Straight Outta Compton has delivered Universal Pictures another monster release, taking $4.5 million in its first weekend at the Australian box office.
The F. Gary Gray directed biopic, which traces the rise of NWA from the mean streets of Compton, Los Angeles, in the mid-1980s has blasted Southpaw out of the top spot.
It has overtaken Southpaw's total box office ($4,462,604) in its first weekend.
Straight Outta Compton follows 2015 Universal titles Trainwreck ($13,060,3939) and Jurassic World ($52,838,633).
Vacation, the fifth instalment National Lampoon's Vacation film series came in third spot with with $577,104 taking its total to $4,042,474.
While Ricki and the Flash produced another solid week with $566,939 for the weekend on 243 screens taking cumulative box office to more than $2 million.
Joel Egerton's the Gift also performed strongly with $520,921 this weekend. The Gift's cumulative revenue is now more than $1.5 million in Australia after a strong showing in the US.
But the story of moment for Australian film is Jeremy Sims' Last Cab to Darwin which again ranked in the top ten (8). It has now taken $6.2 million in five weeks.
Neil Armfield's Holding the Man has also done well in its second week, ranking in 17th spot on just 30 screens.
Holding the Man, starring Ryan Corr and Craig Stott, took $145,415, taking its cumulative total to $509,450.
A Walk in the Woods, which stars Robert Redford and Nick Nolte as old men trekking the Appalachian Trail, opened in seventh position with $484,243, while American Ultra rounded out the top ten with $293,441 on its first weekend.
The controversial Maya Newell directed Gayby Baby, which follows the lives of four kids growing up with gay parents, took $16,159 on 10 screens. This brought its cumulative total to $29,690 despite the State Government banning the film's screening during school hours.