'Straight Outta Compton' Makes History With No.1 Debut Weekend

'Straight Outta Compton' immediately went to number one this weekend making a record breaking $56.1 million dollars. N.W.A. took over the box office in history as the best opening for any music biopic ever. This Hip -Hop production beat the opening weekends of some of your favorite movies including, American Pie 2 ($45.1 million) in 2001, the Johnny Cash film- 2Walk the Line ($22.3 million) in 2005 and Eminem’s 8 Mile ($51.2 million) in 2002......

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But wait theres more, it took $29 million to make the movie and in the first weekend, this movie turned to gold nearly doubling profits beating critics projections for the first week.  

'Compton' the soundtrack for 'Straight Outta Compton' is expected to sell 300,000 by the end of its first week. Everyone lets take a moment to congratulate hip-hop, the bravery of the story, and the dedication these men had to take a stand to change the world through music.

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