Friday, July 10, 2026

Box Office: Straight Outta Compton Is A $75 Mil Phenom in Just Five Days

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The Tuesday numbers are in. “Straight Outta Compton” is just a sliver under $75 million after only five days. This is absolutely remarkable. F. Gary Gray’s tale of NWA, Dr Dr and friends has gone through the roof. By next Monday, the Universal feature will have topped $100 million easily.

Meanwhile Universal is having the greatest season of its life. Between “Fast and Furious 7,” “Jurassic World,” and “Minions,” “Trainwreck,” and so on, Universal has already raked in over $2 billion since January 1st.

Compare that to Paramount’s $500 million so far. Or Warner Bros.’ $1.2 billion on twice as many films.

And Dr. Dre’s soundtrack album continues to sell like hot cakes.

 

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Roger Friedman
Roger Friedman
Roger Friedman is the founder and editor-in-chief of Showbiz411. He wrote the FOX411 column on FoxNews.com from 1999 to 2009, where he covered Michael Jackson, and previously wrote the "Intelligencer" column at New York magazine in the mid-1990s, where he covered the O.J. Simpson trial. He also edited Fame magazine. His bylines have appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, the New York Daily News, the New York Post, Vogue, Details, and the Miami Herald. He is a voting member of the Critics Choice Awards (Film and Television branches), and his movie reviews are tracked by Rotten Tomatoes. With D.A. Pennebaker and Chris Hegedus, he co-produced the 2002 documentary "Only the Strong Survive," which screened at Directors' Fortnight at the Cannes Film Festival.

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