While we expected Straight Outta Compton to be a sizable hit ever since we saw the first trailer, not everyone foresaw big numbers for an R-rated biopic about a controversial rap group who peaked 25 years ago. As it turns out, there's a big audience for that, and -- interestingly enough -- with $60 million the movie about Ice Cube (played on-screen by his son) had a better debut than anything starring Ice Cube, including 22 Jump Street.

Leading up to the movie's opening, awareness circulated very well thanks to a meme generator where fans could substitute their own hometown in place of "Compton" in the title's logo. Well, it could have been small enough to just catch fans' interest. Instead it became a fun way for the entire Internet, including celebrities as wide ranging as Ryan Reynolds and Bette Midler (plus the Obama administration), to make pop-culture-based gags parodying the title phrase.

Viral marketing is a tough game, especially when it comes to promoting movies that aren't certain blockbusters, and when ideas get repurposed as this one did, it can backfire. Fortunately, this meme-tastic explosion was simple and enjoyable enough that it may have even done some good. If nothing else, it reminded everyone of Chris Rock's gangsta rap satire CB4. 

Here are our ten favorite movie-related takes on the Straight Outta Compton meme:

 

 

 

 

 

 

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If you have any favorite movie-related Straight Outta Compton memes, leave 'em in the comments below!