Weekly box office · Friday to Thursday
Aug 21–27, 1987
All 18 films
$66,996,575#1
Stakeout| # | Film | Studio | Week | Theaters | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stakeout | BV | $8,426,801 | 1,102 | $26,893,340 |
| 2 | Can't Buy Me Love | BV | $6,485,519 | 1,283 | $14,704,915 |
| 3 | Born in East L.A. | Uni. | $6,449,600 | 1,112 | $6,449,600 |
| 4 | Dirty Dancing | Vest | $6,358,688 | 975 | $6,358,688 |
| 5 | No Way Out | Orion | $5,847,870 | 817 | $12,273,783 |
| 6 | The Living Daylights | UA | $5,449,568 | 1,599 | $41,665,081 |
| 7 | La Bamba | Col. | $4,930,818 | 1,105 | $34,966,762 |
| 8 | The Lost Boys | WB | $3,818,996 | 1,249 | $23,495,393 |
| 9 | Robocop | Orion | $3,305,733 | 1,148 | $43,173,851 |
| 10 | Masters of the Universe | Can. | $2,611,796 | 1,115 | $14,157,734 |
| 11 | Summer School | Par. | $2,441,909 | 1,162 | $31,054,974 |
| 12 | Disorderlies | WB | $2,318,365 | 521 | $6,222,386 |
| 13 | Back to the Beach | Par. | $2,111,016 | 960 | $10,807,929 |
| 14 | Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (Re-issue) (1987) | BV | $1,996,865 | 1,248 | $39,060,028 |
| 15 | Full Metal Jacket | WB | $1,903,744 | 803 | $41,077,779 |
| 16 | The Garbage Pail Kids Movie | Atl | $1,055,252 | 374 | $1,055,252 |
| 17 | The Monster Squad | TriS | $885,312 | 1,272 | $3,769,990 |
| 18 | The Big Easy | Col. | $598,723 | 32 | $598,723 |
Figures as published by Box Office Mojo, read from the Internet Archive's copies of the site. About the sources.