The Top Movies, Weekend of October 2, 1987

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(1)	Fatal Attraction	Paramount Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$9,347,602	+21.28%	1,297	$7,207	$31,229,365	17
2	(new)	Like Father Like Son	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$7,189,452		1,167	$6,161	$7,189,452	3
3	(2)	The Principal	Sony/TriStar	Action	$2,411,805	-32.00%	1,157	$2,085	$12,745,287	17
4	(4)	Stakeout	Buena Vista	Comedy	$2,016,049	-21.01%	1,204	$1,674	$56,672,746	61
5	(6)	Dirty Dancing	Vestron	Drama	$1,878,207	-10.59%	990	$1,897	$30,011,849	45
6	(3)	Hellraiser	New World	Horror	$1,708,246	-35.72%	1,072	$1,594	$10,802,284	17
7	(5)	The Pick-Up Artist	20th Century Fox	Romantic Comedy	$1,435,190	-42.38%	1,092	$1,314	$9,876,837	17
8	(new)	Big Shots	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$1,417,738		932	$1,521	$1,417,738	3
9	(7)	La Bamba	Sony Pictures	Drama	$1,080,736	-26.99%	887	$1,218	$50,599,842	73
10	(8)	No Way Out	Orion Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$997,522	-26.02%	758	$1,316	$31,748,057	52
11	(9)	Can't Buy Me Love	Buena Vista	Romantic Comedy	$674,716	-34.64%	744	$907	$29,118,395	52
12	(10)	The Big Easy	Sony Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$665,827	-29.92%	548	$1,215	$16,351,403	45
13	(new)	Near Dark			$635,789		262	$2,427	$635,789	3
14	(11)	Best Seller	Orion Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$629,488	-30.47%	249	$2,528	$1,856,513	10
15	(13)	RoboCop	Orion Pictures	Action	$456,266	-28.77%	471	$969	$51,327,050	80
16	(12)	The Big Town	Sony Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$394,659	-49.19%	754	$523	$1,485,964	10
17	(15)	Hamburger Hill	Paramount Pictures	Drama	$347,112	-33.23%	544	$638	$12,841,759	38
18	(16)	The Lost Boys	Warner Bros.	Horror	$345,084	-12.73%	432	$799	$30,331,685	66
19	(14)	China Girl	Vestron	Drama	$282,302	-46.87%	110	$2,566	$918,055	10
20	(27)	Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs	Buena Vista	Musical	$274,838	+15.01%	496	$554	$43,805,026	18,185
21	(17)	The Living Daylights	MGM	Action	$262,131	-27.78%	404	$649	$50,096,813	66
22	(20)	Full Metal Jacket	Warner Bros.	Drama	$228,798	-24.40%	362	$632	$45,015,999	101
23	(22)	Dragnet	Universal	Comedy	$219,620	-20.86%	278	$790	$56,287,154	101
24	(21)	Beverly Hills Cop II	Paramount Pictures	Action	$219,091	-21.51%	256	$856	$152,932,902	138
25	(29)	The Princess Bride	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$204,198	-0.99%	9	$22,689	$500,847	10
26	(26)	Adventures in Babysitting	Buena Vista	Comedy	$201,207	-16.07%	348	$578	$33,790,923	94
27	(23)	Summer School	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$193,585	-28.15%	250	$774	$35,114,428	75
28	(24)	The Untouchables	Paramount Pictures	Action	$180,087	-29.24%	205	$878	$75,729,280	124
29	(re-entry)	My Life as a Dog	Skouras	Drama	$160,599		67	$2,397	$4,926,245	157
30	(19)	The Fourth Protocol	Lorimar Motion Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$160,412	-50.91%	244	$657	$12,144,184	38