'War Room' Ends Box Office Streak for 'Straight Outta Compton'

A sleepy Labor Day holiday at the box office gave room for two films to shine -- the faith-based "War Room" and the animated Spanish-language movie "Un Gallo con Muchos Huevos" -- as "Straight Outta Compton finally bowed out of the top spot.

Driven by Christian moviegoers, "War Room," a heartfelt drama about the power of prayer, took first place with $13.4 million in its second week, knocking down "Compton" a couple of notches with $10.8 million for a third-place finish after three weeks, according to estimates Monday.

Among the new releases, Robert Redford's "A Walk in Woods" finished second with $10.9 million over the four-day weekend and "The Transporter: Refueled" with Ed Skrein taking over for Jason Statham opened with $9 million for fifth place. "Mission: Impossible -- Rogue Nation" remained in the top five with $9.4 million for the fourth slot.

The biggest surprise was the relatively strong opening for "Un Gallo con Muchos Huevos ("A Rooster with Man Eggs"), a big hit in Mexico, that brought in $4.4 million on just 395 screens in the United States, showing the power of the Spanish-language audience.

"When you can be culturally relevant to a demo, I think there is an audience for this kind of film here,” Paul Presburger, chief executive of distributor Pantelion, tells The Wrap. “That is what Pantelion’s mission is. We don’t compete with action, superhero or even horror pictures. But when we do comedy and family together — and most Latinos go to the movies as a family — we can do very well.”