Domestic 1987 Week 50
December 11-17, 1987
Key:New This Week
| Rank | LW | Release | Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | - | Throw Momma from the Train | $9,525,536 | - | 1,477 | - | $6,449 | $9,525,536 | 1 | Orion Pictures |
| 2 | 1 | Three Men and a Baby | $8,946,386 | -18.2% | 1,016 | +10 | $8,805 | $36,511,265 | 4 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 3 | - | Wall Street | $5,447,702 | - | 730 | - | $7,462 | $5,447,702 | 1 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 4 | 2 | Planes, Trains & Automobiles | $4,938,782 | -24.5% | 1,578 | +460 | $3,129 | $23,460,663 | 4 | Paramount Pictures |
| 5 | 3 | Fatal Attraction | $2,684,343 | -32.3% | 1,340 | -61 | $2,003 | $117,902,900 | 13 | Paramount Pictures |
| 6 | 4 | Cinderella 1987 Re-release | $2,126,840 | -43% | 1,532 | -125 | $1,388 | $21,623,285 | 4 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 7 | 5 | The Running Man | $2,098,940 | -41.3% | 1,595 | -94 | $1,315 | $31,873,635 | 5 | TriStar Pictures |
| 8 | - | Empire of the Sun | $1,891,476 | - | 225 | - | $8,406 | $1,891,476 | 1 | Warner Bros. |
| 9 | 6 | Nuts | $1,885,360 | -40% | 652 | +86 | $2,891 | $17,163,619 | 4 | Warner Bros. |
| 10 | 8 | Dirty Dancing | $973,749 | -45% | 986 | -9 | $987 | $51,610,385 | 17 | Vestron Pictures |
| 11 | 7 | Flowers in the Attic | $943,777 | -48.7% | 1,023 | -71 | $922 | $13,287,340 | 4 | New World Pictures |
| 12 | 9 | Baby Boom | $641,320 | -40.4% | 824 | -68 | $778 | $22,730,256 | 10 | United Artists |
| 13 | 14 | The Last Emperor | $558,573 | +67.7% | 29 | +23 | $19,261 | $1,483,809 | 4 | Columbia Pictures |
| 14 | - | Cold Steel | $181,630 | - | 135 | - | $1,345 | $181,630 | 1 | Cinetel |
