There’s no stopping STRAIGHT OUTTA COMPTON at the box office. Moviegoers put Universal Pictures’ film at the number one spot again with an estimated $26.8 million. After two weeks, F. Gary Gray’s N.W.A. biopic now stands at $111.5 million worldwide.
The top 12 domestic weekend box office estimates below from Rentrak.
1. Straight Outta Compton – Universal – $26.8M
2. Mission: Impossible Rogue Nation – Paramount – $11.7M
3. Sinister 2 – Focus Features – $10.6M
4. Hitman: Agent 47 – 20th Century Fox – $8.2M
5. Man From U.N.C.L.E. – Warner Bros. – $7.4M
6. American Ultra – Lionsgate – $5.5M
7. The Gift – STX Entertainment – $4.3M
8. Ant-Man – Disney – $4.1M
9. Minions – Universal – $3.7M
10. Fantastic Four – 20th Century Fox – $3.6M
11. Vacation – Warner Bros. – $3.1M
12. Ricki And The Flash – Sony – $3.0M
From AP:
Of the weekend’s new releases, the low-budget horror sequel “Sinister 2” fared best, opening with an estimated $10.6 million for the Blumhouse production — well below the $18 million the 2012 original debuted with. The result was good enough for third place, behind Paramount’s “Mission: Impossible — Rogue Nation,” which made $11.7 million in its fourth weekend of release.
Fox’s assassin thriller “Hitman: Agent 47,” the second attempt in eight years to adapt the popular video game, disappointed with $8.2 million. It will hope to do better abroad, where the 2007 original made $60.3 million. It began with $8.5 million over the weekend internationally.
Lionsgate’s stoner action-comedy “American Ultra,” starring Kristen Stewart and Jesse Eisenberg, also failed to spark much interest, opening with $5.5 million.
The three new releases — all violent, R-rated, poorly reviewed options — divided up a similar audience. The box office was down 7.5 percent from the same weekend last year, according to box-office data firm Rentrak.
Overseas, MISSION IMPOSSIBLE: ROGUE NATION and TERMINATOR: GENISYS are doing well with audiences.
Rentrak’s Senior Media Analyst Paul Dergarabedian commented, “Tom Cruise and Arnold Schwarzenegger lead a star powered global weekend with a Paramount Pictures one-two punch as ‘Mission: Impossible Rogue Nation’ keeps moving toward the $500 million worldwide mark and ‘Terminator: Genisys’ takes the number one spot internationally as it opened in China this Sunday with a staggering $27.4 million at 25,000 locations.”
The top 12 worldwide weekend box office estimates below.
1. Mission: Impossible Rogue Nation – Paramount Pictures – $36.9M
2. Terminator Genisys – Paramount Pictures – $27.6M
3. Straight Outta Compton – Universal – $26.9M
4. Bride Wars – 20th Century Fox – $23.6M
5. Fantastic Four – 20th Century Fox – $19.9M
6. Hitman: Agent 47 – 20th Century Fox – $16.7M
7. Man From U.N.C.L.E. – Warner Bros. – $15.4M
8. Sinister 2 – Multiple – $13.6M
9. Go Away Mr. Tumor – Multiple – $13.0M
10. Minions – Universal – $12.5M
11. Inside Out – Disney – $12.4M
12. Veteran – CJ Entertainment – $10.5M