Domestic 1987 Week 52
December 25-31, 1987
Key:New This Week
| Rank | LW | Release | Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | Three Men and a Baby | $21,605,600 | +70.3% | 1,804 | +51 | $11,976 | $70,801,611 | 6 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 2 | 1 | Eddie Murphy: Raw | $13,408,906 | -0.9% | 1,494 | +103 | $8,975 | $26,939,719 | 2 | Paramount Pictures |
| 3 | 3 | Throw Momma from the Train | $12,338,508 | +39.4% | 1,619 | +105 | $7,621 | $30,715,258 | 3 | Orion Pictures |
| 4 | 15 | Broadcast News | $9,878,196 | +2,139.8% | 677 | +670 | $14,591 | $10,319,235 | 2 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 5 | 4 | *batteries not included | $8,779,790 | +49.2% | 1,357 | +29 | $6,470 | $14,662,720 | 2 | Universal Pictures |
| 6 | 5 | Wall Street | $7,697,983 | +58.2% | 987 | +244 | $7,799 | $18,012,690 | 3 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 7 | 6 | Planes, Trains & Automobiles | $7,145,794 | +60.8% | 1,684 | +74 | $4,243 | $35,049,149 | 6 | Paramount Pictures |
| 8 | 7 | Overboard | $5,833,092 | +62.8% | 1,124 | -2 | $5,189 | $9,415,897 | 2 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) |
| 9 | 8 | Fatal Attraction | $5,498,038 | +116.1% | 1,234 | +61 | $4,455 | $125,944,573 | 15 | Paramount Pictures |
| 10 | 12 | Empire of the Sun | $5,098,899 | +182.6% | 673 | +448 | $7,576 | $8,794,582 | 3 | Warner Bros. |
| 11 | 9 | Cinderella 1987 Re-release | $4,175,434 | +80.5% | 1,545 | +242 | $2,702 | $28,112,107 | 6 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 12 | 10 | Nuts | $3,415,296 | +53.9% | 1,112 | - | $3,071 | $22,797,978 | 6 | Warner Bros. |
| 13 | 11 | Leonard Part 6 | $1,849,442 | -9.4% | 1,149 | +7 | $1,609 | $3,891,660 | 2 | Columbia Pictures |
| 14 | 14 | The Last Emperor | $1,764,140 | +47.8% | 92 | -2 | $19,175 | $4,441,496 | 6 | Columbia Pictures |
| 15 | 13 | The Running Man | $1,599,879 | +13.8% | 829 | -125 | $1,929 | $34,879,267 | 7 | TriStar Pictures |
| 16 | - | Good Morning, Vietnam | $440,103 | - | 4 | - | $110,025 | $440,103 | 1 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 17 | 16 | Moonstruck | $336,358 | +24.6% | 7 | - | $48,051 | $606,289 | 2 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) |
| 18 | 19 | Ironweed | $83,979 | +29.6% | 2 | - | $41,989 | $148,768 | 2 | TriStar Pictures |
