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

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This is a list of films which have placed number one at the box office in the United Kingdom during 1987.

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Number one films

†This implies the highest-grossing movie of the year. [1]
#Weekend endingFilmGrossNotesRef
14 January 1987 Labyrinth £340,205 [2] [3]
211 January 1987 Crocodile Dundee †£997,251Crocodile Dundee reached number one in its fifth week of release [4] [5]
318 January 1987£1,156,562 [6] [7]
425 January 1987£1,043,308 [8] [9]
51 February 1987£1,145,064 [10] [11]
68 February 1987£1,044,232 [12] [13]
715 February 1987£851,584 [14] [15]
822 February 1987£681,671 [16] [17]
91 March 1987£583,684 [18] [19]
108 March 1987 The Fly TBDThe Fly reached number one in its fourth week of release with a gross of £724,172 for the week [20] [21]
1115 March 1987 The Color of Money £424,108The Color of Money reached number one in its second week of release [22] [21]
1222 March 1987£360,384 [23] [24]
1329 March 1987TBDThe Color of Money grossed £371,328 for the week [25] [26] [27]
145 April 1987 Over the Top £329,826 [28] [27]
1512 April 1987TBDOver the Top grossed £474,545 for the week [29] [30]
1619 April 1987 Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home £476,170Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home reached number one in its second week of release [31] [32] [30]
1726 April 1987£340,143 [33] [34]
183 May 1987£278,566 [35] [36]
1910 May 1987 Platoon £270,699Platoon reached number one in its third week of release [37] [38]
2017 May 1987£224,254 [39] [40]
2124 May 1987£165,789 [41] [42]
2231 May 1987TBDPlatoon grossed £402,171 for the week [43] [44]
237 June 1987£338,582 [45] [44]
2414 June 1987 Mannequin £172,943Mannequin reached number one in its fourth week of release [46] [47]
2521 June 1987£162,145 [48] [49]
2628 June 1987 The Secret of My Success £351,340 [50] [51]
275 July 1987£217,100 [52] [53]
2812 July 1987 Police Academy 4: Citizens on Patrol £690,098Police Academy 4 reached number one in its second week of release [54] [55]
2919 July 1987£579,659 [56] [57]
3026 July 1987 Superman IV: The Quest for Peace £508,468 [58] [59]
312 August 1987 The Living Daylights £389,661The Living Daylights reached number one in its fifth week of release [60] [61]
329 August 1987£341,519 [62] [63]
3316 August 1987£410,727 [64] [65]
3423 August 1987£401,833 [66] [67]
3530 August 1987 Lethal Weapon £444,098 [68] [69]
366 September 1987£352,961 [70] [71]
3713 September 1987 Full Metal Jacket £336,532 [72] [73]
3820 September 1987£282,134 [74] [75]
3927 September 1987 The Untouchables £359,911The Untouchables reached number one in its second week of release [76] [77]
404 October 1987£350,540 [78] [79]
4111 October 1987 Beverly Hills Cop II £1,008,450Beverly Hills Cop II set a record for an opening weekend [80] [81] [82] [83]
4218 October 1987TBDBeverly Hills Cop II grossed £1.4 million for the week [84] [85]
4325 October 1987£549,908 [86] [85]
441 November 1987TBDBeverly Hills Cop II grossed £593,328 for the week [87] [88]
458 November 1987 A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors £539,524A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors reached number one in its second week of release [89] [88]
4615 November 1987£385,698 [90] [91]
4722 November 1987 The Witches of Eastwick £271,218The Witches of Eastwick reached number one in its fifth week of release [92] [93]
4829 November 1987 Innerspace £434,710 [94] [95]
496 December 1987£349,777 [96] [97]
5013 December 1987 Big Foot and the Hendersons £253,633 [98]
5120 December 1987 Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (reissue)TBDThe reissue of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs reached number one in its second week of release
5227 December 1987 Masters of the Universe Masters of the Universe grossed £797,620 for the week [99] [100]

Highest-grossing films

Highest-grossing films in the U.K. between 1 December 1986 and 30 November 1987

Rank [101] TitleDistributorGross [1]
1. Crocodile Dundee UK/20th Century Fox £20,072,702
2. The Living Daylights UIP £8,160,628
3. Beverly Hills Cop II UIP£5,782,730
4. Platoon Rank £4,653,069
5. Police Academy 4: Citizens on Patrol Columbia-Cannon-Warner/Warner Bros. £4,153,814
6. The Golden Child UIP£4,029,571
7. Labyrinth Columbia-Cannon-Warner/Columbia Pictures £3,572,272
8. Superman IV: The Quest for Peace Columbia-Cannon-Warner/Cannon Films £3,457,959
9. Full Metal Jacket Columbia-Cannon-Warner/Warner Bros.£2,983,460
10. Blind Date Columbia-Cannon-Warner/Columbia£2,844,514


Highest-grossing films of 1987 by BBFC rating
U Labyrinth
PG The Living Daylights
15 Crocodile Dundee
18 Full Metal Jacket

See also

References

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