Top 25 Box Office Films of 20157 of 25
#19: Straight Outta Compton
Paul Giamatti has the market cornered when it comes to portraying controversial real-life figures in musical biographical dramas. In addition to playing Eugene Landy in the Brian Wilson biopic Love & Mercy, he's also NWA's manager Jerry Heller in Straight Outta Compton.
While Love & Mercy was a limited release and grossed $12 million, Straight Outta Compton was a box-office smash, making $161 million and generating substantial award buzz for the film, its director F. Gary Gray, and its outstanding cast, which was headlined by newcomer O'Shea Jackson Jr. in the role of his real-life father Ice Cube.
U.S. Gross: $161,197,785
Paul Giamatti has the market cornered when it comes to portraying controversial real-life figures in musical biographical dramas. In addition to playing Eugene Landy in the Brian Wilson biopic Love & Mercy, he's also NWA's manager Jerry Heller in Straight Outta Compton.
While Love & Mercy was a limited release and grossed $12 million, Straight Outta Compton was a box-office smash, making $161 million and generating substantial award buzz for the film, its director F. Gary Gray, and its outstanding cast, which was headlined by newcomer O'Shea Jackson Jr. in the role of his real-life father Ice Cube.
U.S. Gross: $161,197,785
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TitlesStraight Outta Compton
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