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Debuting in fourth place was the Owen Wilson thriller “No Escape” with $8.29 million. It’s smart stuff and given “War Room” was made on a dime (okay, $3 million) it’s the kind of profitable programmer studios dream of. “This can be a...

But along comes “Straight Outta Compton” and suddenly the box office picture is looking to be all good again.

The story of the pioneering hip-hop group N.W.A. has soared straight to the top of the box office charts, but a costume blooper is the talk of the film in Chicago.

Past the fandom round N.W.A. and the timeliness of the themes, Common additionally launched a intelligent advertising marketing campaign across the movie, Straight Outta Someplace, which permits social media customers to insert pictures within the iconic Straight Outta Compton...

Common’s N.W.A. biopic earned an astonishing $56.1 million in its debut, in accordance with studio estimates Sunday.