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