The N.W.A biopic Straight Outta Compton has smashed all projections by taking over $60m in its first weekend.
The film’s performance makes it the fifth-highest grossing August release in American history and the highest ever grossing R-rated debut for the month.
Despite production costs of just $29m, the documentary has made more in its opening week than Ant-Man ($57.2m) and Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation ($55.5m) – both of which had a budget of over $125m.
Straight Outta Compton’s weekend takings were massively impressive compared to the other big release The Man from U.N.C.L.E. – which only brought in $13.4m depsite a $75m budget.
Have you seen it yet? It’s on our to-do list this weekend…
