Movies Produced by United States and Released in 1987
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The list below includes all films produced by United States production companies, including international co-productions.
Note: Since we are still actively researching production countries, we consider this chart to be in beta mode.
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| Movie | Co-Producing
Countries | Genre | Production
Budget | Worldwide
Box Office
to Date | Trailer |
|---|
| Fatal Attraction |
United States |
Thriller/Suspense |
$14,000,000 |
$320,099,997 |
|
| Beverly Hills Cop II |
United States |
Comedy |
$20,000,000 |
$276,665,036 |
|
| Dirty Dancing |
United States |
Drama |
|
$213,893,795 |
|
| 3 Men and a Baby |
United States |
Comedy |
$15,000,000 |
$167,780,960 |
|
| Good Morning Vietnam |
United States |
Comedy |
$13,000,000 |
$123,922,582 |
|
| Lethal Weapon |
United States |
Action |
$15,000,000 |
$120,192,350 |
|
| Predator |
United States |
Action |
$18,000,000 |
$98,267,558 |
|
| Moonstruck |
United States |
Romantic Comedy |
|
$80,642,215 |
|
| The Untouchables |
United States |
Drama |
$25,000,000 |
$76,271,995 |
|
| Broadcast News |
United States |
Comedy |
|
$67,331,309 |
|
| The Secret of My Success |
United States |
Comedy |
|
$66,995,000 |
|
| Stakeout |
United States |
Comedy |
|
$65,673,233 |
|
| The Witches of Eastwick |
United States |
Black Comedy |
|
$63,749,955 |
|
| Dragnet |
United States |
Comedy |
|
$57,387,000 |
|
| La Bamba |
United States |
Drama |
$6,500,000 |
$54,215,416 |
|
| RoboCop |
United States |
Action |
$13,000,000 |
$54,125,172 |
|
| Throw Momma From the Train |
United States |
Black Comedy |
|
$53,380,796 |
|
| Outrageous Fortune |
United States |
Comedy |
|
$52,864,741 |
|
| Eddie Murphy Raw |
United States |
Concert/Performance |
|
$50,504,655 |
|
| Planes, Trains & Automobiles |
United States |
Comedy |
|
$49,752,241 |
|
| Full Metal Jacket |
United Kingdom,
United States |
Drama |
$30,000,000 |
$45,017,134 |
|
| A Nightmare On Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors |
United States |
Horror |
$5,000,000 |
$44,793,222 |
|
| Wall Street |
United States |
Drama |
$16,500,000 |
$43,848,100 |
|
| Blind Date |
United States |
Romantic Comedy |
|
$39,321,000 |
|
| Roxanne |
United States |
Romantic Comedy |
|
$39,148,164 |
|
| The Running Man |
United States |
Action |
$30,000,000 |
$38,122,000 |
|
| Spaceballs |
United States |
Comedy |
$22,700,000 |
$38,119,483 |
|
| Mannequin |
United States |
Romantic Comedy |
|
$38,018,000 |
|
| No Way Out |
United States |
Thriller/Suspense |
|
$35,509,515 |
|
| Summer School |
United States |
Comedy |
|
$35,114,428 |
|
| Like Father Like Son |
United States |
Comedy |
|
$34,377,585 |
|
| Adventures in Babysitting |
United States |
Comedy |
|
$33,790,923 |
|
| *batteries not included |
United States |
Comedy |
|
$32,945,797 |
|
| Harry and the Hendersons |
United States |
Comedy |
|
$32,560,613 |
|
| The Lost Boys |
United States |
Horror |
$8,500,000 |
$32,394,143 |
|
| Can’t Buy Me Love |
United States |
