Monday Morning Box Office Report: Straight Outta Compton Makes Bank

Posted by on August 17th, 2015   Filed under: Box Office

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It was another amazing weekend for Universal Pictures as the N.W.A. biopic Straight Outta Compton became the studio’s latest summer hit, opening to an astounding $56 million. That’s the sixth best August debut ever and it obliterates the record for musical biopics previously held by Walk the Line ($22 million). Clearly audiences were happy to have an alternative from the big special effects-driven blockbusters as the summer winds down. Meanwhile, Guy Ritchie’s The Man from U.N.C.L.E. suffered as a result, opening in third place with a disappointing $13.5 million. Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation took second place while Fantastic Four and The Gift rounded out the top 5.

1. Straight Outta Compton — $56.1M
2. Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation — $17M
3. The Man from U.N.C.L.E. — $13.54M
4. Fantastic Four — $8.00M
5. The Gift — $6.50M
6. Ant-Man — $5.52M
7. Vacation — $5.33M
8. Minions — $5.20M
9. Ricki and the Flash — $4.57M
10. Trainwreck — $3.80M



  • Gerry

    I don’t think the Man From Uncle suffered because of the success of the other movies, I think the 3 minute Comic-con trailer for it was awful.

    I think it’s unfortunate for it that it came out in the same summer as Spy, which I thought was fun, funny and it’s action sequences would not have looked out of place in a Tom Cruise move.

    Man From Uncle, based on the trailer, looked to be none of those things.