Domestic 1987 Weekend 50
December 11-13, 1987
Key:New This Week
| Rank | LW | Release | Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | - | Throw Momma from the Train | $7,318,878 | - | 1,477 | - | $4,955 | $7,318,878 | 1 | Orion Pictures |
| 2 | 1 | Three Men and a Baby | $7,046,243 | -16.4% | 1,016 | +10 | $6,935 | $34,611,122 | 3 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 3 | - | Wall Street | $4,104,611 | - | 730 | - | $5,622 | $4,104,611 | 1 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 4 | 2 | Planes, Trains & Automobiles | $3,698,739 | -27% | 1,578 | +460 | $2,343 | $22,220,620 | 3 | Paramount Pictures |
| 5 | 3 | Fatal Attraction | $2,017,291 | -33.7% | 1,340 | -61 | $1,505 | $117,235,848 | 13 | Paramount Pictures |
| 6 | 5 | The Running Man | $1,898,940 | -34.2% | 1,595 | -94 | $1,190 | $31,673,635 | 5 | TriStar Pictures |
| 7 | 4 | Cinderella 1987 Re-release | $1,690,152 | -44.1% | 1,532 | -125 | $1,103 | $21,186,597 | 4 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 8 | 6 | Nuts | $1,424,264 | -40.8% | 652 | +86 | $2,184 | $16,702,523 | 4 | Warner Bros. |
| 9 | - | Empire of the Sun | $1,314,509 | - | 225 | - | $5,842 | $1,314,509 | 1 | Warner Bros. |
| 10 | 8 | Dirty Dancing | $844,229 | -28.4% | 986 | -9 | $856 | $51,480,865 | 17 | Vestron Pictures |
| 11 | 7 | Flowers in the Attic | $727,802 | -49.7% | 1,023 | -71 | $711 | $13,071,365 | 4 | New World Pictures |
| 12 | 9 | Baby Boom | $473,899 | -42.4% | 824 | -68 | $575 | $22,562,835 | 10 | United Artists |
| 13 | 15 | The Last Emperor | $402,257 | +158.8% | 29 | +23 | $13,870 | $1,327,493 | 4 | Columbia Pictures |
| 14 | - | Cold Steel | $137,186 | - | 135 | - | $1,016 | $137,186 | 1 | Cinetel |
