The Labor Day holiday weekend produced a surprised winner at the box office as holdover War Room [WARRM] stepped up to first place with $12.6 million over four days. The Christian drama declined just 17% in its sophomore session when comparing the 3-day portion of the weekend.
Dethroned after three weeks, Straight Outta Compton [SOCMP] finished second with $11.1 million. The N.W.A. biopic has eanred $150.0 million.
A Walk in the Woods [WLKWD] debuted in third place with $10.5 million, and $12.5 million since opening on Wednesday. Broad Green's first wide release brought out an audience that was 85% over the age of 25 and 55% female.
The action reboot Transporter Refueled [TRNS4] grossed $9.0 million to open fifth overall. The first release by Relativity EuropaCorp Distribution attracted an audience that was 61% male and 67% over the age of 25,
The Spanish-language animated film Un Gallo con Mucho Huevos [UGCMH] tallied $4.4 million from 395 theaters.
| Title | F-S-S-M | Total | |
| 1 | War Room | 12,550,000 | 27,863,458 |
| 2 | Straight Outta Compton | 11,061,050 | 149,996,755 |
| 3 | A Walk In The Woods | 10,500,000 | 12,500,000 |
| 4 | Mission: Impossible Rogue Nation | 9,300,000 | 182,536,692 |
| 5 | Transporter Refueled, The | 9,000,000 | 9,000,000 |
| 6 | No Escape | 7,032,000 | 20,033,079 |
| 7 | Inside Out | 4,544,000 | 349,617,280 |
| 8 | Man From U.N.C.L.E. | 4,445,000 | 40,379,148 |
| 9 | Un Gallo con Muchos Huevos | 4,420,000 | 4,420,000 |
| 10 | Sinister 2 | 4,252,000 | 24,591,893 |
| 11 | Minions | 3,911,810 | 329,783,270 |
| 12 | Ant-Man | 3,779,000 | 174,081,700 |
Tag(s): WARRM, SOCMP, WLKWD, TRNS4, UGCMH