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Still from War Room.David Whitlow—AFFIRM Films/Provident Films by [Devan Coggan / EW.com](https://time.com/author/entertainment-weekly/) ## Devan Coggan / EW.com Sep 6, 2015 7:21 PM UTC After three consecutive weekends at the top, _Straight Outta Compton_ has finally relinquished its hold on first place, falling to the faith-based drama _War Room_ during a sleepy Labor Day weekend. _War Room_ took a clear lead after three days, earning an estimated $9.4 million in 1,526 locations. With a budget of just $3 million, _War Room_ has [outpaced expectations](http://www.ew.com/article/2015/08/31/war-room-sleeper-hit) since its $11.4 million debut last weekend, and its domestic total is now at $24.7 million. The PG-rated _War Room_ has benefited from being one of the only faith-based films in theaters recently, and it’s the latest Christian hit from brothers Alex and Stephen Kendrick. Even though _Straight Outta Compton_ failed to secure first place, it still added a solid $8.8 million over three days to its record-breaking run. By Monday, it should cross $150 million domestically. The N.W.A. biopic was the [breakout hit of late summer](http://www.ew.com/article/2015/08/28/straight-outta-compton-summer-success), opening to a whopping $60.2 million and becoming the biggest musical biopic of all time. Of the two new releases, _A Walk in the Woods_ came out on top, besting expectations to earn $8.3 million over three days and bringing its total to $10.3 million since it opened on Wednesday. The adaptation of Bill Bryson’s book, starring Robert Redford and Nick Nolte, targeted an older adult audience and, according to Rentrak, 91 percent of the audience was over 25\. This weekend’s other new wide release, _The Transporter: Refueled_, only debuted to $7.1 million over three days, even though it opened in 3,434 theaters — one of the widest Labor Day releases ever. Meanwhile, _Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation_ spent its sixth week in the top five, earning an estimated $7.2 million over three days. The fifth _Mission: Impossible_ film just crossed $500 million globally, with a domestic total of $180 million. Outside of the top five, the animated _Un Gallo Con Muchos Huevos_opened in just 395 locations, earning $3.4 million over three days. The Mexican animated film, whose title translates to _A Rooster With Many Eggs_, earned an excellent $8,608 per theater. All in all, Labor Day weekend marked a slow close to the summer box office race. This is the first weekend this year where not a single film made more than $10 million over three days. So far, here are this weekend’s top five at the box office. Check back Monday for final weekend estimates. **1\.** **_War Room_** **— $9.4 million** **2\.** [**_Straight Outta Compton_**](http://www.ew.com/article/2015/08/05/straight-outta-compton-ew-review)**— $8.8 million** **3\.** [**_A Walk In The Woods_**](http://www.ew.com/article/2015/09/02/a-walk-in-the-woods-review)**— $8.3 million** **4\.** [**_Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation_**](http://www.ew.com/article/2015/07/24/mission-impossible-rogue-nation-ew-review) **— $7.2 million** **5\.** [**_The Transporter: Refueled_**](http://www.ew.com/article/2015/09/03/the-transporter-refueled-review/article%5F2296998)**— $7.1 million** [_This story originally appeared on EW.com_](http://www.ew.com/article/2015/09/06/box-office-report-labor-day-war-room-straight-outta-compton?xid=IFT-Trending) 'War Room' Beats 'Straight Outta Compton' at Box Office ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4024042/war-room-straight-outta-compton/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4024042/war-room-straight-outta-compton/"},"headline":"Christian Drama War Room Beats Straight Outta Compton at Labor Day Box Office","datePublished":"2015-09-06T19:21:43.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T10:43:40.494Z","description":"The weekend marked a slow close for the summer box office race","url":"https://time.com/4024042/war-room-straight-outta-compton/","keywords":["movies"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6b78052a6070666c/6988626e2dce0173989e5646/wr_w6_f-11.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Devan Coggan / EW.com"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6b78052a6070666c/6988626e2dce0173989e5646/wr_w6_f-11.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"WR_W6_F-11","caption":"Still from War Room.","creditText":"David Whitlow—AFFIRM Films/Provident Films","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/movies/","name":"movies"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4024042/war-room-straight-outta-compton/","name":"Christian Drama War Room Beats Straight Outta Compton at Labor Day Box Office"}}]}] ```