Straight Outta Compton rules U.S. box office for a third week

N.W.A. biopic STRAIGHT OUTTA COMPTON has fought off a charge from a faith-based movie to stay at the top of the U.S. box office for a third week.
The rap movie hauled in $13.2 million (GBP8.3 million) over the weekend, taking its total to $134 million (GBP84 million).
Straight Outta Compton is now the highest-grossing musical biopic ever, passing Johnny Cash film Walk the Line.
Christian drama War Room comes in at two on the new box office countdown with a surprise $11 million (GBP6.9 million). The film follows a couple as they work to solve their marital problems through prayer.
Co-writer and producer Stephen Kendrick is thrilled with the film’s success, telling USA Today, “We are ecstatic! God totally gets the credit for what’s happening. Thousands of people have been praying for this movie. With all of our inadequacy, God keeps taking what is said to be impossible and makes it undeniable. We are so grateful.”
The latest Mission: Impossible film, Rogue Nation, comes in third and Owen Wilson’s new drama No Escape opens in fourth place.
Horror film Sinister 2 rounds out the top five.