Weekend Domestic Box Office September 11, 1987
| Rank | Prev | Title | Gross | Weekly Change |
Theaters | Theater Average |
Total Gross | Days in Release | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | (1) | Stakeout | $4,202,518 | -41% | 1,364 | $3,081 | $46,067,684 | 40 | |
| 2 | (2) | Dirty Dancing | $3,542,221 | -28% | 1,009 | $3,511 | $20,949,272 | 24 | |
| 3 | (3) | No Way Out | $2,626,761 | -40% | 1,118 | $2,350 | $25,748,395 | 31 | |
| 4 | (4) | The Big Easy | $2,348,285 | -44% | 1,145 | $2,051 | $12,054,562 | 24 | |
| 5 | (5) | La Bamba | $2,194,731 | -41% | 1,192 | $1,841 | $45,077,268 | 52 | |
| 6 | (6) | Can’t Buy Me Love | $2,015,134 | -45% | 1,143 | $1,763 | $24,932,969 | 31 | |
| 7 | (7) | The Fourth Protocol | $1,538,895 | -53% | 932 | $1,651 | $10,205,204 | 17 | |
| 8 | (8) | Hamburger Hill | $1,450,736 | -52% | 810 | $1,791 | $10,037,996 | 17 | |
| 9 | (new) | The Curse | $1,169,922 | 326 | $3,589 | $1,169,922 | 3 | ||
| 10 | (10) | Born in East L.A. | $1,154,730 | -48% | 631 | $1,830 | $13,618,780 | 24 | |
| 11 | (12) | RoboCop | $1,075,909 | -44% | 791 | $1,360 | $48,602,772 | 59 | |
| 12 | (34) | Predator | $168,017 | +10% | 239 | $703 | $56,289,343 | 94 | |
| 13 | (35) | Withnail & I | $42,893 | -45% | 25 | $1,716 | $1,224,067 | 87 | |
| 14 | (new) | I’ve Heard the Mermaids Singing | $25,998 | 1 | $25,998 | $25,998 | 3 | ||
| 15 | (36) | Apocalypse Now | $1,499 | -91% | 2 | $750 | $78,867,248 | 2,948 | |
| Reporting movies: 15 | $23,558,249 | total box office | |||||||
| Rank | Title | Daily | Theaters | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stakeout | $4,202,518 | 1,364 | $46,067,684 |
| 2 | Dirty Dancing | $3,542,221 | 1,009 | $20,949,272 |
| 3 | No Way Out | $2,626,761 | 1,118 | $25,748,395 |
| 4 | The Big Easy | $2,348,285 | 1,145 | $12,054,562 |
| 5 | La Bamba | $2,194,731 | 1,192 | $45,077,268 |
| 6 | Can’t Buy Me Love | $2,015,134 | 1,143 | $24,932,969 |
| 7 | The Fourth Protocol | $1,538,895 | 932 | $10,205,204 |
| 8 | Hamburger Hill | $1,450,736 | 810 | $10,037,996 |
| 9 | The Curse | $1,169,922 | 326 | $1,169,922 |
| 10 | Born in East L.A. | $1,154,730 | 631 | $13,618,780 |
| 11 | RoboCop | $1,075,909 | 791 | $48,602,772 |
| 12 | Predator | $168,017 | 239 | $56,289,343 |
| 13 | Withnail & I | $42,893 | 25 | $1,224,067 |
| 14 | I’ve Heard the Mermaids Singing | $25,998 | 1 | $25,998 |
| 15 | Apocalypse Now | $1,499 | 2 | $78,867,248 |
| Reporting: 15 | $23,558,249 | total | ||