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Released
2015 · FILM

Straight Outta Compton

A restless Dr. Dre teams with hustler Eazy‑E to launch a gritty rap label, risking police wrath and industry gatekeepers to give voice to their war‑torn streets; when their raw anthem ignites the underground, they must battle corporate exploitation and deadly rivalries to cement N.W.A.’s explosive legacy.

“The world's most dangerous times created the world's most dangerous group.”

Directed by
F Gary Gray
Written by
Jonathan Herman, Andrea Berloff
Rated
MPA · R
Runtime
147 min
BiographyDramaHistory

Synopsis

In 1987, five young men used brutally honest rhymes and hardcore beats to express their frustration and anger about life in one of the most dangerous places in America. *Straight Outta Compton* recounts the true story of how these cultural rebels, armed with their lyrics, swagger, bravado, and raw talent, resisted the authorities seeking to suppress them and formed the world's most controversial group, N.W.A. As they spoke truths that had never been articulated before and exposed the realities of life in the inner city, their voice sparked a social revolution that continues to resonate today.

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How many hands made this film

The scale of the collaboration

Principal cast & crew: 30

These are the principals we have on file — the full crew ran to the hundreds. Every film this size was made by far more hands than any credits list ever names.

Why a floor?

This is a minimum, not a total. We only count the credits we’ve captured so far, and coverage is uneven — a blockbuster might show a few hundred names while another of the same size shows a couple dozen. The real crews all ran into the thousands. The number here only grows as full credits are enriched — so we frame it as a floor, never a headcount.

Craft leads on file

Edited by Billy FoxShot by Matthew LibatiqueScored by Joseph TrapaneseDesigned by Shane Valentino

Box Office

2015 · Box office

💰 Box-office hit — grossed 7.2× its budget

Why 2.5×?

Cinemas keep roughly half of every ticket sold, and a wide release’s marketing often costs about as much again as the film — so a movie needs to gross around 2.5× its production budget just to break even theatrically. It’s a rule of thumb, not the studio’s ledger (home video and streaming come later).

Worldwide gross

$201.6M

Budget$28.0M
Worldwide gross$201.6M
break-even (2.5×)

US & Canada: $161.2M — 80% of worldwide · International: $40.4M (20%)

Opening weekend: $60.2M — 37% of its US run. Front-loaded — most of its money arrived opening weekend.

Opening week (7-day): $84.7M — 53% of its US & Canada run.

Peak 2,757 theaters

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