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

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

Rank	Title	Studio(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]

Rank	Title	Distributor	Domestic gross
1.	Three Men and a Baby		$167,780,960
2.	Fatal Attraction		$156,645,693
3.	Beverly Hills Cop II		$153,665,036
4.	Good Morning, Vietnam		$123,922,370
5.	Moonstruck		$80,640,528
6.	The Untouchables		$76,270,454
7.	The Secret of My Success		$66,995,879
8.	Stakeout		$65,673,233
9.	Lethal Weapon		$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

• List of American films — American films by year
• Lists of box office number-one films

Notes and References

1. Web site: Domestic Box Office Weekends For 1987. .
2. Web site: Domestic 1987 Weekend 1. Box Office Mojo.
3. Web site: Domestic 1987 Weekend 2. Box Office Mojo.
4. Web site: Domestic 1987 Weekend 3. Box Office Mojo.
5. Web site: Domestic 1987 Weekend 4. Box Office Mojo.
6. Web site: Domestic 1987 Weekend 5. Box Office Mojo.
7. Web site: Domestic 1987 Weekend 6. Box Office Mojo.
8. Web site: Domestic 1987 Weekend 7 (Presidents' Day weekend). Box Office Mojo.
9. Variety. February 18, 1987. 3. 'Platoon' Pumps Up February B.O.; Brisk Biz At Top.
10. Web site: Domestic 1987 Weekend 8. Box Office Mojo.
11. Variety. 'Elm Street 3' Sets Indie B.O. Record; National Biz Lively. 3. March 4, 1987.
12. Web site: Domestic 1987 Weekend 9. Box Office Mojo.
13. Web site: Domestic 1987 Weekend 10. Box Office Mojo.
14. Web site: Domestic 1987 Weekend 11. Box Office Mojo.
15. Web site: Domestic 1987 Weekend 12. Box Office Mojo.
16. Web site: Domestic 1987 Weekend 13. Box Office Mojo.
17. Web site: Domestic 1987 Weekend 14. Box Office Mojo.
18. Web site: Domestic 1987 Weekend 15. Box Office Mojo.
19. Web site: Domestic 1987 Weekend 16. Box Office Mojo.
20. Web site: Domestic 1987 Weekend 17. Box Office Mojo.
21. Web site: Domestic 1987 Weekend 18. Box Office Mojo.
22. Web site: Domestic 1987 Weekend 19. Box Office Mojo.
23. Web site: Domestic 1987 Weekend 20. Box Office Mojo.
24. Web site: Domestic 1987 Weekend 21 (Memorial Day weekend). Box Office Mojo.
25. Web site: Domestic 1987 Weekend 22. Box Office Mojo.
26. Web site: Domestic 1987 Weekend 23. Box Office Mojo.
27. Web site: Domestic 1987 Weekend 24. Box Office Mojo.
28. Web site: Domestic 1987 Weekend 25. Box Office Mojo.
29. Web site: Domestic 1987 Weekend 26. Box Office Mojo.
30. Web site: Domestic 1987 Weekend 27. Box Office Mojo.
31. Web site: Domestic 1987 Weekend 28. Box Office Mojo.
32. Web site: Domestic 1987 Weekend 29. Box Office Mojo.
33. Web site: Domestic 1987 Weekend 30. Box Office Mojo.
34. Web site: Domestic 1987 Weekend 31. Box Office Mojo.
35. Variety. August 5, 1987. 3. James. Greenberg. 'Daylight' Beats All Bond Openers To Lead Natl. B.O..
36. Web site: Domestic 1987 Weekend 32. Box Office Mojo.
37. Web site: Domestic 1987 Weekend 33. Box Office Mojo.
38. Web site: Domestic 1987 Weekend 34. Box Office Mojo.
39. Web site: Domestic 1987 Weekend 35. Box Office Mojo.
40. Web site: Domestic 1987 Weekend 36 (Labor Day weekend). Box Office Mojo.
41. Web site: Domestic 1987 Weekend 37. Box Office Mojo.
42. Web site: Domestic 1987 Weekend 38. Box Office Mojo.
43. Web site: Domestic 1987 Weekend 39. Box Office Mojo.
44. Web site: Domestic 1987 Weekend 40. Box Office Mojo.
45. Web site: Domestic 1987 Weekend 41 (Indigenous Peoples' Day Weekend). Box Office Mojo.
46. Web site: Domestic 1987 Weekend 42. Box Office Mojo.
47. Web site: Domestic 1987 Weekend 43. Box Office Mojo.
48. Web site: Domestic 1987 Weekend 44. Box Office Mojo.
49. Web site: Domestic 1987 Weekend 45. Box Office Mojo.
50. Web site: Domestic 1987 Weekend 46. Box Office Mojo.
51. Web site: Domestic 1987 Weekend 47. Box Office Mojo.
52. Web site: Domestic 1987 Weekend 48 (Thanksgiving 3-Day weekend). Box Office Mojo.
53. Web site: Domestic 1987 Weekend 49 (Post-Thanksgiving). Box Office Mojo.
54. Web site: Domestic 1987 Weekend 50. Box Office Mojo.
55. Web site: Domestic 1987 Weekend 51. Box Office Mojo.
56. Web site: Domestic 1987 Weekend 52. Box Office Mojo.
57. Web site: Domestic Box Office For 1987. Box Office Mojo. February 14, 2020.
58. Web site: Domestic Box Office For 1987 (In-year release). Box Office Mojo. February 14, 2020.