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Straight Outta Compton is a mainstream film which was directed by F. Gary Gray and released on the 14th August 2015. It's duration is 2 hours and 27mins and follows the genres of drama, biography, history and music. The estimated budget was around $28,000,000 and within the first week it's opening weekend in the USA rose to $56,100,000. In total the USA grossed $161,197,785 and the cumulative worldwide gross was $201,634,991. Straight Outta Compton was nominated for 1 Oscar, 27 wins, 40 nominations and on imdb.com it is rated a 7.9/10. The cast consists of O'Shea Jackson Jr., Jason Mitchell, Corey Hawkins and many more. This film is targeted to those who are fans of members in the cast/ genre/ hip hop/ rap/ young black males so which they can relate to the story of the film. It was produced by Ice Cube and distributed by the universal pictures. The film was filmed in Compton, California and Los Angeles and its been said by costume designer Kelli Jones that "the script was literally changing the entire time we were shooting" showing that a lot of different ideas and time was spent on getting the right shoots. The trailer was released on the 8th of February 2015 and the proceeding of the red band began by introducing the N.W. A members, Dr. Dre and Ice Cube.

To promote the film, an app through the website StraightOuttaSomewhere.com was used as a marketing campaign which was set up on the 7th of August 2015, where memes are possible to make with the "Straight Outta" logo. This also allowed fans to represent where they're from with customised photos and cities which then enabled them to post on social media using the hashtag StraightOutta. In addition Dr. Dre released the album Compton: A Soundtrack by Dr. Dre which was only on Apple Music and in the iTunes Store. Looking at the reviews one stated that the films aim was "to cross cultures and sanctify the wisdom of the street". Looking closely at the official trailer there are different references to violence.

Straight Outta Compton was successful because of the message behind the film enabling it to spread the word quicker, the studio that released it which was Universal which was famous all year beacsue of the releases of "Fifty Shades of Gray" and " Jurassic World".     

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