Domestic 1987 Week 51
December 18-24, 1987
| Rank | Release | Weekly | Weekend | % of Week | Weekdays | % of Week | Theaters | Week | Distributor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Eddie Murphy: Raw | $13,530,813 | $9,077,324 | 67.1% | $4,453,489 | 32.9% | 1,391 | 1 | Paramount Pictures |
| 2 | Three Men and a Baby | $12,684,746 | $7,510,378 | 59.2% | $5,174,368 | 40.8% | 1,753 | 5 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 3 | Throw Momma from the Train | $8,851,214 | $5,680,836 | 64.2% | $3,170,378 | 35.8% | 1,514 | 2 | Orion Pictures |
| 4 | *batteries not included | $5,882,930 | $3,326,530 | 56.6% | $2,556,400 | 43.4% | 1,328 | 1 | Universal Pictures |
| 5 | Wall Street | $4,867,005 | $3,067,206 | 63% | $1,799,799 | 37% | 743 | 2 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 6 | Planes, Trains & Automobiles | $4,442,692 | $2,638,790 | 59.4% | $1,803,902 | 40.6% | 1,610 | 5 | Paramount Pictures |
| 7 | Overboard | $3,582,805 | $1,880,006 | 52.5% | $1,702,799 | 47.5% | 1,126 | 1 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) |
| 8 | Fatal Attraction | $2,543,635 | $1,510,319 | 59.4% | $1,033,316 | 40.6% | 1,173 | 14 | Paramount Pictures |
| 9 | Cinderella 1987 Re-release | $2,313,388 | $1,093,603 | 47.3% | $1,219,785 | 52.7% | 1,303 | 5 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 10 | Nuts | $2,219,063 | $1,372,098 | 61.8% | $846,965 | 38.2% | 1,112 | 5 | Warner Bros. |
| 11 | Leonard Part 6 | $2,042,218 | $1,316,337 | 64.5% | $725,881 | 35.5% | 1,142 | 1 | Columbia Pictures |
| 12 | Empire of the Sun | $1,804,207 | $1,044,436 | 57.9% | $759,771 | 42.1% | 225 | 2 | Warner Bros. |
| 13 | The Running Man | $1,405,753 | $854,523 | 60.8% | $551,230 | 39.2% | 954 | 6 | TriStar Pictures |
| 14 | The Last Emperor | $1,193,547 | $755,000 | 63.3% | $438,547 | 36.7% | 94 | 5 | Columbia Pictures |
| 15 | Broadcast News | $441,039 | $197,542 | 44.8% | $243,497 | 55.2% | 7 | 1 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 16 | Moonstruck | $269,931 | $127,599 | 47.3% | $142,332 | 52.7% | 7 | 1 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) |
| 17 | September | $137,427 | $85,731 | 62.4% | $51,696 | 37.6% | 15 | 1 | Orion Pictures |
| 18 | The Dead | $123,588 | $69,074 | 55.9% | $54,514 | 44.1% | 6 | 1 | Vestron Pictures |
| 19 | Ironweed | $64,789 | $36,973 | 57.1% | $27,816 | 42.9% | 2 | 1 | TriStar Pictures |
| - | Cold Steel | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | Cinetel |
| - | Baby Boom | - | - | - | - | - | - | 11 | United Artists |
| - | Flowers in the Attic | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | New World Pictures |
