Week Domestic Box Office August 21, 1987
| Rank | Prev | Title | Daily Gross | Weekly Change |
Theaters | Theater Average |
Total Gross | Days in Release | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | (1) | Stakeout | $8,426,801 | -4% | 1,102 | $7,647 | $26,893,340 | 23 | |
| 2 | (2) | Can’t Buy Me Love | $6,485,519 | -21% | 1,283 | $5,055 | $14,704,915 | 14 | |
| 3 | (new) | Born in East L.A. | $6,449,600 | 1,112 | $5,800 | $6,449,600 | 7 | ||
| 4 | (new) | Dirty Dancing | $6,358,688 | 975 | $6,522 | $6,358,688 | 7 | ||
| 5 | (4) | No Way Out | $5,847,870 | -9% | 817 | $7,158 | $12,273,783 | 14 | |
| 6 | (5) | La Bamba | $4,930,818 | -11% | 1,105 | $4,462 | $34,966,762 | 35 | |
| 7 | (8) | RoboCop | $3,305,733 | -21% | 1,148 | $2,880 | $43,173,851 | 42 | |
| 8 | (9) | Predator | $378,888 | -38% | 301 | $1,259 | $55,667,821 | 77 | |
| 9 | (10) | Withnail & I | $99,319 | +17% | 22 | $4,515 | $1,002,984 | 70 | |
| Reporting movies: 9 | $42,283,236 | total box office | |||||||
| Rank | Title | Daily | Theaters | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stakeout | $8,426,801 | 1,102 | $26,893,340 |
| 2 | Can’t Buy Me Love | $6,485,519 | 1,283 | $14,704,915 |
| 3 | Born in East L.A. | $6,449,600 | 1,112 | $6,449,600 |
| 4 | Dirty Dancing | $6,358,688 | 975 | $6,358,688 |
| 5 | No Way Out | $5,847,870 | 817 | $12,273,783 |
| 6 | La Bamba | $4,930,818 | 1,105 | $34,966,762 |
| 7 | RoboCop | $3,305,733 | 1,148 | $43,173,851 |
| 8 | Predator | $378,888 | 301 | $55,667,821 |
| 9 | Withnail & I | $99,319 | 22 | $1,002,984 |
| Reporting: 9 | $42,283,236 | total | ||