Straight Outta Compton
252nd of 1,098 in Hollywood
- Out-grossed 58% of Hollywood releases with reported figures ($202M).
- Returned 7.2× its budget, against an industry median of 3.1×.
- Momentum in the 48th percentile.
- Audience rating 7.8 from 4,323 votes, the 91st percentile.
- Cost
- $28M
- Took
- $202M
Against a Hollywood median of 3.1×, so this one returned 2.3 times what a typical release there does.
The money says blockbuster. What do you say?
In 1987, five young men, using brutally honest rhymes and hardcore beats, put their frustration and anger about life in the most dangerous place in America into the most powerful weapon they had: their music. Taking us back to where it all began, Straight Outta Compton tells the true story of how these cultural rebels—armed only with their lyrics, swagger, bravado and raw talent—stood up to the authorities that meant to keep them down and formed the world’s most dangerous group, N.W.A. And as they spoke the truth that no one had before and exposed life in the hood, their voice ignited a social revolution that is still reverberating today.
- Released
- 11 August 2015
- Runtime
- 2h 27m
- Language
- English
- Industry
- Hollywood
- O'Shea Jackson Jr.Ice Cube
- Corey HawkinsDr. Dre
- Jason MitchellEazy-E
- Neil Brown Jr.DJ Yella
- Aldis HodgeMC Ren
- Paul GiamattiJerry Heller
- Director
- F. Gary Gray
- Screenplay
- Jonathan Herman, Andrea Berloff
- Original Music Composer
- Joseph Trapanese
- Director of Photography
- Matthew Libatique