Who's up, who's down in movies

August 20, 2015 at 4:44PM
O'Shea Jackson Jr. stars as Ice Cube in "Straight Outta Compton." (Photo courtesy Universal Pictures/TNS) ORG XMIT: 1172232
O’Shea Jackson Jr. stars as Ice Cube in “Straight Outta Compton.” (The Minnesota Star Tribune)

Who's up The astounding $60.2 million earned by "Straight Outta Compton" made it the biggest R-rated August opening ever.

Who's down Meanwhile, moviegoers in Compton have to go elsewhere to view it, as no theaters are left in the city. The area "has been heavily de-invested in," a USC sociology professor explains.

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