Straight Outta Compton Box Office Opens To 6. Million In First Week. TH 6. TH UPDATE, Monday 4 3. PM after 6 3. 0 AM post with chart UniversalLegendarys Straight Outta Compton steamrolled its initial 4. M 5. 0M projections this weekend with a 6. M opening, easily making it the fifth highest August opener ever. Rival distributors always knew that the F. Gary Gray directed film was going to overperform it was a similar vibe they had during the weekend that American Sniper went wide. Even more impressive, the musical biopic about hip hop group N. W. A posted a FSS in tentpole territory, pegging ahead of such August openings as M. Watch The Long Kiss Goodnight Online Hitfix more. Night Shyamalans Signs 6. Watch Le Week-End Online Fandango' title='Watch Le Week-End Online Fandango' />M, Rise Of The Planet Of The Apes 5. M and G. I. Joe The Rise Of Cobra 5. M. Comptons weekend also outstrips the first weekends of such 2. Ant Man 5. 7. 2. M and Mission Impossible Rogue Nation 5. M, which were playing in close to 1,2. Compton attributes its success to a marketing campaign that married an aggressive social media campaign by the films talent and prolific producers along with recording industry tie ins from Dr. Dres Beats and Interscope Records. During the 1. 98. We occasionally see this nowadays, but Uni clearly has not forgotten about how powerful recording industry tie ins are Remember, the studio strategically used Beyonces Instagram to tease the first trailer, which yielded 1. M views across all platforms. RelatedStraight Outta Compton Review The Powerful And Explosive Story Of Gangsta Rap Pioneers N. W. A. As reported yesterday, Compton reps record openings for producer director Gray and producers Ice Cube, Dr. Dre, Scott Bernstein and EP Will Packer. Legendary co financed Compton, which carries an estimated cost of 2. M before distribution and marketing expenses. UTA packaged Compton with its clients Gray, Ice Cube, Packer, producer Matt Alvarez thesps Paul Giamatti, Jason Mitchell, OShea Jackson Jr. DP Matthew Libatique. DisneyMarvels Guardians Of The Galaxy owns the title as the biggest August opener of all time with 9. M.  Industry estimates originally figured that Compton would be off 2. Saturday B. O. of 1. M, however it only slipped 1. M.  Compton had the second biggest theater average among all films this weekend with 2. Fox Searchlights Mistress America which minted 2. You have not yet voted on this site If you have already visited the site, please help us classify the good from the bad by voting on this site. FSS of 9. 3,2. 06. RelatedStraight Outta Compton To FX Networks. ParamountSkydances Mission Impossible Rogue Nation foiled Warner Bros. The Man From U. N. C. L. E. s chances at second place, 1. M to 1. 3. 4. M. Any producer considering a big screen adaptation of CBS 1. Scarecrow and Mrs. King may want to think twice or at least learn from the U. N. C. L. E.  misfire. The letters of gertrude bell selected and edited by lady bell, d. What didnt go wrong here Stars without social media traction extremely important when teasing a prolific action film, particularly during production look no further to what all those Marvel movie stars do, Bond redux in the ads, and U. N. C. L. E. s opening B. O. wasnt high enough stateside vs. M production cost. Oh, and Compton was in the house. Critics didnt hate U. N. C. L. E.  at 6. B Cinema. Score.  The 5. Watch The Great Ghost Rescue Mediafire. U. N. C. L. E. on top of its head with their canes, giving it a C Cinema. Score. Even more taxing on U. N. C. L. E.  is the following According to i. Spot. tv which tracks movie ad spend on TV, Warner Bros. M on national TV spots for U. N. C. L. E.  since July 1. Universal spent 2. M placing national TV ads for Compton since it was first teased on February 8th. Warners ran 4. 