{"id":1527,"date":"2026-04-23T14:05:33","date_gmt":"2026-04-23T21:05:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/90220.org\/?page_id=1527"},"modified":"2026-04-23T14:05:33","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T21:05:33","slug":"straight-outta-compton-2015-highest-grossing-musical-biopic-opening-in-the-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/90220.org\/?page_id=1527","title":{"rendered":"Straight Outta Compton\u00a0(2015) highest-grossing musical biopic opening in the US"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Straight Outta Compton&nbsp;(2015) was the highest-grossing musical biopic opening in the US at the time of its release, earning $60.2 million. While it set records in August 2015 for musical biopics, it was surpassed in total worldwide gross by&nbsp;Bohemian Rhapsody&nbsp;in 2018 and is not the current largest opening for a musical film.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Here are the key details regarding its box office performance:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Opening Weekend Record:&nbsp;With $60.2 million, it set the record for the highest-grossing opening for a musical biopic in 2015.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Highest-Grossing Musical Biopics: While Straight Outta Compton was the highest-grossing musical biopic for a time, other films like Bohemian Rhapsody (2018) later surpassed its gross.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Record Holder Status:&nbsp;As of April 2026, the 2026 film&nbsp;Michael&nbsp;is projected to challenge and likely exceed the opening records held by&nbsp;Straight Outta Compton&nbsp;($60.2M) and&nbsp;Bohemian Rhapsody&nbsp;($51M).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">R-Rated Record:&nbsp;It held the record for the highest-grossing R-rated August opening.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/oyoew4T74_w?si=uTi5zC5tu5oYfF4v\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/center>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Straight Outta Compton&nbsp;(2015) was the highest-grossing musical biopic opening in the US at the time of its release, earning $60.2 million. While it set records in August 2015 for musical biopics, it was surpassed in total worldwide gross by&nbsp;Bohemian Rhapsody&nbsp;in 2018 and is not the current largest opening for a musical film.&nbsp; Here are the&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1527","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/90220.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1527","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/90220.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/90220.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/90220.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/90220.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1527"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/90220.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1527\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1529,"href":"https:\/\/90220.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1527\/revisions\/1529"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/90220.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1527"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}