Week Domestic Box Office October 16, 1987
| Rank | Prev | Title | Gross | Weekly Change |
Theaters | Theater Average |
Total Gross | Days in Release | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | (1) | Fatal Attraction | $10,713,361 | -17% | 1,324 | $8,092 | $58,507,304 | 35 | |
| 2 | (2) | Like Father Like Son | $5,091,800 | -26% | 1,272 | $4,003 | $20,661,892 | 21 | |
| 3 | (3) | The Princess Bride | $4,525,867 | -13% | 623 | $7,265 | $10,301,487 | 28 | |
| 4 | (4) | Someone to Watch Over Me | $2,857,848 | -16% | 894 | $3,197 | $6,262,895 | 14 | |
| 5 | (6) | Dirty Dancing | $2,445,828 | +2% | 1,012 | $2,417 | $35,444,317 | 63 | |
| 6 | (10) | Baby Boom | $1,600,496 | -3% | 200 | $8,002 | $3,497,723 | 16 | |
| 7 | (12) | RoboCop | $500,864 | -2% | 417 | $1,201 | $52,524,692 | 98 | |
| 8 | (14) | I’ve Heard the Mermaids Singing | $114,130 | +21% | 17 | $6,714 | $397,959 | 42 | |
| 9 | (15) | Withnail & I | $32,845 | +11% | 18 | $1,825 | $1,464,192 | 126 | |
| Reporting movies: 9 | $27,883,039 | total box office | |||||||
| Rank | Title | Daily | Theaters | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fatal Attraction | $10,713,361 | 1,324 | $58,507,304 |
| 2 | Like Father Like Son | $5,091,800 | 1,272 | $20,661,892 |
| 3 | The Princess Bride | $4,525,867 | 623 | $10,301,487 |
| 4 | Someone to Watch Over Me | $2,857,848 | 894 | $6,262,895 |
| 5 | Dirty Dancing | $2,445,828 | 1,012 | $35,444,317 |
| 6 | Baby Boom | $1,600,496 | 200 | $3,497,723 |
| 7 | RoboCop | $500,864 | 417 | $52,524,692 |
| 8 | I’ve Heard the Mermaids Singing | $114,130 | 17 | $397,959 |
| 9 | Withnail & I | $32,845 | 18 | $1,464,192 |
| Reporting: 9 | $27,883,039 | total | ||