7 different creativesvariations of the U. N. C. L. E. ads. The studio spent over 4. M on both Fox and ABC. Compton, on the other hand, had 2. Uni expended 2. M each on ABC, Comedy Central and CBS as well as during the 2. NBA Finals. After raising 5 Saturday over Friday 4. M to 5. M, Warner Bros. The Man From U. N. C. L. E. was down 2. Sunday from yesterday with 3. M, putting its opening at 1. M. All films this weekend grossed 1. M per Rentrak, up 3 over the same frame a year ago. B, up 6. 4 over the Jan. Aug. 1. 6 frame in 2. Top 2. 0 weekend actuals per Rentrak for the weekend of Aug. Straight Outta Compton UNI, 2,7. M  Per screen average 2. Wk 1. 2.  Mission Impossible Rogue Nation PAR, 3,7. M  4. 0 Per screen 4,6. Total Cume 1. 38. M Wk 3. 3.  Man From U. N. C. L. E WB, 3,6. M  Per screen 3,6. Wk 1. 4.  Fantastic Four FOX, 4,0. M  6. 8 Per screen 2,0. Total Cume 4. 2. M Wk 2. The Gift STX, 2,5. M  4. 5 Per screen 2,6. Total Cume 2. 3. M Wk 2. Ant Man DIS, 2,3. M   3. 1 Per screen 2,3. Total cume 1. 57. M Wk 5. 7.  Vacation WB, 3,0. M  4. 2 Per screen 1,6. Total cume 4. 6. M Wk 3. Minions UNI, 2,6. M  3. 1 Per screen 1,9. Total Cume 3. 12. M Wk 6. 9.  Ricki And The Flash SONY, 2,0. M  3. 1 Per screen 2,2. Total cume 1. 4. M Wk 2. Trainwreck UNI, 1,9. M  3. 8 Per screen 1,9. Total cume 9. 8M Wk 5. Pixels SONY, 2,1. M  3. 8 Per screen 2. Total cume 6. 4. M Wk 4. Shaun The Sheep Movie LGF, 2,3. M  2. 9 Per screen 1,2. Total cume 1. 1. M Wk 2. Southpaw TWC, 1,7. M  4. 9 Per screen 1,3. Konohamaru Vs Temari Episode 234. Total cume 4. 5. M Wk 4. Inside Out Dis, 1,0. M  2. 4 Per screen 2,0. Total cume 3. 39. M Wk 9. 15.  Jurassic World UNI, 7. M  3. 6 Per screen 1,6. Total cume 6. 38. M Wk 1. 01. 6.  Mr. Holmes  RSA, 5. K  3. Per screen 1,4. Total cume 1. M Wk 5. 17.  Paper Towns FOX, 5. K  6. 0 Per screen 9. Total cume 3. 0. M Wk 4. The End Of The Tour A2. K 6. 5 Per screen 3,0. Total cume 9. 44. K Wk 3. 19.  Irrational Man SPC, 4. K  5. 2 Per screen 9. Total cume 3. 1. M Wk 5. Brothers Blood Against FIP, 1. K  Per screen 2,1. Wk. Notables. Amy A2. K  2. 2 Per screen 1,6. Total cume 7. 4. M Wk 7. Mistress America FSL, 4 theaters 3 day cume 9. K  Per screen 2. Wk 1. Meru MUSIC, 7 theaters 3 day cume 9. K  Per screen 1. Wk 1. Go Away Mr. Tumor CLE, 1. K  Per screen 3,3. Wk 1. People Places Things TFA, 1. K  Per screen 1,6. Wk 1. Paulette CMG, 1 theaters 3 day cume 9. K  Wk 1. Night Of The Shooting Stars CMG, 1 theaters 3 day cume 2. K  Wk 1. The Great Man IND, 1 theaters 3 day cume 9. K  Wk 1. Teen Lust e. ONE, 5 theaters 3 day cume 4. Per screen 8. 7 Total cume 1. K Wk 1. 5TH UPDATE, final Sunday AM report after 7 AM post UniversalLegendarys Straight Outta Compton raised the roof this weekend for a dramatic biopic, on track for a 5. M opening weekend per industry estimates. Universal figures have it lower at 5. M at 2,7. 57 theaters. Astounding numbers in any case for a summer drama. Consider the fact that Compton is beating the openings of Mission Impossible Rogue Nation 5. M and potentially Ant Man 5. M and thats with nearly 1,2. Among August opening records, Compton is sixth. However, its FSS beats the first weekends of such August tentpoles Rise of the Planet of the Apes 5. M, G. I. Joe The Rise of Cobra 5. M and Rush Hour 3 4. M. Comptons first weekend is also the best ever for a musical biopic. Many are saying Comptons opening beats Foxs Johnny Cash bio Walk the Line which made 2. M. Im of the mindset that Compton bested the first frame of Universals 2. Eminem hip hop headliner 8 Mile 5. M. As pointed out by critics at the time, 8 Mile was arguably a semi biopic as Eminem played a white Detroit rapper with a similar storyline to his own. Compton also marked record openings for director F. Gary Gray, and producers Ice Cube, Scott Bernstein and Will Packer. Comptons success can be attributed to, among other things, a synergistic marketing campaign driven by social media where Universal has just been kicking ass this year and the recording industry, with producer Dr. Dres Beats, Interscope music, Apple and Uni as big players. Heading into the weekend, Dr. Dres companion album Compton sold 2. K copies, the second highest on the charts last week. Movies Archives Hollywood.