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The dog days of August saw Universal’s box-office champ Straight Outta Compton remain No. 1 for the third straight weekend with $13.2 million from 3,142 theaters, while Christian drama War Room did far better than expected in earning $11 million from a small footprint of 1,135 locations to come in second. Meanwhile, Zac Efron‘s electronic dance music drama We Are Your Friends debuted to $1.8 million making it the worst opening of all time for a new major studio offering.
The top 12 films of the weekend, as of Sunday, August 30, are as follows:
| RANK | TITLE | DISTRIBUTOR NAME | WEEKEND REVENUE | CUME REVENUE | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| REVENUE | # OF LOCATIONS* | LOC AVG | ||||
| 1 | Straight Outta Compton | Universal | $13,243,530 | 3,142 | 4,215 | $134,129,705 |
| 2 | War Room | Sony | $11,000,000 | 1,135 | 9,691 | $11,000,000 |
| 3 | Mission: Impossible Rogue Nation | Paramount | $8,300,000 | 3,095 | 2,681 | $170,386,530 |
| 4 | No Escape | The Weinstein Company | $8,288,000 | 3,355 | 2,470 | $10,348,860 |
| 5 | Sinister 2 | Focus Features | $4,650,000 | 2,799 | 1,661 | $18,511,602 |
| 6 | Man From U.N.C.L.E. | Warner Bros. | $4,410,000 | 2,706 | 1,629 | $34,121,626 |
| 7 | Hitman: Agent 47 | 20th Century Fox | $3,850,000 | 3,273 | 1,176 | $15,270,731 |
| 8 | Gift, The | STX Entertainment | $3,134,000 | 1,934 | 1,620 | $35,960,443 |
| 9 | Jurassic World | Universal | $3,122,280 | 1,239 | 2,520 | $643,090,065 |
| 10 | Ant-Man | Disney | $3,054,000 | 1,690 | 1,807 | $169,186,526 |
| 11 | Minions | Universal | $2,924,480 | 1,976 | 1,480 | $324,805,070 |
| 12 | American Ultra | Lionsgate | $2,800,000 | 2,778 | 1,007 | $10,488,109 |
