Weekend Domestic Box Office October 9, 1987
| Rank | Prev | Title | Daily Gross | Weekly Change |
Theaters | Theater Average |
Total Gross | Days in Release | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | (1) | Fatal Attraction | $10,554,336 | +13% | 1,321 | $7,990 | $45,422,863 | 24 | |
| 2 | (2) | Like Father Like Son | $6,081,600 | -15% | 1,267 | $4,800 | $14,777,092 | 10 | |
| 3 | (25) | The Princess Bride | $4,480,140 | +2,094% | 622 | $7,203 | $5,065,954 | 17 | |
| 4 | (new) | Someone to Watch Over Me | $2,908,796 | 892 | $3,261 | $2,908,796 | 3 | ||
| 5 | (new) | Surrender | $2,256,557 | 1,067 | $2,115 | $2,256,557 | 3 | ||
| 6 | (5) | Dirty Dancing | $2,021,673 | +8% | 978 | $2,067 | $32,631,532 | 52 | |
| 7 | (3) | The Principal | $1,851,200 | -23% | 1,157 | $1,600 | $15,238,487 | 24 | |
| 8 | (4) | Stakeout | $1,686,809 | -16% | 1,115 | $1,513 | $58,889,570 | 68 | |
| 9 | (new) | Three O’Clock High | $1,506,975 | 849 | $1,775 | $1,506,975 | 3 | ||
| 10 | (new) | Baby Boom | $1,357,413 | 195 | $6,961 | $1,608,924 | 5 | ||
| 11 | (6) | Hellraiser | $988,098 | -42% | 892 | $1,108 | $12,206,443 | 24 | |
| 12 | (15) | RoboCop | $391,526 | -14% | 390 | $1,004 | $51,905,207 | 87 | |
| 13 | (31) | Maurice | $168,491 | +32% | 18 | $9,361 | $546,981 | 284 | |
| 14 | (32) | I’ve Heard the Mermaids Singing | $83,071 | +26% | 14 | $5,934 | $272,251 | 31 | |
| 15 | (33) | Withnail & I | $21,686 | -38% | 19 | $1,141 | $1,423,467 | 115 | |
| Reporting movies: 15 | $36,358,371 | total box office | |||||||
| Rank | Title | Daily | Theaters | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fatal Attraction | $10,554,336 | 1,321 | $45,422,863 |
| 2 | Like Father Like Son | $6,081,600 | 1,267 | $14,777,092 |
| 3 | The Princess Bride | $4,480,140 | 622 | $5,065,954 |
| 4 | Someone to Watch Over Me | $2,908,796 | 892 | $2,908,796 |
| 5 | Surrender | $2,256,557 | 1,067 | $2,256,557 |
| 6 | Dirty Dancing | $2,021,673 | 978 | $32,631,532 |
| 7 | The Principal | $1,851,200 | 1,157 | $15,238,487 |
| 8 | Stakeout | $1,686,809 | 1,115 | $58,889,570 |
| 9 | Three O’Clock High | $1,506,975 | 849 | $1,506,975 |
| 10 | Baby Boom | $1,357,413 | 195 | $1,608,924 |
| 11 | Hellraiser | $988,098 | 892 | $12,206,443 |
| 12 | RoboCop | $391,526 | 390 | $51,905,207 |
| 13 | Maurice | $168,491 | 18 | $546,981 |
| 14 | I’ve Heard the Mermaids Singing | $83,071 | 14 | $272,251 |
| 15 | Withnail & I | $21,686 | 19 | $1,423,467 |
| Reporting: 15 | $36,358,371 | total | ||