Romantic Comedy |
|
$31,623,833 |
|
| The Princess Bride |
United States |
Adventure |
$15,000,000 |
$31,046,220 |
|
| Nuts |
United States |
Drama |
|
$28,866,028 |
|
| Police Academy 4: Citizens on Patrol |
United States |
Comedy |
|
$28,061,343 |
|
| Overboard |
United States |
Romantic Comedy |
|
$26,713,187 |
|
| Baby Boom |
United States |
Romantic Comedy |
|
$26,700,000 |
|
| Tin Men |
United States |
Comedy |
|
$25,411,386 |
|
| Black Widow |
United States |
Thriller/Suspense |
|
$25,205,460 |
|
| Ernest Goes to Camp |
United States |
Comedy |
|
$23,509,382 |
|
| Raising Arizona |
United States |
Comedy |
|
$22,847,767 |
|
| Revenge of the Nerds II: Nerds in Paradise |
United States |
Comedy |
|
$22,642,033 |
|
| Empire of the Sun |
United States |
Drama |
|
$22,238,696 |
|
| Hello Again |
United States |
Comedy |
|
$20,419,446 |
|
| Critical Condition |
United States |
Comedy |
|
$20,240,502 |
|
| Innerspace |
United States |
Action |
|
$19,816,619 |
|
| The Principal |
United States |
Thriller/Suspense |
|
$19,214,194 |
|
| Suspect |
United States |
Thriller/Suspense |
|
$18,782,400 |
|
| The Believers |
United States |
Thriller/Suspense |
|
$18,753,438 |
|
| Some Kind of Wonderful |
United States |
Romantic Comedy |
|
$18,553,948 |
|
| Project X |
United States |
Comedy |
|
$18,532,286 |
|
| The Big Easy |
United States |
Thriller/Suspense |
|
$17,685,307 |
|
| Born in East L.A. |
United States |
Comedy |
|
$17,355,263 |
|
| Masters of the Universe |
United States |
Action |
|
$17,336,686 |
|
| Angel Heart |
United States |
Horror |
|
$17,192,555 |
|
| Burglar |
Canada,
United States |
Comedy |
|
$16,337,355 |
|
| Over the Top |
United States |
Action |
|
$16,057,580 |
|
| Jaws 4: The Revenge |
United States |
Horror |
$23,000,000 |
$15,728,335 |
|
| Benji the Hunted |
United States |
Adventure |
|
$15,212,539 |
|
| Radio Days |
United States |
Comedy |
$16,000,000 |
$14,792,779 |
|
| Ishtar |
United States |
Comedy |
$40,000,000 |
$14,375,181 |
|
| Prince of Darkness |
United States |
Horror |
|
$14,182,393 |
|
| Creepshow 2 |
United States |
Horror |
$3,500,000 |
$14,000,000 |
|
| Flowers in the Attic |
United States |
Horror |
|
$14,000,000 |
|
| Hamburger Hill |
United States |
Drama |
|
$13,839,404 |
|
| The Pick-Up Artist |
United States |
Romantic Comedy |
|
$13,290,368 |
|
| The Gate |
Canada,
United States |
Horror |
|
$13,000,000 |
|
| The Bedroom Window |
United States |
Thriller/Suspense |
|
$12,640,385 |
|
| Less than Zero |
United States |
Drama |
|
$12,396,383 |
|
| Back to the Beach |
United States |
Comedy |
|
$12,208,754 |
|
| Fatal Beauty |
United States |
Action |
|
$12,046,526 |
|
| Extreme Prejudice |
United States |
Action |
|
$11,307,844 |
|
| Light of Day |
United States |
Drama |
|
$10,489,617 |
|
| Someone to Watch Over Me |
United States |
Thriller/Suspense |
|
$10,278,549 |
|
| Disorderlies |
United States |
Comedy |
|
$10,000,000 |
|
| Maid to Order |
United States |
Comedy |
|
$9,868,000 |
|
| The Hidden |
United States |
Horror |
|
$9,748,233 |
|
| From the Hip |
United States |
Comedy |
|
