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 weekly box office in the United Kingdom during 1987.

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Number one films

#Week endingFilmNotesRef
11 January 1987 Heartbreak Ridge [1]
28 January 1987 [2]
315 January 1987 Crocodile Dundee Crocodile Dundee reached number one in its sixth week of release [3]
422 January 1987 [4]
529 January 1987 [5]
65 February 1987 [6]
712 February 1987 [7]
819 February 1987 [8]
926 February 1987 [9]
105 March 1987 The Fly The Fly reached number one in its third week of release [10]
1112 March 1987 [11]
1219 March 1987 The Color of Money The Color of Money reached number one in its second week of release [12]
1326 March 1987 [13]
142 April 1987 [14]
159 April 1987 Over the Top [15]
1616 April 1987 Flight of the Navigator [16]
1723 April 1987 Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home reached number one in its second week of release grossing £476,000 for the weekend and £1,008,606 for the week [17] [18] [19]
1830 April 1987 [20]
197 May 1987 Platoon Platoon reached number one in its second week of release with a gross of £520,894 for the week [21] [22]
2014 May 1987 [23]
2121 May 1987 [24]
2228 May 1987 [25]
234 June 1987 [26]
2411 June 1987 Personal Services Personal Services reached number one in its tenth week of release [27]
2518 June 1987 [28]
2625 June 1987 Mannequin Mannequin reached number one in its sixth week of release [29]
272 July 1987 The Secret of My Success [30]
289 July 1987 [31]
2916 July 1987 Police Academy 4: Citizens on Patrol [32]
3023 July 1987 The Living Daylights The Living Daylights reached number one in its fourth week of release [33]
3130 July 1987 [34]
326 August 1987 [35]
3313 August 1987 [36]
3420 August 1987 [37]
3527 August 1987 [38]
363 September 1987 Lethal Weapon [39]
3710 September 1987 Blind Date Blind Date reached number one in its fourth week of release [40]
3817 September 1987 Full Metal Jacket [41]
3924 September 1987 [42]
401 October 1987 The Untouchables The Untouchables reached number one in its second week of release [43]
418 October 1987 [44]
4215 October 1987 Beverly Hills Cop II Beverly Hills Cop II had a record opening weekend of £1,008,249 [45] [46] [47]
4322 October 1987 [48]
4429 October 1987 [49]
455 November 1987 [50]
4612 November 1987 A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors reached number one in its second week of release [51]
4719 November 1987 [52]
4826 November 1987 The Witches of Eastwick The Witches of Eastwick reached number one in its fifth week of release [53]
493 December 1987 Innerspace [54]
5010 December 1987 Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (reissue)The 50th anniversary reissue of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs reached number one in its eighth week of release [55]
5117 December 1987TBD
5224 December 1987TBD
5331 December 1987 Masters of the Universe [56]

Highest-grossing films

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

Rank [57] TitleDistributorGross [58]
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

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