Domestic 1987 Week 34
August 21-27, 1987
| Rank | Release | Weekly | Weekend | % of Week | Weekdays | % of Week | Theaters | Week | Distributor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stakeout | $8,426,801 | $5,559,712 | 66% | $2,867,089 | 34% | 1,102 | 3 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 2 | Can't Buy Me Love | $6,485,519 | $4,041,831 | 62.3% | $2,443,688 | 37.7% | 1,283 | 2 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 3 | Born in East L.A. | $6,449,600 | $4,359,040 | 67.6% | $2,090,560 | 32.4% | 1,112 | 1 | Universal Pictures |
| 4 | Dirty Dancing | $6,358,688 | $3,900,000 | 61.3% | $2,458,688 | 38.7% | 975 | 1 | Vestron Pictures |
| 5 | No Way Out | $5,847,870 | $3,816,817 | 65.3% | $2,031,053 | 34.7% | 817 | 2 | Orion Pictures |
| 6 | The Living Daylights | $5,449,568 | $3,605,304 | 66.2% | $1,844,264 | 33.8% | 1,599 | 4 | United Artists |
| 7 | La Bamba | $4,930,818 | $3,315,634 | 67.2% | $1,615,184 | 32.8% | 1,105 | 5 | Columbia Pictures |
| 8 | The Lost Boys | $3,818,996 | $2,354,989 | 61.7% | $1,464,007 | 38.3% | 1,249 | 4 | Warner Bros. |
| 9 | RoboCop | $3,305,733 | $2,139,220 | 64.7% | $1,166,513 | 35.3% | 1,148 | 6 | Orion Pictures |
| 10 | Masters of the Universe | $2,611,796 | $1,674,324 | 64.1% | $937,472 | 35.9% | 1,115 | 3 | Cannon Film Distributors |
| 11 | Summer School | $2,441,909 | $1,532,612 | 62.8% | $909,297 | 37.2% | 1,162 | 5 | Paramount Pictures |
| 12 | Disorderlies | $2,318,365 | $1,626,921 | 70.2% | $691,444 | 29.8% | 521 | 2 | Warner Bros. |
| 13 | Back to the Beach | $2,111,016 | $1,314,636 | 62.3% | $796,380 | 37.7% | 960 | 3 | Paramount Pictures |
| 14 | Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs 1987 Re-release | $1,996,865 | $1,140,732 | 57.1% | $856,133 | 42.9% | 1,248 | 6 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 15 | Full Metal Jacket | $1,903,744 | $1,150,462 | 60.4% | $753,282 | 39.6% | 803 | 9 | Warner Bros. |
| 16 | The Garbage Pail Kids Movie | $1,055,252 | $661,512 | 62.7% | $393,740 | 37.3% | 374 | 1 | Atlantic Releasing Corporation |
| 17 | The Monster Squad | $885,312 | $885,312 | 100% | $0 | - | 1,272 | 2 | TriStar Pictures |
| 18 | The Big Easy | $598,723 | $353,259 | 59% | $245,464 | 41% | 32 | 1 | Columbia Pictures |
| - | Rita, Sue and Bob Too | - | - | - | - | - | 8 | 6 | Orion Classics |
| - | Nadine | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | TriStar Pictures |
| - | North Shore | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | Universal Pictures |
| - | The Protector | - | - | - | - | - | - | 105 | Warner Bros. |
| - | Warning Sign | - | - | - | - | - | - | 105 | Twentieth Century Fox |
