The Top Movies, Weekend of October 16, 1987

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(1)	Fatal Attraction	Paramount Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$7,688,730	-27.15%	1,324	$5,807	$55,482,673	31
2	(2)	Like Father Like Son	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$4,258,800	-29.97%	1,272	$3,348	$19,828,892	17
3	(3)	The Princess Bride	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$3,632,285	-18.92%	623	$5,830	$9,407,905	24
4	(4)	Someone to Watch Over Me	Columbia	Action	$2,243,204	-22.88%	894	$2,509	$5,648,251	10
5	(6)	Dirty Dancing	Vestron	Drama	$1,839,181	-9.03%	1,012	$1,817	$34,837,670	59
6	(5)	Surrender	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$1,277,375	-43.39%	1,067	$1,197	$3,981,037	10
7	(7)	The Principal	Sony/TriStar	Action	$1,268,300	-31.49%	1,153	$1,100	$16,829,787	31
8	(8)	Stakeout	Buena Vista	Comedy	$1,241,404	-26.41%	1,087	$1,142	$60,447,730	75
9	(10)	Baby Boom	MGM	Comedy	$1,220,486	-10.09%	200	$6,102	$3,117,713	12
10	(new)	Hello Mary Lou: Prom Night 2		Horror	$911,351		343	$2,657	$911,351	3
11	(9)	Three O'Clock High	Universal	Comedy	$845,595	-43.89%	817	$1,035	$2,570,987	10
12	(re-entry)	La Bamba	Sony Pictures	Drama	$776,459		710	$1,094	$52,678,820	87
13	(re-entry)	Hellraiser	New World	Horror	$755,827		814	$929	$13,323,420	31
14	(re-entry)	No Way Out	Orion Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$603,416		573	$1,053	$33,620,180	66
15	(re-entry)	The Pick-Up Artist	20th Century Fox	Romantic Comedy	$513,934		314	$1,637	$11,639,467	31