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Box Office Weekend: Straight Outta Compton Goes Straight Up the Chart
Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation may still be doing decent enough business in its third week with an estimated $17 million, but the movie of the weekend is the critically acclaimed biopic Straight Outta Compton. With an estimated $56.1 million, the rise of rapping sensations N.W.A. led the weekend in a big way, much more so than the lackluster opening of the mildly acclaimed The Man from U.N.C.L...[Read More]
Box Office Weekend: Mission: Impossible Keeps Steady; Fantastic Four Proves A Bit Rocky
The latest superheroes to get a reboot were ready to storm the box office, and failed to even break the second week returns of Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation, which had a less than stellar start to begin with. Still, the Tom Cruise action thriller, with an estimated $29.4 million, is remaining fairly strong here and overseas, while Fantastic Four opened with an estimated $26.2 million, low ove...[Read More]
Box Office Weekend: An Impossible Mission? Not for Cruise
With a strong advertising blitz and J.J. Abrams in a producing chair, it seemed almost certain that Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation would be a top box office draw – and it was, reaching first with an estimated $56 million and garnering all sort of praise. And while it has opened very well compared to the previous Mission: Impossible films (second only to Mission: Impossible II), it has strangel...[Read More]