Straight Outta Compton is now the highest-grossing film by a Black director in cinematic history, according to Complex.
Director F. Gary Gray is set to direct Furious 8, the next installment of the Fast & The Furious franchise.
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With the success of Straight Outta Compton, F. Gary Gray is now the highest-grossing Black director for a single film in domestic sales.
VIBE reports that with the N.W.A film now bringing in $157.5 million in the United States and Canada, Gray has surpassed Keenen Ivory Wayans, who directed Scary Movie in 2000, and Tim Story, the director of 2005’s Fantastic Four.
Scary Movie earned $157 million its first year and Fantastic Four made $154.6 million.
Fantastic Four holds the title internationally, with $175.8 million dollars in revenue. Scary Movie follows with $121 million worldwide. Straight Outta Compton has brought in $24.9 million overseas.
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That’s great. The doors should have been wide open for black directors to do more.
He should’ve gotten it for The Italian Job. That was a bad ass movie
Hell yea. That’s one of my favorite movies, it’s definitely underrated
He really is a great director. Set It Odd and A Man Apart were great movies too. The man makes classics
Congrats I guess. Even if it is a wack ass movie with a buncha lies and made up shit. Dre and Cube shitted on Eazy and Ren and so many more. Sad some of these dumb ass people watch this and think that’s how shit happened.
@ Jase…Dre and Cube didn’t shit on anyone…They were not happy about what was happening and they left…look at where are they now…and it also shows that they were the talent behind NWA…Eazy came with the financial backing but when it mattered the most failed… Eazy failed himself and the group…if Ren and Yella are so talented as people say how come they never blu up after NWA…