It’s not clear yet whetherย mainstream moviegoers are ready to embrace “Straight Outta Compton,” the F. Gary Gray-directed biopic recounting the story of N.W.A. The groundbreaking “gangsta rap” group drew the front lines of America’s late-’80s culture wars with profane hits that were filled with calls to answer violence with violence like “Fu*k Tha Police.”
But it’sย clear that the fan base forย N.W.A — an acronym for Niggaz Wit Attitudes — is mobilized, and analysts say that alone willย drive a box office debut north of $30 million, enough to dethrone Tom Cruise’s “Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation,” when Universal Pictures rolls it out in 2,751ย theaters on Friday.