Weekend Domestic Box Office October 16, 1987
| Rank | Prev | Title | Daily Gross | Weekly Change |
Theaters | Theater Average |
Total Gross | Days in Release | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | (1) | Fatal Attraction | $7,688,730 | -27% | 1,324 | $5,807 | $55,482,673 | 31 | |
| 2 | (2) | Like Father Like Son | $4,258,800 | -30% | 1,272 | $3,348 | $19,828,892 | 17 | |
| 3 | (3) | The Princess Bride | $3,632,285 | -19% | 623 | $5,830 | $9,407,905 | 24 | |
| 4 | (4) | Someone to Watch Over Me | $2,243,204 | -23% | 894 | $2,509 | $5,648,251 | 10 | |
| 5 | (6) | Dirty Dancing | $1,839,181 | -9% | 1,012 | $1,817 | $34,837,670 | 59 | |
| 6 | (5) | Surrender | $1,277,375 | -43% | 1,067 | $1,197 | $3,981,037 | 10 | |
| 7 | (7) | The Principal | $1,268,300 | -31% | 1,153 | $1,100 | $16,829,787 | 31 | |
| 8 | (8) | Stakeout | $1,241,404 | -26% | 1,087 | $1,142 | $60,447,730 | 75 | |
| 9 | (10) | Baby Boom | $1,220,486 | -10% | 200 | $6,102 | $3,117,713 | 12 | |
| 10 | (new) | Hello Mary Lou: Prom Night 2 | $911,351 | 343 | $2,657 | $911,351 | 3 | ||
| 11 | (9) | Three O’Clock High | $845,595 | -44% | 817 | $1,035 | $2,570,987 | 10 | |
| 12 | (-) | La Bamba | $776,459 | 710 | $1,094 | $52,678,820 | 87 | ||
| 13 | (11) | Hellraiser | $755,827 | -24% | 814 | $929 | $13,323,420 | 31 | |
| 14 | (-) | No Way Out | $603,416 | 573 | $1,053 | $33,620,180 | 66 | ||
| 15 | (-) | The Pick-Up Artist | $513,934 | 314 | $1,637 | $11,639,467 | 31 | ||
| 16 | (12) | RoboCop | $354,826 | -9% | 417 | $851 | $52,378,654 | 94 | |
| 17 | (13) | Maurice | $204,600 | +21% | 22 | $9,300 | $823,090 | 291 | |
| 18 | (14) | I’ve Heard the Mermaids Singing | $74,152 | -11% | 17 | $4,362 | $357,981 | 38 | |
| 19 | (15) | Withnail & I | $21,063 | -3% | 18 | $1,170 | $1,452,410 | 122 | |
| Reporting movies: 19 | $29,730,988 | total box office | |||||||
| Rank | Title | Daily | Theaters | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fatal Attraction | $7,688,730 | 1,324 | $55,482,673 |
| 2 | Like Father Like Son | $4,258,800 | 1,272 | $19,828,892 |
| 3 | The Princess Bride | $3,632,285 | 623 | $9,407,905 |
| 4 | Someone to Watch Over Me | $2,243,204 | 894 | $5,648,251 |
| 5 | Dirty Dancing | $1,839,181 | 1,012 | $34,837,670 |
| 6 | Surrender | $1,277,375 | 1,067 | $3,981,037 |
| 7 | The Principal | $1,268,300 | 1,153 | $16,829,787 |
| 8 | Stakeout | $1,241,404 | 1,087 | $60,447,730 |
| 9 | Baby Boom | $1,220,486 | 200 | $3,117,713 |
| 10 | Hello Mary Lou: Prom Night 2 | $911,351 | 343 | $911,351 |
| 11 | Three O’Clock High | $845,595 | 817 | $2,570,987 |
| 12 | La Bamba | $776,459 | 710 | $52,678,820 |
| 13 | Hellraiser | $755,827 | 814 | $13,323,420 |
| 14 | No Way Out | $603,416 | 573 | $33,620,180 |
| 15 | The Pick-Up Artist | $513,934 | 314 | $11,639,467 |
| 16 | RoboCop | $354,826 | 417 | $52,378,654 |
| 17 | Maurice | $204,600 | 22 | $823,090 |
| 18 | I’ve Heard the Mermaids Singing | $74,152 | 17 | $357,981 |
| 19 | Withnail & I | $21,063 | 18 | $1,452,410 |
| Reporting: 19 | $29,730,988 | total | ||