Domestic 1987 Week 51
December 18-24, 1987
Key:New This Week
| Rank | LW | Release | Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | - | Eddie Murphy: Raw | $13,530,813 | - | 1,391 | - | $9,727 | $13,530,813 | 1 | Paramount Pictures |
| 2 | 2 | Three Men and a Baby | $12,684,746 | +41.8% | 1,753 | +737 | $7,236 | $49,196,011 | 5 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 3 | 1 | Throw Momma from the Train | $8,851,214 | -7.1% | 1,514 | +37 | $5,846 | $18,376,750 | 2 | Orion Pictures |
| 4 | - | *batteries not included | $5,882,930 | - | 1,328 | - | $4,429 | $5,882,930 | 1 | Universal Pictures |
| 5 | 3 | Wall Street | $4,867,005 | -10.7% | 743 | +13 | $6,550 | $10,314,707 | 2 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 6 | 4 | Planes, Trains & Automobiles | $4,442,692 | -10% | 1,610 | +32 | $2,759 | $27,903,355 | 5 | Paramount Pictures |
| 7 | - | Overboard | $3,582,805 | - | 1,126 | - | $3,181 | $3,582,805 | 1 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) |
| 8 | 5 | Fatal Attraction | $2,543,635 | -5.2% | 1,173 | -167 | $2,168 | $120,446,535 | 14 | Paramount Pictures |
| 9 | 6 | Cinderella 1987 Re-release | $2,313,388 | +8.8% | 1,303 | -229 | $1,775 | $23,936,673 | 5 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 10 | 9 | Nuts | $2,219,063 | +17.7% | 1,112 | +460 | $1,995 | $19,382,682 | 5 | Warner Bros. |
| 11 | - | Leonard Part 6 | $2,042,218 | - | 1,142 | - | $1,788 | $2,042,218 | 1 | Columbia Pictures |
| 12 | 8 | Empire of the Sun | $1,804,207 | -4.6% | 225 | - | $8,018 | $3,695,683 | 2 | Warner Bros. |
| 13 | 7 | The Running Man | $1,405,753 | -33% | 954 | -641 | $1,473 | $33,279,388 | 6 | TriStar Pictures |
| 14 | 13 | The Last Emperor | $1,193,547 | +113.7% | 94 | +65 | $12,697 | $2,677,356 | 5 | Columbia Pictures |
| 15 | - | Broadcast News | $441,039 | - | 7 | - | $63,005 | $441,039 | 1 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 16 | - | Moonstruck | $269,931 | - | 7 | - | $38,561 | $269,931 | 1 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) |
| 17 | - | September | $137,427 | - | 15 | - | $9,161 | $137,427 | 1 | Orion Pictures |
| 18 | - | The Dead | $123,588 | - | 6 | - | $20,598 | $123,588 | 1 | Vestron Pictures |
| 19 | - | Ironweed | $64,789 | - | 2 | - | $32,394 | $64,789 | 1 | TriStar Pictures |
