Domestic Box Office For October 1987
| Rank | Release | Gross | Max Th | Opening | % of Total | Open Th | Open | Close | Distributor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Like Father Like Son | $34,377,585 | 1,277 | $7,189,452 | 20.9% | 1,167 | Oct 2 | - | TriStar Pictures |
| 2 | Baby Boom | $26,712,476 | 892 | $1,357,413 | 5.1% | 195 | Oct 9 | - | United Artists |
| 3 | Suspect | $18,782,400 | 1,029 | $4,152,015 | 22.1% | 1,029 | Oct 23 | - | TriStar Pictures |
| 4 | Prince of Darkness | $14,182,492 | 1,239 | $4,657,401 | 32.8% | 1,239 | Oct 23 | - | Universal Pictures |
| 5 | Fatal Beauty | $12,046,526 | 1,117 | $2,693,714 | 22.4% | 1,117 | Oct 30 | - | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) |
| 6 | Someone to Watch Over Me | $10,278,549 | 894 | $2,908,796 | 28.3% | 892 | Oct 9 | - | Columbia Pictures |
| 7 | Hope and Glory | $10,021,120 | 328 | $25,497 | 0.3% | 2 | Oct 16 | Apr 21 | Columbia Pictures |
| 8 | The Hidden | $9,747,988 | 1,045 | $2,492,618 | 25.6% | 1,045 | Oct 30 | - | New Line Cinema |
| 9 | Surrender | $5,711,976 | 1,067 | $2,256,557 | 39.5% | 1,067 | Oct 9 | - | Warner Bros. |
| 10 | The Sicilian | $5,406,879 | 370 | $1,720,351 | 31.8% | 370 | Oct 23 | - | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 11 | Three O'Clock High | $3,685,862 | 849 | $1,506,975 | 40.9% | 849 | Oct 9 | - | Universal Pictures |
| 12 | Big Shots | $3,390,043 | 932 | $1,417,738 | 41.8% | 932 | Oct 2 | - | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 13 | Near Dark | $3,369,307 | 429 | $635,789 | 18.9% | 262 | Oct 2 | - | De Laurentiis Entertainment Group (DEG) |
| 14 | Barfly | $3,221,568 | 2 | $45,900 | 1.4% | 2 | Oct 16 | - | Cannon Film Distributors |
| 15 | No Man's Land | $2,877,571 | 510 | $1,088,273 | 37.8% | 510 | Oct 23 | - | Orion Pictures |
| 16 | Hello Mary Lou: Prom Night II | $2,683,519 | 343 | $911,351 | 34% | 343 | Oct 16 | - | The Samuel Goldwyn Company |
| 17 | House of Games | $2,585,639 | 9 | $116,677 | 4.5% | 9 | Oct 16 | - | Orion Pictures |
| 18 | Weeds | $2,325,444 | 86 | $132,970 | 5.7% | 8 | Oct 16 | - | De Laurentiis Entertainment Group (DEG) |
| 19 | The Whales of August | $1,338,198 | - | - | - | - | Oct 16 | - | Alive Films |
| 20 | Sammy and Rosie Get Laid | $1,196,336 | 15 | $31,899 | 2.7% | 3 | Oct 30 | - | Cinecom Pictures |
| 21 | Dancers | $1,190,416 | 12 | $36,112 | 3% | 12 | Oct 9 | - | Cannon Film Distributors |
| 22 | Nightflyers | $1,149,470 | - | - | - | - | Oct 23 | - | New Century |
| 23 | The Glass Menagerie | $895,904 | - | - | - | - | Oct 23 | - | Cineplex Odeon Films |
| 24 | Chuck Berry: Hail! Hail! Rock 'n' Roll | $719,323 | 33 | $156,597 | 21.8% | 33 | Oct 9 | - | Universal Pictures |
| 25 | Man on Fire | $519,596 | 178 | $258,812 | 49.8% | 178 | Oct 9 | Oct 29 | TriStar Pictures |
| 26 | The Killing Time | $500,283 | - | - | - | - | Oct 23 | - | New World Pictures |
| 27 | Slam Dance | $406,881 | 47 | $125,349 | 30.8% | 47 | Oct 2 | - | Island Pictures |
| 28 | Gaby: A True Story | $125,400 | - | - | - | - | Oct 30 | - | TriStar Pictures |
| 29 | My Little Girl | $25,000 | - | - | - | - | Oct 30 | - | Hemdale |
| 30 | Zombie High | $21,905 | 25 | $12,165 | 55.5% | 25 | Oct 2 | - | Palisades Pictures |
