Domestic 1987 Week 34
August 21-27, 1987
Key:New This Week
| Rank | LW | Release | Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Stakeout | $8,426,801 | -4.3% | 1,102 | +86 | $7,646 | $26,893,340 | 3 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 2 | 2 | Can't Buy Me Love | $6,485,519 | -21.1% | 1,283 | +27 | $5,054 | $14,704,915 | 2 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 3 | - | Born in East L.A. | $6,449,600 | - | 1,112 | - | $5,800 | $6,449,600 | 1 | Universal Pictures |
| 4 | - | Dirty Dancing | $6,358,688 | - | 975 | - | $6,521 | $6,358,688 | 1 | Vestron Pictures |
| 5 | 4 | No Way Out | $5,847,870 | -9% | 817 | +11 | $7,157 | $12,273,783 | 2 | Orion Pictures |
| 6 | 3 | The Living Daylights | $5,449,568 | -27.8% | 1,599 | -81 | $3,408 | $41,665,081 | 4 | United Artists |
| 7 | 5 | La Bamba | $4,930,818 | -11% | 1,105 | +45 | $4,462 | $34,966,762 | 5 | Columbia Pictures |
| 8 | 6 | The Lost Boys | $3,818,996 | -13.2% | 1,249 | +247 | $3,057 | $23,495,393 | 4 | Warner Bros. |
| 9 | 8 | RoboCop | $3,305,733 | -21% | 1,148 | -98 | $2,879 | $43,173,851 | 6 | Orion Pictures |
| 10 | 7 | Masters of the Universe | $2,611,796 | -39.3% | 1,115 | -70 | $2,342 | $14,157,734 | 3 | Cannon Film Distributors |
| 11 | 10 | Summer School | $2,441,909 | -29% | 1,162 | -153 | $2,101 | $31,054,974 | 5 | Paramount Pictures |
| 12 | 9 | Disorderlies | $2,318,365 | -40.6% | 521 | -23 | $4,449 | $6,222,386 | 2 | Warner Bros. |
| 13 | 11 | Back to the Beach | $2,111,016 | -36.5% | 960 | -120 | $2,198 | $10,807,929 | 3 | Paramount Pictures |
| 14 | 13 | Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs 1987 Re-release | $1,996,865 | -20.9% | 1,248 | -103 | $1,600 | $39,060,028 | 6 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 15 | 14 | Full Metal Jacket | $1,903,744 | -21.4% | 803 | -122 | $2,370 | $41,077,779 | 9 | Warner Bros. |
| 16 | - | The Garbage Pail Kids Movie | $1,055,252 | - | 374 | - | $2,821 | $1,055,252 | 1 | Atlantic Releasing Corporation |
| 17 | 12 | The Monster Squad | $885,312 | -69.3% | 1,272 | -8 | $696 | $3,769,990 | 2 | TriStar Pictures |
| 18 | - | The Big Easy | $598,723 | - | 32 | - | $18,710 | $598,723 | 1 | Columbia Pictures |
