Weekend Box Office Report: 'Straight Outta Compton'...And Into The Top Spot

By Bill Wine

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — Straight Outta Compton shot straight to number one at the box office.

Director F. Gary Gray's "gangsta rap" biodrama earned an estimated $56-million on its debut weekend, giving it a runaway first-place finish.

The runner-up was the holdover hit sequel and the leader the last two weekends, Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation, which took in another $17-million.

Third was the weekend's other new attraction, The Man from U.N.C.L.E., the adaptation of the sixties TV series from director Guy Ritchie. It took in just under $14-million on its first weekend.

And rounding out the top five were holdovers Fantastic Four with $8-million and The Gift with $7-million.

Overall, industry-wide totals were ever-so-slightly ahead of those on the counterpart weekend last year.