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In-season releases
Calendar grosses
All releases
Wide releases
Limited releases
Fall 1987 is September 8-November 5.
Limited releases are those released in fewer than 600 theaters.
Rank
Release
Genre
Budget
Running Time
Gross
Max Th
Opening
% of Total
Open Th
Open
Close
Distributor
Estimated
1
Hope and Glory
-
-
-
$10,021,120
328
$25,497
0.3%
2
Oct 16
Apr 21
Columbia Pictures
false
2
The Sicilian
-
-
-
$5,406,879
370
$1,720,351
31.8%
370
Oct 23
-
20th Century Fox
false
3
Best Seller
-
-
-
$4,278,150
253
$905,399
21.2%
253
Sep 25
-
Orion Pictures
false
4
Near Dark
-
-
-
$3,369,307
429
$635,789
18.9%
262
Oct 2
-
De Laurentiis Entertainment Group (DEG)
false
5
Barfly
-
-
-
$3,221,568
2
$45,900
1.4%
2
Oct 16
-
Cannon Film Distributors
false
6
No Man's Land
-
-
-
$2,877,571
510
$1,088,273
37.8%
510
Oct 23
-
Orion Pictures
false
7
Hello Mary Lou: Prom Night II
-
-
-
$2,683,519
343
$911,351
34%
343
Oct 16
-
The Samuel Goldwyn Company
false
8
House of Games
-
-
-
$2,585,639
9
$116,677
4.5%
9
Oct 16
-
Orion Pictures
false
9
Maurice
-
-
-
$2,438,304
1
$49,278
2%
1
Sep 18
-
Cinecom Pictures
false
10
Weeds
-
-
-
$2,325,444
86
$132,970
5.7%
8
Oct 16
-
De Laurentiis Entertainment Group (DEG)
false
11
The Curse
-
-
-
$1,930,001
326
$1,169,922
60.6%
326
Sep 11
-
Trans World Entertainment (TWE)
false
12
A Prayer for the Dying
-
-
-
$1,432,687
407
$881,793
61.5%
407
Sep 11
-
The Samuel Goldwyn Company
false
13
I've Heard the Mermaids Singing
-
-
-
$1,408,491
27
$25,998
1.8%
1
Sep 11
-
Miramax
false
14
China Girl
-
-
-
$1,262,091
193
$531,362
42.1%
193
Sep 25
-
Vestron Pictures
false
15
Sammy and Rosie Get Laid
-
-
-
$1,196,336
15
$31,899
2.7%
3
Oct 30
-
Cinecom Pictures
false
16
Dancers
-
-
-
$1,190,416
12
$36,112
3%
12
Oct 9
-
Cannon Film Distributors
false
17
In the Mood
-
-
-
$999,382
361
$45,118
4.5%
5
Sep 16
Nov 5
Lorimar Motion Pictures
false
18
Real Men
-
-
-
$873,903
150
$241,258
27.6%
150
Sep 25
-
United Artists
false
19
Chuck Berry: Hail! Hail! Rock 'n' Roll
-
-
-
$719,323
33
$156,597
21.8%
33
Oct 9
-
Universal Pictures
false
20
Amazon Women on the Moon
-
-
-
$548,696
50
$171,723
31.3%
50
Sep 18
-
Universal Pictures
false
21
Man on Fire
-
-
-
$519,596
178
$258,812
49.8%
178
Oct 9
Oct 29
TriStar Pictures
false
22
Slam Dance
-
-
-
$406,881
47
$125,349
30.8%
47
Oct 2
-
Island Pictures
false
23
Orphans
-
-
-
$252,430
25
$14,588
5.8%
1
Sep 18
-
Lorimar Motion Pictures
false
24
Witness in the War Zone
-
-
-
$141,211
46
$86,681
61.4%
46
Sep 11
-
Skouras Pictures
false
25
Zombie High
-
-
-
$21,905
25
$12,165
55.5%
25
Oct 2
-
Palisades Pictures
false