Week Domestic Box Office September 18, 1987
| Rank | Prev | Title | Daily Gross | Weekly Change |
Theaters | Theater Average |
Total Gross | Days in Release | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | (new) | Fatal Attraction | $11,001,747 | 758 | $14,514 | $11,001,747 | 7 | ||
| 2 | (new) | The Principal | $5,858,710 | 1,196 | $4,899 | $5,858,710 | 7 | ||
| 3 | (new) | Hellraiser | $5,697,211 | 1,097 | $5,193 | $5,697,211 | 7 | ||
| 4 | (new) | The Pick-Up Artist | $5,374,976 | 1,129 | $4,761 | $5,374,976 | 7 | ||
| 5 | (1) | Stakeout | $4,154,736 | -23% | 1,331 | $3,122 | $51,430,905 | 51 | |
| 6 | (2) | Dirty Dancing | $3,276,960 | -29% | 994 | $3,297 | $25,275,380 | 35 | |
| 7 | (3) | No Way Out | $2,397,114 | -32% | 1,068 | $2,244 | $29,028,786 | 42 | |
| 8 | (5) | La Bamba | $2,132,773 | -22% | 1,059 | $2,014 | $47,760,500 | 63 | |
| 9 | (4) | The Big Easy | $1,731,453 | -44% | 949 | $1,825 | $14,518,147 | 35 | |
| 10 | (6) | Can’t Buy Me Love | $1,693,570 | -33% | 961 | $1,762 | $27,147,526 | 42 | |
| 11 | (7) | RoboCop | $957,676 | -36% | 598 | $1,601 | $49,975,748 | 70 | |
| 12 | (-) | Maurice | $94,782 | 1 | $94,782 | $94,782 | 267 | ||
| 13 | (9) | Withnail & I | $47,259 | -29% | 18 | $2,626 | $1,294,595 | 98 | |
| 14 | (10) | I’ve Heard the Mermaids Singing | $29,879 | -25% | 2 | $14,940 | $69,719 | 14 | |
| 15 | (11) | Apocalypse Now | $12,088 | +406% | 6 | $2,015 | $78,880,224 | 2,959 | |
| Reporting movies: 15 | $44,460,934 | total box office | |||||||
| Rank | Title | Daily | Theaters | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fatal Attraction | $11,001,747 | 758 | $11,001,747 |
| 2 | The Principal | $5,858,710 | 1,196 | $5,858,710 |
| 3 | Hellraiser | $5,697,211 | 1,097 | $5,697,211 |
| 4 | The Pick-Up Artist | $5,374,976 | 1,129 | $5,374,976 |
| 5 | Stakeout | $4,154,736 | 1,331 | $51,430,905 |
| 6 | Dirty Dancing | $3,276,960 | 994 | $25,275,380 |
| 7 | No Way Out | $2,397,114 | 1,068 | $29,028,786 |
| 8 | La Bamba | $2,132,773 | 1,059 | $47,760,500 |
| 9 | The Big Easy | $1,731,453 | 949 | $14,518,147 |
| 10 | Can’t Buy Me Love | $1,693,570 | 961 | $27,147,526 |
| 11 | RoboCop | $957,676 | 598 | $49,975,748 |
| 12 | Maurice | $94,782 | 1 | $94,782 |
| 13 | Withnail & I | $47,259 | 18 | $1,294,595 |
| 14 | I’ve Heard the Mermaids Singing | $29,879 | 2 | $69,719 |
| 15 | Apocalypse Now | $12,088 | 6 | $78,880,224 |
| Reporting: 15 | $44,460,934 | total | ||