Domestic 1987 Weekend 1
January 2-4, 1987
Key:New This Week
| Rank | LW | Release | Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | The Golden Child | $6,644,850 | -34.3% | 1,714 | - | $3,876 | $52,242,612 | 4 | Paramount Pictures |
| 2 | 2 | Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home | $6,193,836 | -32.4% | 1,956 | - | $3,166 | $81,263,842 | 6 | Paramount Pictures |
| 3 | 3 | Crocodile Dundee | $4,676,392 | -20.2% | 1,375 | -48 | $3,401 | $122,920,198 | 15 | Paramount Pictures |
| 4 | 8 | Lady and the Tramp 1986 Re-release | $4,541,727 | -9.7% | 1,370 | -5 | $3,315 | $20,690,563 | 3 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 5 | 7 | Little Shop of Horrors | $4,004,838 | -20.6% | 866 | - | $4,624 | $19,546,049 | 3 | Warner Bros. |
| 6 | 4 | Three Amigos! | $3,710,861 | -32.5% | 1,464 | -2 | $2,534 | $28,443,041 | 4 | Orion Pictures |
| 7 | 5 | The Morning After | $3,354,965 | -33.8% | 955 | - | $3,513 | $12,772,572 | 2 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 8 | 6 | Heartbreak Ridge | $3,240,994 | -35.8% | 1,647 | - | $1,967 | $34,909,032 | 5 | Warner Bros. |
| 9 | 9 | An American Tail | $2,698,775 | -10.3% | 1,160 | +3 | $2,326 | $37,195,596 | 7 | Universal Pictures |
| 10 | 12 | Crimes of the Heart | $2,174,423 | -11.9% | 454 | +8 | $4,789 | $11,433,268 | 4 | De Laurentiis Entertainment Group (DEG) |
| 11 | - | Wisdom | $1,994,197 | - | 788 | - | $2,530 | $1,994,197 | 1 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 12 | 11 | No Mercy | $1,971,776 | -23% | 1,186 | -20 | $1,662 | $9,569,651 | 3 | TriStar Pictures |
| 13 | 10 | Brighton Beach Memoirs | $1,906,100 | -26.1% | 778 | +3 | $2,450 | $7,005,094 | 2 | Universal Pictures |
| 14 | 13 | The Mosquito Coast | $1,748,030 | -21.9% | 451 | - | $3,875 | $8,873,857 | 6 | Warner Bros. |
| 15 | 15 | Platoon | $1,645,169 | +366.8% | 59 | +40 | $27,884 | $3,621,038 | 3 | Orion Pictures |
| 16 | - | Witchboard | $95,435 | - | 15 | - | $6,362 | $149,221 | 1 | - |
