Zac Efron's 'We Are Your Friends' Flops Badly at the Weekend Box Office
Find out what movie landed the number one spot.
-- Zac Efron could have used more support from his friends this weekend.
His new music drama, "We Are Your Friends," in which he plays an aspiring D.J., was a major flop over the weekend. It earned an estimated $1.8 million on more than 2,300 screens, ranking as one of the weakest debuts ever for a film with such a wide release.
The number-one movie, for the third weekend in a row, was the N.W.A. biopic "Straight Outta Compton," which raised $13.2 million.
The religious drama "War Room" opened in second place, collecting $11 million in 11-hundred-plus locations. In other words, it had a much better debut than "We Are Your Friends."
The Owen Wilson thriller "No Escape" took fourth place, with 8.3 million. The film has made $10.3 million since it arrived in theaters last Wednesday.
Here are the top 10 movies from Friday through Sunday, with estimated ticket sales, according to Rentrak:
1. "Straight Outta Compton," $13.2 million
2. "War Room," $11 million
3. "Mission: Impossible -- Rogue Nation," $8.3 million
4. "No Escape," $8.3 million
5. "Sinister 2," $4.7 million
6. "The Man From U.N.C.L.E.," $4.4 million
7. "Hitman: Agent 47," $3.9 million
8. "The Gift," $3.1 million
9. "Jurassic World," $3.1 million
10. "Ant-Man," $3.1 million