Editing RoboCop (section)

===Box office===
''RoboCop'' began a wide North American release on July{{nbsp}}17, 1987.<ref name="BOMOverall"/><ref name="TheNumbersOverall"/> During its opening weekend, the film earned $8{{nbsp}}million from 1,580 theaters—an average of $5,068 per theater.<ref name="BOMWeekendJuly17toJuly19"/><ref name="LATimesBOJul21"/> It was the weekend's number-one film, ahead of a re-release of the 1937 animated film ''[[Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937 film)|Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs]]'' ($7.5{{nbsp}}million) and the horror sequel ''[[Jaws: The Revenge]]'' ($7.2{{nbsp}}million), both of which were also in their first week of release.<ref name="BOMWeekendJuly17toJuly19"/><ref name="LATimesBOJuly22"/> ''RoboCop'' retained the number-one position in its second weekend with an additional gross of $6.3{{nbsp}}million, ahead of ''Snow White'' ($6.05{{nbsp}}million) and the debuting comedy ''[[Summer School (1987 film)|Summer School]]'' ($6{{nbsp}}million).<ref name="BOMWeekendJuly24toJuly26"/><ref name="NYTimesBOWeekend"/> It was the fourth-highest-grossing film in its third weekend with a gross of $4.7{{nbsp}}million, behind ''La Bamba'' ($5.2{{nbsp}}million) and the debuts of the horror film ''[[The Lost Boys]]'' ($5.2{{nbsp}}million) and ''The Living Daylights'' ($11.1{{nbsp}}million).<ref name="BOMWeekendJuly31toAug2"/>

''RoboCop'' never regained the number-one spot, but remained in the top ten for six weeks.<ref name="BOMOverall"/><ref name="TheNumbersOverall"/> By the end of its theatrical run, the film had grossed about $53.4{{nbsp}}million and was a modest success.<ref name="IndieWireCast"/><ref name="BOMOverall"/><ref name="TheNumbersOverall"/>{{efn-lr|The 1987 box office gross of $53.4{{nbsp}}million is equivalent to ${{Format price|{{Inflation|US|53400000|1987}}}} in {{Inflation/year|US}}.}} It was the year's fourteenth-highest-grossing film, behind ''[[Crocodile Dundee]]'' ($53.6{{nbsp}}million), ''La Bamba'' ($54.2{{nbsp}}million) and ''[[Dragnet (1987 film)|Dragnet]]'' ($57.4{{nbsp}}million).<ref name="BOMNA1987"/> Figures are unavailable for the film's performance outside North America.<ref name="BOMOverall"/><ref name="TheNumbersOverall"/>

Due in part to higher ticket prices and an extra week of the theatrical summer,<ref name="NYTimesummerHits"/> 1987 set a record of $1.6{{nbsp}}billion in box-office gross and exceeded the previous record of $1.58{{nbsp}}billion record set in 1984. Unlike that summer, which featured several blockbusters such as ''[[Ghostbusters]]'' and ''[[Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom]]'', the summer of 1987 delivered only one: ''Beverly Hills Cop II''. More films (including ''RoboCop'') performed modestly well, however, earning a collective total of $274{{nbsp}}million—a 50-percent increase over 1986.<ref name="NYTimesummerPostMortem"/><ref name="LATimes87PostMortem"/> The average audience age continued to increase, as teen-oriented films such as ''RoboCop'' and ''Beverly Hills Cop II'' had a 22-percent drop in performance from similar 1986 films. Adult-oriented films had a 39-percent increase in revenue.<ref name="LATimes87PostMortem"/> ''RoboCop'' was one of the summer's surprise successes, and contributed to Orion's improving fortunes.{{sfn|Goldberg|1988|p=25}}<ref name="LATimesOrions"/>