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<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">The</span> <strong style="font-size: 12pt;">N.W.A.</strong> <span style="font-size: 12pt;">biopic</span> <em style="font-size: 12pt;">Straight Outta Compton</em> <span style="font-size: 12pt;">is already a smashing success at the box office. The film is expected to almost double it's </span><strong style="font-size: 12pt;">$29 million </strong><span style="font-size: 12pt;">budget by bringing in</span> <strong style="font-size: 12pt;">$50 million</strong> <span style="font-size: 12pt;">in it's opening weekend in U.S. theaters, according to estimates by</span> <a sl-processed="1" rel="nofollow" href="http://variety.com/2015/film/news/straight-outta-compton-box-office-1201570463/" target="_blank" style="font-size: 12pt;">Variety</a><span style="font-size: 12pt;">.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">The</span> <strong style="font-size: 12pt;">F. Gary Gray</strong><span style="font-size: 12pt;">-directed movie stars</span> <strong style="font-size: 12pt;">O'Shea Jackson Jr. (Ice Cube), Jason Mitchell (Eazy-E), Corey Hawkins (Dr. Dre), Aldis Hodge (MC Ren)</strong> <span style="font-size: 12pt;">and</span> <strong style="font-size: 12pt;">Neil Brown Jr. (DJ Yella).</strong></p>
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<p><span class="font-size-3">It details N.W.A.'s rise to fame out of the streets of Compton, California.</span></p>
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<p><span class="font-size-3">“‘Straight Outta Compton’ has become a total cross-over kind of movie that’s captured the zeitgeist with a real groundswell of people wanting to see it,” said Paul Dergarabedian, senior media analyst for Rentrak. “There’s been growing anticipation for it all summer. Now that it’s out, the story is really resonating among moviegoers.”</span></p>
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<p><span class="font-size-3">Ice Cube and Dr. Dre serve as executive producers.</span>