Week 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 | $12,925,416 | 0% | 1,321 | $9,785 | $47,793,943 | 28 | |
| 2 | (2) | Like Father Like Son | $6,874,600 | -21% | 1,267 | $5,426 | $15,570,092 | 14 | |
| 3 | (8) | The Princess Bride | $5,189,806 | +1,695% | 622 | $8,344 | $5,775,620 | 21 | |
| 4 | (new) | Someone to Watch Over Me | $3,405,047 | 892 | $3,817 | $3,405,047 | 7 | ||
| 5 | (new) | Surrender | $2,703,662 | 1,067 | $2,534 | $2,703,662 | 7 | ||
| 6 | (5) | Dirty Dancing | $2,388,630 | -4% | 978 | $2,442 | $32,998,489 | 56 | |
| 7 | (3) | The Principal | $2,174,200 | -29% | 1,157 | $1,879 | $15,561,487 | 28 | |
| 8 | (4) | Stakeout | $2,003,565 | -21% | 1,115 | $1,797 | $59,206,326 | 72 | |
| 9 | (new) | Three O’Clock High | $1,725,392 | 849 | $2,032 | $1,725,392 | 7 | ||
| 10 | (-) | Baby Boom | $1,645,716 | 195 | $8,440 | $1,897,227 | 9 | ||
| 11 | (6) | Hellraiser | $1,349,248 | -36% | 1,104 | $1,222 | $12,567,593 | 28 | |
| 12 | (7) | RoboCop | $510,147 | -21% | 390 | $1,308 | $52,023,828 | 91 | |
| 13 | (9) | Maurice | $240,000 | +20% | 18 | $13,333 | $618,490 | 288 | |
| 14 | (10) | I’ve Heard the Mermaids Singing | $94,649 | +7% | 14 | $6,761 | $283,829 | 35 | |
| 15 | (11) | Withnail & I | $29,566 | -44% | 19 | $1,556 | $1,431,347 | 119 | |
| Reporting movies: 15 | $43,259,644 | total box office | |||||||
| Rank | Title | Daily | Theaters | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fatal Attraction | $12,925,416 | 1,321 | $47,793,943 |
| 2 | Like Father Like Son | $6,874,600 | 1,267 | $15,570,092 |
| 3 | The Princess Bride | $5,189,806 | 622 | $5,775,620 |
| 4 | Someone to Watch Over Me | $3,405,047 | 892 | $3,405,047 |
| 5 | Surrender | $2,703,662 | 1,067 | $2,703,662 |
| 6 | Dirty Dancing | $2,388,630 | 978 | $32,998,489 |
| 7 | The Principal | $2,174,200 | 1,157 | $15,561,487 |
| 8 | Stakeout | $2,003,565 | 1,115 | $59,206,326 |
| 9 | Three O’Clock High | $1,725,392 | 849 | $1,725,392 |
| 10 | Baby Boom | $1,645,716 | 195 | $1,897,227 |
| 11 | Hellraiser | $1,349,248 | 1,104 | $12,567,593 |
| 12 | RoboCop | $510,147 | 390 | $52,023,828 |
| 13 | Maurice | $240,000 | 18 | $618,490 |
| 14 | I’ve Heard the Mermaids Singing | $94,649 | 14 | $283,829 |
| 15 | Withnail & I | $29,566 | 19 | $1,431,347 |
| Reporting: 15 | $43,259,644 | total | ||