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

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

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Number-one films

#Weekend end dateFilmBox officeNotesRef
1January 4, 1987 The Golden Child $6,644,850 [2]
2January 11, 1987$4,526,427 [3]
3January 18, 1987 Critical Condition $5,715,701 [4]
4January 25, 1987$3,335,808 [5]
5February 1, 1987 Platoon $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, 1987 A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors $8,880,555Record opening for an independent film. [11] [12]
10March 8, 1987 Lethal Weapon $6,829,949 [13]
11March 15, 1987$7,104,415 [14]
12March 22, 1987$6,289,750 [15]
13March 29, 1987 Blind Date $7,531,273 [16]
14April 5, 1987 Police Academy 4: Citizens on Patrol $8,482,487 [17]
15April 12, 1987 The 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, 1987 Ishtar $4,331,817 [23]
21May 25, 19874-day weekend Beverly 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, 1987 Predator $12,031,638 [27]
25June 21, 1987 The Witches of Eastwick $8,251,230The Witches of Eastwick reached No. 1 in its second weekend of release. [28]
26June 28, 1987 Dragnet $10,542,669 [29]
27July 5, 1987$7,042,650 [30]
28July 12, 1987 Revenge of the Nerds II: Nerds in Paradise $7,900,879 [31]
29July 19, 1987 RoboCop $8,008,721 [32]
30July 26, 1987$6,332,716 [33]
31August 2, 1987 The 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, 1987 Stakeout $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 13, 1987$4,202,518 [41]
38September 20, 1987 Fatal Attraction $7,602,740 [42]
39September 27, 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, 1987 The Running Man $8,117,465 [50]
47November 22, 1987$5,671,255 [51]
48November 29, 1987 Three Men and a Baby $10,384,392 Buena Vista's biggest opening weekend of all-time. [52]
49December 6, 1987$8,425,834 [53]
50December 13, 1987 Throw Momma from the Train $7,318,878 [54]
51December 20, 1987 Eddie 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, Carl Weathers, Elpidia Carrillo, Bill Duke, Richard Chaves and Jesse Ventura John McTiernan $59,735,548

In-Year Release

Highest-grossing films of 1987 by In-year release [58]
RankTitleDistributorDomestic gross
1. Three Men and a Baby Disney $167,780,960
2. Fatal Attraction Paramount $156,645,693
3. Beverly Hills Cop II $153,665,036
4. Good Morning, Vietnam Disney $123,922,370
5. Moonstruck Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer $80,640,528
6. The Untouchables Paramount $76,270,454
7. The Secret of My Success Universal $66,995,879
8. Stakeout Disney $65,673,233
9. Lethal Weapon Warner Bros. $65,207,127
10. The Witches of Eastwick $63,766,510


Highest-grossing films by MPAA rating of 1987
G Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1987 Re-issue)
PG Three Men and a Baby
PG-13 The Secret of My Success
R Fatal Attraction

See also

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Chronology

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