The Top Movies, Weekend of May 15, 1987

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(new)	Ishtar	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$4,331,817		1,139	$3,803	$4,331,817	3
2	(new)	The Gate	New Century Vista Film Company	Horror	$4,258,063		1,139	$3,738	$4,258,063	3
3	(1)	The Secret of My Success	Universal	Comedy	$3,910,286	+1.92%	1,331	$2,938	$43,593,368	38
4	(2)	Blind Date	Sony/TriStar	Comedy	$1,779,611	-10.00%	1,081	$1,646	$35,287,458	52
5	(7)	Lethal Weapon	Warner Bros.	Action	$1,373,387	-0.07%	1,017	$1,350	$57,115,467	73
6	(3)	Creepshow 2	New World	Horror	$1,228,196	-33.72%	856	$1,435	$7,997,683	17
7	(8)	Platoon	Orion Pictures	Drama	$1,185,238	-8.07%	1,099	$1,078	$127,551,060	150
8	(6)	Project X	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$1,167,811	-15.13%	973	$1,200	$13,497,605	31
9	(4)	Gardens of Stone	Sony Pictures	Drama	$1,064,176	-35.33%	612	$1,739	$3,282,249	10
10	(10)	Raising Arizona	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$1,001,442	-11.21%	686	$1,460	$16,604,873	66