LOS ANGELES (AP) – “Straight Outta Compton” ceded its three-week reign at the top of the box office to the faith-based “War Room,” which climbed to No. 1 with $13.4 million over a sleepy Labor Day weekend.
The Robert Redford buddy dramedy “A Walk In The Woods,” based on Bill Bryson’s Appalachian Trail memoir, also inched past “Compton” to take second place with $10.9 million, according to final figures reported by studios Tuesday.
“The Transporter Refueled” opened in fifth, with a tame $9 million. Although the action film only cost $21 million to produce, it seems the series isn’t as compelling to moviegoers without star Jason Statham.
The top 20 movies at U.S. and Canadian theaters Friday through Monday, followed by distribution studio, gross, number of theater locations, average receipts per location, total gross and number of weeks in release, as compiled Tuesday by Rentrak:
1. “War Room,” Sony, $13,388,558, 1,526 locations, $8,774 average, $28,702,016, 2 weeks.