Domestic 1987 Week 47
November 20-26, 1987
Key:New This Week
| Rank | LW | Release | Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | The Running Man | $9,467,484 | -7.7% | 1,692 | - | $5,595 | $19,720,949 | 2 | TriStar Pictures |
| 2 | 2 | Fatal Attraction | $7,987,282 | -2.5% | 1,398 | +12 | $5,713 | $104,458,322 | 10 | Paramount Pictures |
| 3 | - | Cinderella 1987 Re-release | $7,408,902 | - | 1,646 | - | $4,501 | $7,408,902 | 1 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 4 | - | Flowers in the Attic | $6,913,940 | - | 1,051 | - | $6,578 | $6,913,940 | 1 | New World Pictures |
| 5 | - | Nuts | $6,806,297 | - | 536 | - | $12,698 | $6,806,297 | 1 | Warner Bros. |
| 6 | - | Teen Wolf Too | $3,610,918 | - | 1,540 | - | $2,344 | $3,610,918 | 1 | Atlantic Releasing Corporation |
| 7 | - | Three Men and a Baby | $3,533,653 | - | - | - | - | $3,533,653 | 1 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 8 | 3 | Hello Again | $3,469,985 | -29.5% | 1,202 | -5 | $2,886 | $15,756,729 | 3 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 9 | - | Planes, Trains & Automobiles | $3,121,760 | - | - | - | - | $3,121,760 | 1 | Paramount Pictures |
| 10 | 4 | Baby Boom | $2,458,169 | -19.5% | 889 | +9 | $2,765 | $19,129,742 | 7 | United Artists |
| 11 | 7 | Dirty Dancing | $2,338,890 | +5.5% | 951 | -7 | $2,459 | $46,727,663 | 14 | Vestron Pictures |
| 12 | 5 | Less Than Zero | $1,753,981 | -30.5% | 601 | -267 | $2,918 | $8,343,927 | 3 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 13 | 8 | The Princess Bride | $1,743,243 | -15.1% | 786 | +54 | $2,217 | $23,435,211 | 9 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 14 | 6 | Suspect | $1,669,500 | -30.1% | 857 | -161 | $1,948 | $16,157,272 | 5 | TriStar Pictures |
| 15 | 10 | Like Father Like Son | $1,315,006 | -31.2% | 1,003 | -169 | $1,311 | $32,334,499 | 8 | TriStar Pictures |
| 16 | - | Sign 'o' the Times | $1,310,265 | - | 234 | - | $5,599 | $1,310,265 | 1 | - |
| 17 | - | Date with an Angel | $1,101,718 | - | 843 | - | $1,306 | $1,101,718 | 1 | De Laurentiis Entertainment Group (DEG) |
| 18 | 16 | Cry Freedom | $337,642 | -13.2% | 20 | -7 | $16,882 | $1,180,156 | 3 | Universal Pictures |
| 19 | - | The Last Emperor | $299,166 | - | 5 | - | $59,833 | $299,166 | 1 | Columbia Pictures |
| 20 | - | Housekeeping | $11,089 | - | - | - | - | $11,089 | 1 | Columbia Pictures |
