Week Domestic Box Office October 2, 1987
| Rank | Prev | Title | Gross | Weekly Change |
Theaters | Theater Average |
Total Gross | Days in Release | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | (1) | Fatal Attraction | $12,986,764 | +19% | 1,297 | $10,013 | $34,868,527 | 21 | |
| 2 | (new) | Like Father Like Son | $8,695,492 | 1,167 | $7,451 | $8,695,492 | 7 | ||
| 3 | (2) | The Principal | $3,053,805 | -32% | 1,157 | $2,639 | $13,387,287 | 21 | |
| 4 | (4) | Stakeout | $2,546,064 | -21% | 1,204 | $2,115 | $57,202,761 | 65 | |
| 5 | (6) | Dirty Dancing | $2,476,217 | -13% | 990 | $2,501 | $30,609,859 | 49 | |
| 6 | (3) | Hellraiser | $2,124,307 | -37% | 1,104 | $1,924 | $11,218,345 | 21 | |
| 7 | (13) | RoboCop | $642,897 | -28% | 471 | $1,365 | $51,513,681 | 84 | |
| 8 | (26) | The Princess Bride | $289,165 | -3% | 9 | $32,129 | $585,814 | 14 | |
| 9 | (27) | Maurice | $200,671 | +142% | 7 | $28,667 | $378,490 | 281 | |
| 10 | (29) | I’ve Heard the Mermaids Singing | $88,443 | +185% | 11 | $8,040 | $189,180 | 28 | |
| 11 | (28) | Withnail & I | $52,758 | -3% | 25 | $2,110 | $1,401,781 | 112 | |
| Reporting movies: 11 | $33,156,583 | total box office | |||||||
| Rank | Title | Daily | Theaters | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fatal Attraction | $12,986,764 | 1,297 | $34,868,527 |
| 2 | Like Father Like Son | $8,695,492 | 1,167 | $8,695,492 |
| 3 | The Principal | $3,053,805 | 1,157 | $13,387,287 |
| 4 | Stakeout | $2,546,064 | 1,204 | $57,202,761 |
| 5 | Dirty Dancing | $2,476,217 | 990 | $30,609,859 |
| 6 | Hellraiser | $2,124,307 | 1,104 | $11,218,345 |
| 7 | RoboCop | $642,897 | 471 | $51,513,681 |
| 8 | The Princess Bride | $289,165 | 9 | $585,814 |
| 9 | Maurice | $200,671 | 7 | $378,490 |
| 10 | I’ve Heard the Mermaids Singing | $88,443 | 11 | $189,180 |
| 11 | Withnail & I | $52,758 | 25 | $1,401,781 |
| Reporting: 11 | $33,156,583 | total | ||