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Straight Outta Compton is headed straight to the top of the box office. The highly-anticipated biopic, which tells the origins of N.W.A., is on pace to easily open in first place this weekend.
Tracking has Straight Outta Compton pegged at $59.4 millon for the weekend. That’s more than triple the $17 million last week’s chart-topper Mission: Impossible — Rogue Nation is expected to bring in for second place. The big-screen adaptation of The Man From U.N.C.L.E, starring Henry Cavill and Armie Hammer, will have to settle for third, thanks to a disappointing $13.6 million.
Fantastic Four, which had its own lackluster opening last week, will be lucky to land in the number four spot if it stays at $7.9 million. The Gift may follow with a potential $6.2 million for fifth. At number six, will likely be Paul Rudd’s Ant-Man at $5.4 million.
Vacation is eyeing $5.1 million and a seventh-place finish, while Minions is looking at eighth with $4.8 million. Meryl Streep-starrer Ricki And The Flash isn’t expected to be far behind with receipts of $4.4 million. With a possible $3.8 million, Trainwreck would round out the Top 10. All figures are currently estimates, and Gossip Cop will have updates. TELL US: What are YOU seeing this weekend?
