WASHINGTON: Faith-based drama “War Room” has had its prayers answered, rising to the top of the North American box office chart in its second week in movie theaters, industry trackers said Sunday.

About a seemingly perfect couple in a crumbling marriage who find help through prayer, the Christian release made more than $9.3 million on a slow Labor Day weekend.

That was enough to bounce “Straight Outta Compton,” a biopic about a pioneering rap group, from the top spot, which it had held for three straight weeks.

Its estimated $8.8 million haul kept it in second place, for a cumulative $147.8 million over four weeks.

“A Walk in the Woods,” with Robert Redford and Nick Nolte, came in third its first weekend in North American theaters with a $4.2 million box office take.

Based on a book by travel writer Bill Bryson, the film dramatizes his homecoming hike along the Appalachian trail with an old friend, after a long absence from America.

Fourth went to “Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation,” the heart-pounding Tom Cruise vehicle, which pulled in $7.1 million its sixth week in theaters for a cumulative gross of $180.5 million.

Just behind it in fifth place was action thriller “Transporter: Refueled” by French director Camille Delamarrenu, which made $7.1 million during its debut weekend.