The Top Movies, Weekend of September 18, 1987

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(new)	Fatal Attraction	Paramount Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$7,602,740		758	$10,030	$7,602,740	3
2	(new)	The Principal	Sony/TriStar	Action	$4,697,710		1,196	$3,928	$4,697,710	3
3	(new)	Hellraiser	New World	Horror	$4,653,232		1,097	$4,242	$4,653,232	3
4	(new)	The Pick-Up Artist	20th Century Fox	Romantic Comedy	$4,455,516		1,129	$3,946	$4,455,516	3
5	(1)	Stakeout	Buena Vista	Comedy	$3,322,349	-20.94%	1,331	$2,496	$50,598,518	47
6	(2)	Dirty Dancing	Vestron	Drama	$2,471,555	-30.23%	994	$2,486	$24,469,975	31
7	(3)	No Way Out	Orion Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$1,808,826	-31.14%	1,068	$1,694	$28,440,498	38
8	(5)	La Bamba	Sony Pictures	Drama	$1,788,161	-18.52%	1,059	$1,689	$47,415,888	59
9	(4)	The Big Easy	Sony Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$1,446,211	-38.41%	949	$1,524	$14,232,905	31
10	(6)	Can't Buy Me Love	Buena Vista	Romantic Comedy	$1,377,630	-31.64%	961	$1,434	$26,831,586	38