This is a list of films which have placed number one at the weekend box office in the United States during 1987.
Number-one films †This implies the highest-grossing movie of the year. Weekend end date Film Box office Notes 1 The Golden Child $6,644,850 2 $4,526,427 3 Critical Condition $5,715,701 4 $3,335,808 5 Platoon $8,352,394 Platoon reached No. 1 on its seventh weekend after expanding from 214 to 590 theaters. 6 $8,179,149 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 $8,216,207 9 A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors $8,880,555 Record opening for an independent film. 10 Lethal Weapon $6,829,949 11 $7,104,415 12 $6,289,750 13 Blind Date $7,531,273 14 Police Academy 4: Citizens on Patrol $8,482,487 15 The Secret of My Success $7,766,452 16 $7,412,160 17 $5,585,900 18 $4,609,670 19 $3,836,710 20 Ishtar $4,331,817 21 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 IIs record ($25.1million) for highest weekend debut for a R-rated film. 22 $17,126,642 23 $12,424,035 24 Predator $12,031,638 25 The Witches of Eastwick $8,251,230 The Witches of Eastwick reached No. 1 in its second weekend of release. 26 Dragnet $10,542,669 27 $7,042,650 28 Revenge of the Nerds II: Nerds in Paradise $7,900,879 29 RoboCop $8,008,721 30 $6,332,716 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. 32 $7,706,230 33 Stakeout $5,574,782 Stakeout reached number 1 in its second weekend of release. 34 $5,559,712 35 $4,729,337 36 4-day weekend $7,071,745 37 $4,202,518 38 Fatal Attraction $7,602,740 39 $7,707,763 40 $9,347,602 41 4-day weekend $10,554,336 42 $7,688,730 43 $8,046,843 44 $6,407,677 45 $7,089,680 46 The Running Man $8,117,465 47 $5,671,255 48 Three Men and a Baby $10,384,392 Buena Vista's biggest opening weekend of all-time. 49 $8,425,834 50 Throw Momma from the Train $7,318,878 51 Eddie Murphy Raw $9,077,324 52 Three Men and a Baby $10,305,227 Three Men and a Baby reclaimed #1 in its fifth weekend of release.
Highest-grossing films
Calendar Gross Highest-grossing films of 1987 by Calendar Gross 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 AttractionParamount 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 WeaponWarner 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 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
+ 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
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