$9,518,342 |
|
| Teen Wolf Too |
United States |
Comedy |
$3,000,000 |
$7,888,000 |
|
| House II: The Second Story |
United States |
Comedy |
|
$7,800,000 |
|
| Ironweed |
United States |
Drama |
|
$7,393,346 |
|
| Who's That Girl? |
United States |
Romantic Comedy |
|
$7,305,000 |
|
| Hiding Out |
United States |
Comedy |
|
$7,019,441 |
|
| Death Wish 4: The Crackdown |
United States |
Action |
|
$6,880,310 |
|
| The Chipmunk Adventure |
United States |
Adventure |
|
$6,804,312 |
|
| Wanted: Dead or Alive |
United States |
Action |
|
$6,454,953 |
|
| Assassination |
United States |
Action |
|
$6,075,793 |
|
| Evil Dead II |
United States |
Horror |
$3,500,000 |
$5,927,557 |
|
| Surrender |
United States |
Comedy |
|
$5,711,976 |
|
| Nadine |
United States |
|
|
$5,669,831 |
|
| The Sicilian |
United States |
Action |
|
$5,406,879 |
|
| Hot Pursuit |
United States |
Comedy |
|
$5,310,875 |
|
| Gardens of Stone |
United States |
Drama |
|
$5,262,047 |
|
| Hollywood Shuffle |
United States |
|
$100,000 |
$5,228,617 |
|
| River's Edge |
United States |
Drama |
$1,900,000 |
$4,600,000 |
|
| Best Seller |
United States |
Thriller/Suspense |
|
$4,278,150 |
|
| Leonard Part 6 |
United States |
Comedy |
|
$4,000,000 |
|
| Made in Heaven |
United States |
Romantic Comedy |
|
$4,000,000 |
|
| American Ninja 2: The Confrontation |
United States |
Action |
$350,000 |
$4,000,000 |
|
| Amazing Grace and Chuck |
United States |
Drama |
|
$4,000,000 |
|
| Death Before Dishonor |
United States |
Action |
|
$3,776,540 |
|
| The Monster Squad |
United States |
Action |
|
$3,769,990 |
|
| Allan Quatermain and the Lost City |
United States |
Adventure |
|
$3,751,699 |
|
| Three O’Clock High |
United States |
Comedy |
|
$3,685,862 |
|
| Near Dark |
United States |
|
|
$3,369,307 |
|
| Pinocchio and the Emperor of the Night |
United States |
|
|
$3,261,638 |
|
| Barfly |
United States |
Drama |
|
$3,221,000 |
|
| Big Shots |
United States |
Comedy |
|
$3,000,000 |
|
| Malone |
United States |
Action |
$10,000,000 |
$3,000,000 |
|
| My Demon Lover |
United States |
Comedy |
|
$3,000,000 |
|
| No Man’s Land |
United States |
Drama |
|
$2,877,571 |
|
| Heat |
United States |
Action |
|
$2,833,142 |
|
| The Allnighter |
United States |
Comedy |
|
$2,700,000 |
|
| House of Games |
United States |
Thriller/Suspense |
|
$2,585,639 |
|
| The Stepfather |
United States |
Horror |
|
$2,488,740 |
|
| The Squeeze |
United States |
Action |
|
$2,228,951 |
|
| Morgan Stewart's Coming Home |
United States |
Comedy |
|
$2,136,381 |
|
| The Kindred |
United States |
Horror |
|
$2,014,803 |
|
| The Care Bears Adventure in Wonderland |
Canada,
United States |
Adventure |
|
$2,000,000 |
|
| Date With an Angel |
United States |
|
|
$2,000,000 |
|
| The Big Town |
United States |
Thriller/Suspense |
|
$1,733,017 |
|
| The Rosary Murders |
United States |
Thriller/Suspense |
|
$1,730,337 |
|
| Matewan |
United States |
Drama |
|
$1,680,358 |
|
| Making Mr. Right |
United States |
|
|
$1,584,970 |
|
| Three for the Road |
United States |
|
|
$1,539,000 |
|
| A Prayer for the Dying |
