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

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 | January 4, 1987 | The Golden Child | $6,644,850 | |
| 2 | January 11, 1987 | The Golden Child | $4,526,427 | |
| 3 | January 18, 1987 | Critical Condition | $5,715,701 | |
| 4 | January 25, 1987 | Critical Condition | $3,335,808 | |
| 5 | February 1, 1987 | Platoon | $8,352,394 | Platoon reached No. 1 on its seventh weekend after expanding from 214 to 590 theaters. |
| 6 | February 8, 1987 | Platoon | $8,179,149 | |
| 7 | February 16, 1987$^{4-dayweekend}$ | Platoon | $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 | February 22, 1987 | Platoon | $8,216,207 | |
| 9 | March 1, 1987 | A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors | $8,880,555 | Record opening for an independent film. |
| 10 | March 8, 1987 | Lethal Weapon | $6,829,949 | |
| 11 | March 15, 1987 | Lethal Weapon | $7,104,415 | |
| 12 | March 22, 1987 | Lethal Weapon | $6,289,750 | |
| 13 | March 29, 1987 | Blind Date | $7,531,273 | |
| 14 | April 5, 1987 | Police Academy 4: Citizens on Patrol | $8,482,487 | |
| 15 | April 12, 1987 | The Secret of My Success | $7,766,452 | |
| 16 | April 19, 1987 | The Secret of My Success | $7,412,160 | |
| 17 | April 26, 1987 | The Secret of My Success | $5,585,900 | |
| 18 | May 3, 1987 | The Secret of My Success | $4,609,670 | |
| 19 | May 10, 1987 | The Secret of My Success | $3,836,710 | |
| 20 | May 17, 1987 | Ishtar | $4,331,817 | |
| 21 | May 25, 1987$^{4-dayweekend}$ | 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. |
| 22 | May 31, 1987 | Beverly Hills Cop II † | $17,126,642 | |
| 23 | June 7, 1987 | Beverly Hills Cop II † | $12,424,035 | |
| 24 | June 14, 1987 | Predator | $12,031,638 | |
| 25 | June 21, 1987 | The Witches of Eastwick | $8,251,230 | The Witches of Eastwick reached No. 1 in its second weekend of release. |
| 26 | June 28, 1987 | Dragnet | $10,542,669 | |
| 27 | July 5, 1987 | Dragnet | $7,042,650 | |
| 28 | July 12, 1987 | Revenge of the Nerds II: Nerds in Paradise | $7,900,879 | |
| 29 | July 19, 1987 | RoboCop | $8,008,721 | |
| 30 | July 26, 1987 | RoboCop | $6,332,716 | |
| 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 ($8.9 million) and the $10.7 million Friday to Sunday gross of A View to a Kill in 1985. |
| 32 | August 9, 1987 | The Living Daylights | $7,706,230 | |
| 33 | August 16, 1987 | Stakeout | $5,574,782 | Stakeout reached number 1 in its second weekend of release. |
| 34 | August 23, 1987 | Stakeout | $5,559,712 | |
| 35 | August 30, 1987 | Stakeout | $4,729,337 | |
| 36 | September 7, 1987$^{4-dayweekend}$ | Stakeout | $7,071,745 | |
| 37 | September 13, 1987 | Stakeout | $4,202,518 | |
| 38 | September 20, 1987 | Fatal Attraction | $7,602,740 | |
| 39 | September 27, 1987 | Fatal Attraction | $7,707,763 | |
| 40 | October 4, 1987 | Fatal Attraction | $9,347,602 | |
| 41 | October 12, 1987$^{4-dayweekend}$ | Fatal Attraction | $10,554,336 | |
| 42 | October 18, 1987 | Fatal Attraction | $7,688,730 | |
| 43 | October 25, 1987 | Fatal Attraction | $8,046,843 | |
| 44 | November 1, 1987 | Fatal Attraction | $6,407,677 | |
| 45 | November 8, 1987 | Fatal Attraction | $7,089,680 | |
| 46 | November 15, 1987 | The Running Man | $8,117,465 | |
| 47 | November 22, 1987 | The Running Man | $5,671,255 | |
| 48 | November 29, 1987 | Three Men and a Baby | $10,384,392 | Buena Vista's biggest opening weekend of all-time. |
| 49 | December 6, 1987 | Three Men and a Baby | $8,425,834 | |
| 50 | December 13, 1987 | Throw Momma from the Train | $7,318,878 | |
| 51 | December 20, 1987 | Eddie Murphy Raw | $9,077,324 | |
| 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. |

## 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 Attraction | Paramount Pictures | Michael Douglas, Glenn Close and Anne Archer | Adrian Lyne | $125,944,573 |
| 4. | The Untouchables | Paramount Pictures | 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 | Warner Bros. Pictures | 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 | Paramount | $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 | Warner Bros. | $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 |