1987 in film
Highest-grossing films (U.S.)
Table:
Highest-grossing films of 1987[1]

Rank
Title
Studio
Actor/Actress
Director
Gross

1.

Three Men and a Baby

Touchstone

Tom Selleck, Ted Danson, and Steve Guttenberg

Leonard Nimoy

$167,780,960

2.

Fatal Attraction

Paramount

Michael Douglas, Glenn Close, and Anne Archer

Adrian Lyne

$156,645,693

3.

Beverly Hills Cop II

Paramount

Eddie Murphy, Judge Reinhold, Brigitte Nielsen, John Ashton, and Paul Reiser

Tony Scott

$153,665,036

4.

Good Morning, Vietnam

Touchstone

Robin Williams and Forest Whitaker

Barry Levinson

$123,922,370

5.

Moonstruck

MGM

Cher, Nicolas Cage, Olympia Dukakis, Vincent Gardenia, and Danny Aiello

Norman Jewison

$80,640,528

6.

The Untouchables

Paramount

Kevin Costner, Sean Connery, Robert De Niro, Andy García, and Charles Martin Smith

Brian De Palma

$76,270,454

7.

The Secret of My Success

Universal

Michael J. Fox, Helen Slater, Margaret Whitton, and Richard Jordan

Herbert Ross

$66,995,000

8.

Stakeout

Touchstone

Richard Dreyfuss, Emilio Estevez, Madeleine Stowe, and Aidan Quinn

John Badham

$65,673,233

9.

Lethal Weapon

Warner Bros.

Mel Gibson, Danny Glover, and Gary Busey

Richard Donner

$65,207,127

10.

Dirty Dancing

Vestron

Patrick Swayze, Jennifer Grey, Jerry Orbach, and Cynthia Rhodes

Emile Ardolino

$63,892,689

11.

The Witches of Eastwick

Warner Bros.

Jack Nicholson, Cher, Susan Sarandon, Michelle Pfeiffer

George Miller

$63,766,510

12.

Predator

Fox

Arnold Schwarzenegger, Carl Weathers, Jesse Ventura, Bill Duke, Shane Black, and Kevin Peter Hall

John McTiernan

$59,735,548

13.

Throw Momma from the Train

Orion

Danny DeVito, Billy Crystal, Kate Mulgrew, and Anne Ramsey

Danny DeVito

$57,915,972

14.

Dragnet

Universal

Dan Aykroyd, Tom Hanks, Alexandra Paul, Christopher Plummer, and Dabney Coleman

Tom Mankiewicz

$57,387,516

15.

RoboCop

Orion

Peter Weller, Nancy Allen, Ronny Cox, Kurtwood Smith, Miguel Ferrer, and Dan O'Herlihy

Paul Verhoeven

$53,424,681

16.

Outrageous Fortune

Touchstone

Bette Midler and Shelley Long

Arthur Hiller

$52,864,741

17.

La Bamba

Columbia

Lou Diamond Phillips, Esai Morales, Rosana DeSoto, Elizabeth Peña, and Danielle von Zerneck

Luis Valdez

$52,678,820

18.

Broadcast News

Fox

William Hurt, Holly Hunter, and Albert Brooks

James L. Brooks

$51,300,000

19.

The Living Daylights

United Artists

Timothy Dalton and Maryam d'Abo

John Glen

$51,185,000

20.

Eddie Murphy Raw

Paramount

Eddie Murphy

Robert Townsend

$50,505,655

Continue reading the text: <doc> Highest-grossing films of 1987[1] 
 Rank         Title         Studio                             Actor/Actress                           Director    Gross 
 1.   Three Men and a Baby Touchstone Tom Selleck, Ted Danson, and Steve Guttenberg                 Leonard Nimoy $167,780,960 
 2.   Fatal Attraction    Paramount Michael Douglas, Glenn Close, and Anne Archer                   Adrian Lyne $156,645,693 
 3.   Beverly Hills Cop II Paramount Eddie Murphy, Judge Reinhold, Brigitte Nielsen, John Ashton, and Paul Reiser Tony Scott $153,665,036 
 4.   Good Morning, Vietnam Touchstone Robin Williams and Forest Whitaker                           Barry Levinson $123,922,370 
 5.   Moonstruck          MGM       Cher, Nicolas Cage, Olympia Dukakis, Vincent Gardenia, and Danny Aiello Norman Jewison $80,640,528 
 6.   The Untouchables    Paramount Kevin Costner, Sean Connery, Robert De Niro, Andy García, and Charles Martin Smith Brian De Palma $76,270,454 
 7.   The Secret of My Success Universal Michael J. Fox, Helen Slater, Margaret Whitton, and Richard Jordan Herbert Ross $66,995,000 
 8.   Stakeout            Touchstone Richard Dreyfuss, Emilio Estevez, Madeleine Stowe, and Aidan Quinn John Badham $65,673,233 
 9.   Lethal Weapon       Warner Bros. Mel Gibson, Danny Glover, and Gary Busey                     Richard Donner $65,207,127 
 10.  Dirty Dancing       Vestron   Patrick Swayze, Jennifer Grey, Jerry Orbach, and Cynthia Rhodes Emile Ardolino $63,892,689 
 11.  The Witches of Eastwick Warner Bros. Jack Nicholson, Cher, Susan Sarandon, Michelle Pfeiffer  George Miller $63,766,510 
 12.  Predator            Fox       Arnold Schwarzenegger, Carl Weathers, Jesse Ventura, Bill Duke, Shane Black, and Kevin Peter Hall John McTiernan $59,735,548 
 13.  Throw Momma from the Train Orion Danny DeVito, Billy Crystal, Kate Mulgrew, and Anne Ramsey   Danny DeVito $57,915,972 
 14.  Dragnet             Universal Dan Aykroyd, Tom Hanks, Alexandra Paul, Christopher Plummer, and Dabney Coleman Tom Mankiewicz $57,387,516 
 15.  RoboCop             Orion     Peter Weller, Nancy Allen, Ronny Cox, Kurtwood Smith, Miguel Ferrer, and Dan O'Herlihy Paul Verhoeven $53,424,681 
 16.  Outrageous Fortune  Touchstone Bette Midler and Shelley Long                                  Arthur Hiller $52,864,741 
 17.  La Bamba            Columbia  Lou Diamond Phillips, Esai Morales, Rosana DeSoto, Elizabeth Peña, and Danielle von Zerneck Luis Valdez $52,678,820 
 18.  Broadcast News      Fox       William Hurt, Holly Hunter, and Albert

Brooks                   James L. Brooks $51,300,000 
 19.  The Living Daylights United Artists Timothy Dalton and Maryam d'Abo                           John Glen   $51,185,000 
 20.  Eddie Murphy Raw    Paramount Eddie Murphy                                                    Robert Townsend $50,505,655