Straight Outta Compton easily maintained its box-office lead with an estimated $26.8 million in ticket sales over a sleepy late summer weekend at North American multiplexes, according to studio estimates Sunday.
Universal's N.W.A biopic, a much buzzed-about hit, dominated over the late August releases that often characterize Hollywood's dog days of summer. It has now made $111.5 million in two weeks, and continued to drive moviegoers, both male and female, despite renewed charges of misogyny in N.W.A lyrics and the film overlooking claims of Dr. Dre's abuse of women.
It's expected to top for a 3rd week. Others this decade:
Jurassic Park Four
Furious Seven 4
American Sniper
Hobbit Three
Hunger Games Three
Guardians of the Galaxy One 4
Captain America Two
Lego Movie One
Ride Along One
Hobbit Two
Gravity
Butler
Hobbit One
Twilight Five
Dark Knight Rises
Avengers One
Hunger Games One 4
Twilight Four
The Help
Inception
Shrek Four
Alice in Wonderland One
Not franchises: American Sniper, Gravity, Butler, Help, Inception.
Not PG-13: American Sniper vs. Lego Movie, Shrek Four, Alice in Wonderland.
Super impressive, then, to be a non-PG-13 non-franchise to top for 3 weeks.
