Domestic Box Office For March 1987
| Rank | Release | Gross | Max Th | Opening | % of Total | Open Th | Open | Close | Distributor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lethal Weapon | $65,207,127 | 1,420 | $6,829,949 | 10.5% | 1,256 | Mar 6 | - | Warner Bros. |
| 2 | Blind Date | $39,321,715 | 1,390 | $7,531,273 | 19.2% | 1,251 | Mar 27 | - | TriStar Pictures |
| 3 | Tin Men | $25,411,386 | 798 | $187,381 | 0.7% | 9 | Mar 6 | - | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 4 | Raising Arizona | $22,847,564 | 697 | $36,240 | 0.2% | 1 | Mar 13 | - | 20th Century Fox |
| 5 | Angel Heart | $17,185,632 | 819 | $3,688,721 | 21.5% | 815 | Mar 6 | - | TriStar Pictures |
| 6 | Burglar | $16,337,355 | 1,019 | $4,509,754 | 27.6% | 1,019 | Mar 20 | - | Warner Bros. |
| 7 | Evil Dead II | $5,923,044 | 310 | $807,260 | 13.6% | 310 | Mar 13 | - | De Laurentiis Entertainment Group (DEG) |
| 8 | Hollywood Shuffle | $5,228,617 | 81 | $95,667 | 1.8% | 15 | Mar 20 | - | The Samuel Goldwyn Company |
| 9 | Heat | $2,793,214 | 863 | $1,354,375 | 48.5% | 863 | Mar 13 | - | New Century |
| 10 | Hunk | $1,749,956 | - | - | - | - | Mar 6 | - | Crown |
| 11 | Street Smart | $1,119,112 | 207 | $325,835 | 29.1% | 207 | Mar 20 | - | Cannon Film Distributors |
| 12 | Swimming to Cambodia | $1,092,911 | 21 | - | - | - | Mar 13 | - | Cinecom Pictures |
| 13 | The Hanoi Hilton | $760,000 | 2 | $17,784 | 2.3% | 2 | Mar 27 | - | Cannon Film Distributors |
| 14 | Waiting for the Moon | $751,555 | - | - | - | - | Mar 6 | - | Skouras Pictures |