Domestic 1987 Week 1
January 2-8, 1987
Key:New This Week
| Rank | LW | Release | Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | The Golden Child | $8,510,393 | -50.4% | 1,714 | - | $4,965 | $54,108,155 | 4 | Paramount Pictures |
| 2 | 2 | Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home | $8,057,483 | -50.6% | 1,956 | - | $4,119 | $83,127,489 | 7 | Paramount Pictures |
| 3 | 5 | Crocodile Dundee | $6,044,494 | -38.1% | 1,375 | -48 | $4,395 | $124,288,300 | 15 | Paramount Pictures |
| 4 | 3 | Lady and the Tramp 1986 Re-release | $5,272,787 | -51.3% | 1,370 | -5 | $3,848 | $21,421,623 | 3 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 5 | 7 | Little Shop of Horrors | $5,128,355 | -44.1% | 866 | - | $5,921 | $20,669,566 | 3 | Warner Bros. |
| 6 | 4 | Three Amigos! | $4,516,761 | -54.5% | 1,464 | -2 | $3,085 | $29,248,941 | 4 | Orion Pictures |
| 7 | 6 | The Morning After | $4,428,433 | -53% | 955 | - | $4,637 | $13,846,040 | 2 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 8 | 8 | Heartbreak Ridge | $4,368,971 | -48.4% | 1,647 | - | $2,652 | $36,037,009 | 5 | Warner Bros. |
| 9 | - | Wisdom | $3,281,898 | - | 788 | - | $4,164 | $3,281,898 | 1 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 10 | 9 | An American Tail | $2,996,645 | -52.8% | 1,160 | +3 | $2,583 | $37,493,466 | 7 | Universal Pictures |
| 11 | 11 | Crimes of the Heart | $2,931,859 | -35.4% | 454 | +8 | $6,457 | $12,190,704 | 4 | De Laurentiis Entertainment Group (DEG) |
| 12 | 15 | Platoon | $2,733,086 | +79% | 59 | +40 | $46,323 | $4,708,955 | 3 | Orion Pictures |
| 13 | 12 | No Mercy | $2,564,313 | -36.9% | 1,186 | -20 | $2,162 | $10,162,188 | 3 | TriStar Pictures |
| 14 | 10 | Brighton Beach Memoirs | $2,457,750 | -51.8% | 778 | +3 | $3,159 | $7,556,744 | 2 | Universal Pictures |
| 15 | 13 | The Mosquito Coast | $2,315,044 | -42.7% | 451 | - | $5,133 | $9,440,871 | 7 | Warner Bros. |
