“War Room,” a Sony Pictures drama with an evangelical-faith-based perspective, ended the three-week box-office championship run of the rapper movie “Straight Outta Compton” over the weekend, taking in $9.3 million in the U.S., according to Rentrak. “Compton,” from Universal, is estimated to have brought in $8.8 million. Among new releases, “Walk in the Woods” from Broad Green Pictures topped “Transporter Refueled” from EuropaCorp., taking $8.2 million in tickets vs. $7.1 million. “Mission Impossible Rogue Nation” from Paramount added $7.2 million to its take to put it in the No. 4 spot over Labor Day.
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