polls showed audiences were evenly divided between genders, while 46% were African-American and 23% white.
Spy adventure “The Man from U.N.C.L.E.” fizzled in its debut, finishing No. 3 and grossing just $13.5 million. “Compton” had been forecast to rake in somewhere in the mid to high $40 millions. Eighty-six percent of our audience was over 25 and 39 percent are over 50, he said.
Let us know who you think in the comments. Universal crossed the $2 billion mark domestically on Saturday – four months ahead of previous record-holder Warner Bros.
Fantastic Four is still not revealing any budget numbers, but at an estimated $8 million for a second weekend, it is likely flopping, even counting an uptick in foreign box office.
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Superheroes, dinosaurs, and space adventures may rule the summer box office, but the huge success of hip-hop biopic Straight Outta Compton this weekend proves that there is still demand for more traditional, adult-orientated fare at this time of year.
