The N.W.A. biopic Straight Outta Compton is already a smashing success at the box office. The film is expected to almost double it's $29 million budget by bringing in $50 million in it's opening weekend in U.S. theaters, according to estimates by Variety.
The F. Gary Gray-directed movie stars O'Shea Jackson Jr. (Ice Cube), Jason Mitchell (Eazy-E), Corey Hawkins (Dr. Dre), Aldis Hodge (MC Ren) and Neil Brown Jr. (DJ Yella).
It details N.W.A.'s rise to fame out of the streets of Compton, California.
“‘Straight Outta Compton’ has become a total cross-over kind of movie that’s captured the zeitgeist with a real groundswell of people wanting to see it,” said Paul Dergarabedian, senior media analyst for Rentrak. “There’s been growing anticipation for it all summer. Now that it’s out, the story is really resonating among moviegoers.”
Ice Cube and Dr. Dre serve as executive producers.
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