Domestic 1987 Weekend 3
January 16-18, 1987
Key:New This Week
| Rank | LW | Release | Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | - | Critical Condition | $5,715,701 | - | 1,343 | - | $4,255 | $5,715,701 | 1 | Paramount Pictures |
| 2 | 2 | Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home | $4,056,512 | -1.2% | 1,479 | -397 | $2,742 | $92,673,709 | 8 | Paramount Pictures |
| 3 | 1 | The Golden Child | $3,921,103 | -13.4% | 1,565 | -92 | $2,505 | $63,909,626 | 6 | Paramount Pictures |
| 4 | 11 | Platoon | $3,730,715 | +123.6% | 174 | +101 | $21,440 | $11,110,235 | 5 | Orion Pictures |
| 5 | 3 | Crocodile Dundee | $3,580,010 | +9.9% | 1,315 | -44 | $2,722 | $132,345,322 | 17 | Paramount Pictures |
| 6 | 4 | Little Shop of Horrors | $3,222,066 | +5.4% | 1,183 | +325 | $2,723 | $27,781,027 | 5 | Warner Bros. |
| 7 | - | The Bedroom Window | $2,919,657 | - | 930 | - | $3,139 | $2,919,657 | 1 | De Laurentiis Entertainment Group (DEG) |
| 8 | - | Wanted: Dead or Alive | $2,845,836 | - | 1,017 | - | $2,798 | $2,845,836 | 1 | New World Pictures |
| 9 | 5 | The Morning After | $1,972,870 | -29.4% | 908 | -33 | $2,172 | $19,476,959 | 4 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 10 | 10 | Crimes of the Heart | $1,518,464 | -13.7% | 538 | +2 | $2,822 | $16,087,573 | 6 | De Laurentiis Entertainment Group (DEG) |
| 11 | - | The Mission | $1,468,686 | - | 393 | - | $3,737 | $6,543,029 | 12 | Warner Bros. |
| 12 | 7 | Three Amigos! | $1,412,077 | -38.9% | 1,116 | -349 | $1,265 | $33,712,077 | 6 | Orion Pictures |
| 13 | 9 | Lady and the Tramp 1986 Re-release | $1,263,202 | -37% | 1,171 | -132 | $1,078 | $25,163,733 | 5 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 14 | 6 | Assassination | $1,143,966 | -59% | 992 | -8 | $1,153 | $4,763,237 | 2 | Cannon Film Distributors |
| 15 | 8 | Heartbreak Ridge | $1,040,729 | -49.9% | 958 | -514 | $1,086 | $39,927,825 | 7 | Warner Bros. |
| 16 | 14 | An American Tail | $1,010,470 | -13.5% | 969 | -23 | $1,042 | $39,895,803 | 9 | Universal Pictures |
| 17 | - | The Color Purple 1987 Re-release | $816,269 | - | 601 | - | $1,358 | $816,269 | 1 | Warner Bros. |
