"RoboCop" began a wide North American release on July17, 1987. During its opening weekend, the film exceeded expectations by earning $8million from 1,580 theaters—an average of $5,068 per theater. It was the weekend's number-one film, ahead of a re-release of the 1937 animated film "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" ($7.5million) and the horror sequel "" ($7.2million), both of which were also in their first week of release. "RoboCop" retained the number-one position in its second weekend with an additional gross of $6.3million, ahead of "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" ($6.05million) and the debuting comedy "Summer School" ($6million).