Box Office Game — August 24, 2026 Answer

Here is the Box Office Game answer for Monday, August 24, 2026 (day #1635 of the game): the weekend of September 11, 1987 — a 1987 box office chart. The clues the game gives you (distributor, last week’s rank, weeks in release and the grosses) are shown for all five films; the titles and posters stay blurred until you tap reveal.

Top 5 answer · Day #1635
The weekend to guessSeptember 11, 1987Friday — top 5 at the US box office
1
Poster of the #1 movie
Stakeout
TouchstoneLast week #1Week 6 in release-40.6% vs last week
Weekend$4,202,518Total$46,067,684
2
Poster of the #2 movie
Dirty Dancing
VestronLast week #2Week 4 in release-27.6% vs last week
Weekend$3,542,221Total$20,949,272
3
Poster of the #3 movie
No Way Out
Orion PicturesLast week #3Week 5 in release-40.3% vs last week
Weekend$2,626,761Total$25,748,395
4
Poster of the #4 movie
The Big Easy
Columbia PicturesLast week #4Week 4 in release-44.3% vs last week
Weekend$2,348,285Total$12,054,562
5
Poster of the #5 movie
La Bamba
Columbia PicturesLast week #5Week 8 in release-41.0% vs last week
Weekend$2,194,731Total$45,077,268

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About the five films

Stakeout poster

#1 Stakeout IMDb →

“It's a tough job but somebody's got to do it!”

Two detectives observe an escaped convict's ex-girlfriend, but complications set in when one of them falls for her.

Director: John Badham · Starring: Richard Dreyfuss, Emilio Estevez, Madeleine Stowe · Genre: Action, Comedy, Romance · Budget: $14,500,000 · Worldwide: $65,673,233 · Domestic total: $65,673,233
Dirty Dancing poster

#2 Dirty Dancing IMDb →

“First dance. First love. The time of your life.”

Expecting the usual tedium that accompanies a summer in the Catskills with her family, 17-year-old Frances 'Baby' Houseman is surprised to find herself stepping into the shoes of a professional hoofer—and unexpectedly falling in love.

Director: Emile Ardolino · Starring: Jennifer Grey, Patrick Swayze, Jerry Orbach · Genre: Drama, Music, Romance · Budget: $6,000,000 · Worldwide: $214,577,242 · Domestic total: $63,446,382
No Way Out poster

#3 No Way Out IMDb →

“Is it a crime of passion, or an act of treason?”

Navy Lt. Tom Farrell meets a young woman, Susan Atwell, and they share a passionate fling. Farrell then finds out that his superior, Defense Secretary David Brice, is also romantically involved with Atwell. When the young woman turns up dead, Farrell is put in charge of the murder investigation. He begins to uncover shocking clues about the case, but when details of his encounter with Susan surface, he becomes a suspect as well.

Director: Roger Donaldson · Starring: Kevin Costner, Gene Hackman, Sean Young · Genre: Thriller, Drama · Budget: $15,000,000 · Worldwide: $35,509,515 · Domestic total: $35,509,515
The Big Easy poster

#4 The Big Easy IMDb →

“He's got to hide the truth. She'll stop at nothing to find it. But tonight, everything's off the record.”

Remy McSwain is a New Orleans police lieutenant who investigates the murder of a local mobster. His investigation leads him to suspect that fellow members of the police force may be involved.

Director: Jim McBride · Starring: Dennis Quaid, Ellen Barkin, Ned Beatty · Genre: Drama, Action, Crime, Mystery · Budget: $8,500,000 · Worldwide: $17,685,307 · Domestic total: $17,685,307
La Bamba poster

#5 La Bamba IMDb →

“Born into poverty. Destined for stardom. He lived the American dream.”

Los Angeles teenager Ritchie Valens becomes an overnight rock 'n' roll success in 1958, thanks to a love ballad called "Donna" that he wrote for his girlfriend. But as his star rises, Valens has conflicts with his jealous brother, Bob, and becomes haunted by a recurring nightmare of a plane crash just as he begins his first national tour alongside Buddy Holly.

Director: Luis Valdez · Starring: Lou Diamond Phillips, Esai Morales, Elizabeth Peña · Genre: Drama, Music · Budget: $6,500,000 · Worldwide: $54,215,416 · Domestic total: $54,215,416

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Box Office Game (boxofficega.me) hands you one weekend from box office history and asks you to name the five highest-grossing films from that weekend, in order. You start with only the weekend date and each film’s weekend gross; every clue you buy (distributor, last week’s rank, total gross, budget, director, cast and so on) costs points off your score. The page above lists exactly those clues for each slot so you can match your own guesses before revealing. This page is part of our complete daily archive, updated every morning.

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Box Office Game is a free daily movie trivia game at boxofficega.me, based on an idea from the Blank Check podcast. Each day it picks one weekend from box office history and you have to name that weekend’s top five films, using as few clues as possible.
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