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Generally, these kinds of box office achievements usually happens with “tentpole movies” – like superhero or action flicks – but this is new territory for a hip-hop-based film.

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

The director of “Straight Outta Compton” says he’s “very happy with the accuracy” of the movie that depicts the creation and eventual breakup of influential rap group N.W.A. It more than peripherally touches on the strained relations between young...