Straight Outta Compton
“The world's most dangerous times created the world's most dangerous group.”
In 1987, five young men, using brutally honest rhymes and hardcore beats, put their frustration and anger about life in the most dangerous place in America into the most powerful weapon they had: their music. Taking us back to where it all began, Straight Outta Compton tells the true story of how these cultural rebels—armed only with their lyrics, swagger, bravado and raw talent—stood up to the authorities that meant to keep them down and formed the world’s most dangerous group, N.W.A. And as they spoke the truth that no one had before and exposed life in the hood, their voice ignited a social revolution that is still reverberating today.
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Cast
192 people
O'Shea Jackson Jr.
Ice Cube
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Corey Hawkins
Dr. Dre
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Jason Mitchell
Eazy-E
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Kong: Skull Island
Mudbound
Neil Brown Jr.
DJ Yella
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SEAL Team
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Aldis Hodge
MC Ren
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Black Adam
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Paul Giamatti
Jerry Heller
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The Illusionist
The Holdovers
R. Marcos Taylor
Suge Knight
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Marvel's Luke Cage
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LaKeith Stanfield
Snoop Dogg
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Uncut Gems
Death Note
Carra Patterson
Tomica
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Turner & Hooch
Elsbeth
Elena Goode
Nicole
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Alexandra Shipp
Kim
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Tate Ellington
Bryan Turner
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F. Gary Gray Director · Jonathan Herman Screenplay Andrea Berloff Screenplay
Worldwide gross $202M · Budget $28M · United States release August 11, 2015
Box office
Budget
$28,000,000
Worldwide gross
$201,634,991
Gross vs. budget
7.2×
Production
Broken Chair Flickz
Production
Universal Pictures
Production · Studio
Legendary Pictures
Production
Cube Vision
Production
Crucial Films
Production
Circle of Confusion
Production
Will Packer Productions
Production
Xenon Pictures
Production
New Line Cinema
Production
Legendary Entertainment
Production
United Kingdom · United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
Canada · August 11, 2015
Physical
United States · August 11, 2015
Theatrical
United States · January 19, 2016
Physical
United States
August 11, 2015 · Premiere · Los Angeles
August 14, 2015 · Theatrical
Australia
August 27, 2015 · Theatrical
Austria
August 27, 2015 · Theatrical
Brazil
August 14, 2015 · Theatrical
Czechia
September 17, 2015 · Digital
Estonia
October 2, 2015 · Theatrical
France
September 16, 2015 · Theatrical
January 15, 2016 · Digital · VOD
January 19, 2016 · Physical · DVD & Blu-Ray
January 1, 2019 · Digital · Netflix
February 1, 2022 · Digital · Prime Video
Germany
August 27, 2015 · Theatrical
Hungary
March 18, 2016 · Premiere
Iceland
August 26, 2015 · Theatrical
Iraq
August 13, 2015 · Theatrical
Ireland
August 28, 2015 · Theatrical
Italy
October 1, 2015 · Theatrical
Japan
December 19, 2015 · Theatrical
Latvia
August 14, 2015 · Theatrical
Lebanon
August 13, 2015 · Theatrical
Netherlands
September 3, 2015 · Theatrical
March 21, 2018 · Physical · DVD, Blu ray
Norway
August 21, 2015 · Theatrical
Poland
September 4, 2015 · Theatrical
Russia
August 14, 2015 · Theatrical
South Korea
September 10, 2015 · Theatrical
Spain
November 13, 2015 · Theatrical · ICAA 131515
Sweden
September 11, 2015 · Theatrical
Thailand
October 22, 2015 · Theatrical
United Kingdom
August 28, 2015 · Theatrical
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