The Top Movies, Weekend of September 4, 1987

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(1)	Stakeout	Buena Vista	Comedy	$7,071,745	+49.53%	1,355	$5,219	$40,747,987	33
2	(3)	Dirty Dancing	Vestron	Drama	$4,889,239	+33.34%	1,002	$4,879	$16,465,415	17
3	(2)	No Way Out	Orion Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$4,402,922	+14.76%	1,130	$3,896	$22,162,055	24
4	(6)	The Big Easy	Sony Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$4,214,067	+39.20%	1,219	$3,457	$9,113,186	17
5	(8)	La Bamba	Sony Pictures	Drama	$3,722,785	+41.15%	1,180	$3,155	$42,433,770	45
6	(7)	Can't Buy Me Love	Buena Vista	Romantic Comedy	$3,657,688	+34.92%	1,202	$3,043	$22,385,366	24
7	(4)	The Fourth Protocol	Lorimar Motion Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$3,280,666	-9.79%	1,061	$3,092	$8,121,316	10
8	(5)	Hamburger Hill	Paramount Pictures	Drama	$3,000,070	-10.73%	814	$3,686	$7,926,209	10
9	(re-entry)	The Living Daylights	MGM	Action	$2,211,779		1,054	$2,098	$46,896,844	38
10	(10)	Born in East L.A.	Universal	Comedy	$2,210,790	-10.52%	762	$2,901	$12,082,630	17
11	(9)	House II: The Second Story	New World	Comedy	$2,155,646	-16.25%	1,032	$2,089	$5,629,565	10
12	(re-entry)	RoboCop	Orion Pictures	Action	$1,908,532		826	$2,311	$47,233,470	52
13	(re-entry)	Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs	Buena Vista	Musical	$1,729,882		1,034	$1,673	$41,992,551	18,157
14	(re-entry)	The Lost Boys	Warner Bros.	Horror	$1,593,478		871	$1,829	$27,185,462	38
15	(re-entry)	Maid to Order	New Century Vista Film Company	Comedy	$1,205,554		487	$2,475	$8,164,843	59
16	(re-entry)	Disorderlies	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$994,488		413	$2,408	$8,418,590	24
17	(re-entry)	Summer School	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$984,198		727	$1,354	$33,283,833	47
18	(re-entry)	Beverly Hills Cop II	Paramount Pictures	Action	$896,317		475	$1,887	$150,909,972	110
19	(re-entry)	Masters of the Universe	Cannon	Action	$894,407		792	$1,129	$16,316,460	31
20	(re-entry)	Full Metal Jacket	Warner Bros.	Drama	$809,528		585	$1,384	$42,946,585	73
21	(re-entry)	The Untouchables	Paramount Pictures	Action	$726,959		409	$1,777	$73,788,004	96
22	(re-entry)	Roxanne	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$726,218		440	$1,650	$37,619,827	80
23	(re-entry)	Dragnet	Universal	Comedy	$651,240		488	$1,335	$54,483,379	73
24	(re-entry)	Adventures in Babysitting	Buena Vista	Comedy	$627,762		532	$1,180	$32,205,086	66
25	(re-entry)	Back to the Beach	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$554,177		437	$1,268	$12,208,754	31
26	(re-entry)	The Witches of Eastwick	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$534,072		366	$1,459	$61,669,736	87
27	(re-entry)	My Life as a Dog	Skouras	Drama	$286,509		52	$5,510	$3,875,214	129
28	(re-entry)	Nowhere to Hide	New Century Vista Film Company	Action	$265,164		126	$2,104	$270,504	52