Straight Outta Compton Tops Aussie Box Office

It blew past expectations upon its US release three weeks ago by breaking records and that theme has stayed strong for NWA biopic Straight Outta Compton following its Australian release this past week as it topped the national box office. 

As statistics from the Motion Picture Distributors Association Of Australia show, the film crushed its competition as it made over $4.528 million dollars on its opening weekend, way ahead of second place's Southpaw (which opened in the country three weeks ago) as it brought in just over $712,000 thousand.

It marks yet another impressive feat for the drama film which topped the US box office for two straight weeks and has now grossed over $150 million in the States alone. 

Straight Outta Compton currently holds the record for the fifth highest August opening of all time, the highest opening for an R-rated movie in the same month and is the highest grossing musical biopic in history.

Meanwhile, due to the success the film has experienced, co-producer and NWA member Ice Cube recently spoke to the theMusic about his desire to reform with the Compton group's surviving members to record new music. 

Watch the full interview with Cube and his son, O'Shea Jackson Jr (who portrays his father in the film) who were in Australia last week to promote the film's release.