List of 1987 box office number-one films in the United States

This is a list of films which have placed number one at the weekend box office in the United States during 1987.[1]

Number-one films

# Weekend end date Film Box office Notes Ref
1January 4, 1987The Golden Child$6,644,850[2]
2January 11, 1987$4,526,427[3]
3January 18, 1987Critical Condition$5,715,701[4]
4January 25, 1987$3,335,808[5]
5February 1, 1987Platoon$8,352,394Platoon reached No. 1 on its seventh weekend after expanding from 214 to 590 theaters.[6]
6February 8, 1987$8,179,149[7]
7February 16, 19874-day weekend$12,875,690First film to gross more than $10 million on a weekend in February. Orion Pictures' biggest weekend. Biggest 9th weekend gross of all-time.[8][9]
8February 22, 1987$8,216,207[10]
9March 1, 1987A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors$8,880,555Record opening for an independent film.[11][12]
10March 8, 1987Lethal Weapon$6,829,949[13]
11March 15, 1987$7,104,415[14]
12March 22, 1987$6,289,750[15]
13March 29, 1987Blind Date$7,531,273[16]
14April 5, 1987Police Academy 4: Citizens on Patrol$8,482,487[17]
15April 12, 1987The Secret of My Success$7,766,452[18]
16April 19, 1987$7,412,160[19]
17April 26, 1987$5,585,900[20]
18May 3, 1987$4,609,670[21]
19May 10, 1987$3,836,710[22]
20May 17, 1987Ishtar$4,331,817[23]
21May 25, 19874-day weekendBeverly Hills Cop II$33,014,153Beverly Hills Cop II had the highest weekend debut of 1987 and broke Rambo: First Blood Part II's record ($25.1 million) for highest weekend debut for a R-rated film.[24]
22May 31, 1987$17,126,642[25]
23June 7, 1987$12,424,035[26]
24June 14, 1987Predator$12,031,638[27]
25June 21, 1987The Witches of Eastwick$8,251,230The Witches of Eastwick reached No. 1 in its second weekend of release.[28]
26June 28, 1987Dragnet$10,542,669[29]
27July 5, 1987$7,042,650[30]
28July 12, 1987Revenge of the Nerds II: Nerds in Paradise$7,900,879[31]
29July 19, 1987RoboCop$8,008,721[32]
30July 26, 1987$6,332,716[33]
31August 2, 1987The Living Daylights$11,051,284The Living Daylights set a record 3-day opening for a James Bond film, beating that set in 1983 by Octopussy ($8.9 million) and the $10.7 million Friday to Sunday gross of A View to a Kill in 1985.[34][35]
32August 9, 1987$7,706,230[36]
33August 16, 1987Stakeout$5,574,782Stakeout reached number 1 in its second weekend of release.[37]
34August 23, 1987$5,559,712[38]
35August 30, 1987$4,729,337[39]
36September 7, 19874-day weekend$7,071,745[40]
37September 14, 1987$4,202,518[41]
38September 21, 1987Fatal Attraction$7,602,740[42]
39September 28, 1987$7,707,763[43]
40October 4, 1987$9,347,602[44]
41October 12, 19874-day weekend$10,554,336[45]
42October 18, 1987$7,688,730[46]
43October 25, 1987$8,046,843[47]
44November 1, 1987$6,407,677[48]
45November 8, 1987$7,089,680[49]
46November 15, 1987The Running Man$8,117,465[50]
47November 22, 1987$5,671,255[51]
48November 29, 1987Three Men and a Baby$10,384,392Buena Vista's biggest opening weekend of all-time.[52]
49December 6, 1987$8,425,834[53]
50December 13, 1987Throw Momma from the Train$7,318,878[54]
51December 20, 1987Eddie Murphy Raw$9,077,324[55]
52December 27, 1987Three Men and a Baby$10,305,227Three Men and a Baby reclaimed #1 in its fifth weekend of release.[56]

Highest-grossing films

Calendar Gross

Highest-grossing films of 1987 by Calendar Gross[57]

RankTitleStudio(s)Actor(s)Director(s)Gross
1. Beverly Hills Cop II Paramount Pictures Eddie Murphy, Judge Reinhold, Jürgen Prochnow, Ronny Cox, John Ashton, Brigitte Nielsen, Allen Garfield, Dean Stockwell and Paul Reiser Tony Scott $153,665,036
2. Platoon Orion Pictures Tom Berenger, Willem Dafoe and Charlie Sheen Oliver Stone $136,772,865
3. Fatal Attraction Paramount Pictures Michael Douglas, Glenn Close and Anne Archer Adrian Lyne $125,944,573
4. The Untouchables Kevin Costner, Charles Martin Smith, Andy García, Robert De Niro and Sean Connery Brian De Palma $76,270,454
5. Three Men and a Baby Walt Disney Studios Tom Selleck, Steve Guttenberg and Ted Danson Leonard Nimoy $70,801,611
6. The Secret of My Success Universal Pictures Michael J. Fox, Helen Slater, Richard Jordan and Margaret Whitton Herbert Ross $66,995,879
7. Stakeout Walt Disney Studios Richard Dreyfuss, Emilio Estevez, Aidan Quinn and Madeleine Stowe John Badham $65,673,233
8. Lethal Weapon Warner Bros. Pictures Mel Gibson, Danny Glover and Gary Busey Richard Donner $65,207,127
9. The Witches of Eastwick Jack Nicholson, Cher, Susan Sarandon, Michelle Pfeiffer and Veronica Cartwright George Miller $63,766,510
10. Predator 20th Century Fox Arnold Schwarzenegger and Carl Weathers John McTiernan $59,735,548

In-Year Release

Highest-grossing films of 1987 by In-year release[58]
Rank Title Distributor Domestic gross
1.Three Men and a BabyDisney$167,780,960
2.Fatal AttractionParamount$156,645,693
3.Beverly Hills Cop II$153,665,036
4.Good Morning, VietnamDisney$123,922,370
5.MoonstruckMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer$80,640,528
6.The UntouchablesParamount$76,270,454
7.The Secret of My SuccessUniversal$66,995,879
8.StakeoutDisney$65,673,233
9.Lethal WeaponWarner Bros.$65,207,127
10.The Witches of Eastwick$63,766,510


Highest-grossing films by MPAA rating of 1987
GSnow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1987 Re-issue)
PGThree Men and a Baby
PG-13The Secret of My Success
RFatal Attraction

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See also

Preceded by
1986
1987 Succeeded by
1988
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