The Top Movies, Weekend of October 9, 1987

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(1)	Fatal Attraction	Paramount Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$10,554,336	+12.91%	1,321	$7,990	$45,422,863	24
2	(2)	Like Father Like Son	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$6,081,600	-15.41%	1,267	$4,800	$14,777,092	10
3	(re-entry)	The Princess Bride	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$4,480,140		622	$7,203	$5,065,954	17
4	(new)	Someone to Watch Over Me	Columbia	Action	$2,908,796		892	$3,261	$2,908,796	3
5	(new)	Surrender	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$2,256,557		1,067	$2,115	$2,256,557	3
6	(5)	Dirty Dancing	Vestron	Drama	$2,021,673	+7.64%	978	$2,067	$32,631,532	52
7	(3)	The Principal	Sony/TriStar	Action	$1,851,200	-23.24%	1,157	$1,600	$15,238,487	24
8	(4)	Stakeout	Buena Vista	Comedy	$1,686,809	-16.33%	1,115	$1,513	$58,889,570	68
9	(new)	Three O'Clock High	Universal	Comedy	$1,506,975		849	$1,775	$1,506,975	3
10	(new)	Baby Boom	MGM	Comedy	$1,357,413		195	$6,961	$1,608,924	5