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Q4 1987 is October 1-December 31.
Data as of Nov 3, 2:06 PST
Rank
Release
Genre
Budget
Running Time
Gross
Max Theaters
Total Gross
% of Total
Release Date
Distributor
1
Fatal Attraction
-
-
-
$54,377,515
1,401
$156,645,693
34.7%
Sep 18, 1987
Paramount Pictures
2
Like Father Like Son
-
-
-
$25,670,082
1,277
$34,377,585
74.7%
Oct 2, 1987
TriStar Pictures
3
The Princess Bride
-
-
-
$15,598,769
803
$30,857,814
50.6%
Sep 25, 1987
Twentieth Century Fox
4
Dirty Dancing
-
-
-
$11,242,535
1,012
$63,446,382
17.7%
Aug 21, 1987
Vestron Pictures
5
The Principal
-
-
-
$9,401,458
1,196
$19,734,940
47.6%
Sep 18, 1987
TriStar Pictures
6
Someone to Watch Over Me
-
-
-
$8,765,746
894
$10,278,549
85.3%
Oct 9, 1987
Columbia Pictures
7
Stakeout
-
-
-
$8,215,895
1,364
$65,673,233
12.5%
Aug 7, 1987
Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
8
Prince of Darkness
-
-
-
$8,061,539
1,239
$14,182,492
56.8%
Oct 23, 1987
Universal Pictures
9
Baby Boom
-
-
-
$7,898,524
892
$26,712,476
29.6%
Oct 9, 1987
United Artists
10
Suspect
-
-
-
$7,339,475
1,029
$18,782,400
39.1%
Oct 23, 1987
TriStar Pictures
11
Hellraiser
-
-
-
$5,955,250
1,104
$14,564,027
40.9%
Sep 18, 1987
New World Pictures
12
Surrender
-
-
-
$5,711,976
1,067
$5,711,976
100%
Oct 9, 1987
Warner Bros.
13
The Pick-up Artist
-
-
-
$5,286,816
1,132
$13,290,368
39.8%
Sep 18, 1987
Twentieth Century Fox
14
No Way Out
-
-
-
$5,004,944
1,130
$35,509,515
14.1%
Aug 14, 1987
Orion Pictures
15
La Bamba
-
-
-
$4,947,539
1,251
$54,215,416
9.1%
Jul 24, 1987
Columbia Pictures
16
Three O'Clock High
-
-
-
$3,685,862
849
$3,685,862
100%
Oct 9, 1987
Universal Pictures
17
Big Shots
-
-
-
$3,390,043
932
$3,390,043
100%
Oct 2, 1987
Twentieth Century Fox
18
Near Dark
-
-
-
$3,369,307
429
$3,369,307
100%
Oct 2, 1987
De Laurentiis Entertainment Group (DEG)
19
Can't Buy Me Love
-
-
-
$3,365,318
1,283
$31,623,833
10.6%
Aug 14, 1987
Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
20
Best Seller
-
-
-
$3,224,697
253
$4,278,150
75.4%
Sep 25, 1987
Orion Pictures
21
Barfly
-
-
-
$3,221,568
2
$3,221,568
100%
Oct 16, 1987
Cannon Film Distributors
22
The Sicilian
-
-
-
$2,890,243
370
$5,406,879
53.5%
Oct 23, 1987
Twentieth Century Fox
23
No Man's Land
-
-
-
$2,877,571
510
$2,877,571
100%
Oct 23, 1987
Orion Pictures
24
Hello Mary Lou: Prom Night II
-
-
-
$2,683,519
343
$2,683,519
100%
Oct 16, 1987
The Samuel Goldwyn Company
25
RoboCop
-
-
-
$2,681,759
1,601
$53,424,681
5%
Jul 17, 1987
Orion Pictures
26
House of Games
-
-
-
$2,585,639
9
$2,585,639
100%
Oct 16, 1987
Orion Pictures
27
Fatal Beauty
-
-
-
$2,166,904
1,117
$12,046,526
18%
Oct 30, 1987
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
28
The Big Easy
-
-
-
$2,166,506
1,219
$17,685,307
12.3%
Aug 21, 1987
Columbia Pictures
29
The Hidden
-
-
-
$1,996,240
1,045
$9,747,988
20.5%
Oct 30, 1987
New Line Cinema
30
Matewan
-
-
-
$1,641,247
42
$1,680,358
97.7%
Aug 28, 1987
Cinecom Pictures
31
Dancers
-
-
-
$1,190,416
12
$1,190,416
100%
Oct 9, 1987
Cannon Film Distributors
32
The Big Town
-
-
-
$797,612
762
$1,733,017
46%
Sep 25, 1987
Columbia Pictures
33
Chuck Berry: Hail! Hail! Rock 'n' Roll
-
-
-
$719,323
33
$719,323
100%
Oct 9, 1987
Universal Pictures
34
China Girl
-
-
-
$717,159
193
$1,262,091
56.8%
Sep 25, 1987
Vestron Pictures
35
Real Men
-
-
-
$606,383
150
$873,903
69.4%
Sep 25, 1987
United Artists
36
In the Mood
-
-
-
$605,244
361
$999,382
60.6%
Sep 16, 1987
Lorimar Motion Pictures
37
Man on Fire
-
-
-
$519,596
178
$519,596
100%
Oct 9, 1987
TriStar Pictures
38
Oviri
-
-
-
$518,520
16
$583,800
88.8%
Jul 31, 1987
International Film Marketing
39
Slam Dance
-
-
-
$406,881
47
$406,881
100%
Oct 2, 1987
Island Pictures
40
Orphans
-
-
-
$230,756
25
$252,430
91.4%
Sep 18, 1987
Lorimar Motion Pictures
41
Weeds
-
-
-
$190,821
86
$2,325,444
8.2%
Oct 16, 1987
De Laurentiis Entertainment Group (DEG)
42
Hope and Glory
-
-
-
$38,293
328
$10,021,120
0.4%
Oct 16, 1987
Columbia Pictures
43
Sammy and Rosie Get Laid
-
-
-
$31,604
15
$1,196,336
2.6%
Oct 30, 1987
Cinecom Pictures
44
Zombie High
-
-
-
$21,905
25
$21,905
100%
Oct 2, 1987
Palisades Pictures