United States |
|
|
$1,432,687 |
|
| The Offspring |
United States |
Horror |
$1,100,000 |
$1,355,728 |
|
| Dancers |
United States |
Comedy |
|
$1,190,416 |
|
| Return to Horror High |
United States |
|
|
$1,190,000 |
|
| The Curse |
Italy,
United States |
Horror |
|
$1,169,922 |
|
| Nightflyers |
United States |
Horror |
|
$1,149,470 |
|
| Hunk |
United States |
Comedy |
|
$1,120,536 |
|
| Street Smart |
Canada,
United States |
Drama |
|
$1,119,112 |
|
| Weeds |
United States |
Drama |
|
$1,113,222 |
|
| Swimming to Cambodia |
United States |
|
|
$1,092,000 |
|
| 84 Charing Cross Road |
United Kingdom,
United States |
Drama |
|
$1,083,486 |
|
| Russkies |
United States |
Drama |
|
$1,030,101 |
|
| Cross My Heart |
United States |
Comedy |
|
$1,025,762 |
|
| Million Dollar Mystery |
United States |
Comedy |
|
$1,000,000 |
|
| In the Mood |
United States |
Comedy |
|
$999,000 |
|
| The Dead |
Germany,
Ireland,
United Kingdom,
United States |
Drama |
|
$961,967 |
|
| Dead of Winter |
United States |
Thriller/Suspense |
|
$951,548 |
|
| China Girl |
United States |
Drama |
|
$918,055 |
|
| The Glass Menagerie |
United States |
|
|
$895,904 |
|
| Real Men |
United States |
Comedy |
|
$873,903 |
|
| Nowhere to Hide |
United States |
Action |
|
$847,468 |
|
| The Barbarians |
Italy,
United States |
Action |
$4,000,000 |
$800,000 |
|
| Beyond Therapy |
United States |
Comedy |
|
$790,000 |
|
| The Hanoi Hilton |
United States |
Drama |
|
$760,000 |
|
| Hail! Hail! Rock'n'Roll |
United States |
Documentary |
|
$719,323 |
|
| Siesta |
United States |
Drama |
|
$700,000 |
|
| Housekeeping |
United States |
Drama |
|
$647,518 |
|
| Deadly Illusion |
United States |
|
|
$626,724 |
|
| Steel Dawn |
United States |
Action |
|
$562,187 |
|
| Amazon Women on the Moon |
United States |
Comedy |
|
$548,696 |
|
| September |
United States |
Drama |
|
$486,434 |
|
| Walk Like a Man |
United States |
Comedy |
|
$460,608 |
|
| Number One with a Bullet |
United States |
|
|
$410,952 |
|
| Slam Dance |
United Kingdom,
United States |
Thriller/Suspense |
|
$406,881 |
|
| Summer Heat |
United States |
Drama |
|
$350,481 |
|
| White Water Summer |
United States |
|
|
$300,859 |
|
| Cold Steel |
United States |
Action |
|
$285,885 |
|
| Walker |
United States |
|
|
$257,043 |
|
| Orphans |
United States |
Drama |
|
$252,430 |
|
| Square Dance |
United States |
|
|
$225,358 |
|
| The Trouble with Spies |
United States |
|
|
$205,507 |
|
| Hotshot |
United States |
Drama |
|
$161,806 |
|
| Gaby, A True Story |
Mexico,
United States |
|
|
$125,400 |
|
| Down Twisted |
United States |
|
|
$80,000 |
|
| End of the Line |
United States |
Drama |
|
$42,000 |
|
| Zombie High |
United States |
Black Comedy |
|
$16,000 |
|
| Cherry 2000 |
United States |
Action |
|
$14,000 |
|
| Sweet Country |
Greece,
United States |
Drama |
|
$6,614 |
|
| Sign 'o' the Times |
United States |
Documentary |
|
$900 |
|
| The Stranger Within |
United States |
Thriller/Suspense |
|
$0 |
|
| Inside Out |
United States |
Drama |
|
$0 |
|
| Shelter in the Storm |
United States |
|
|
$0 |
|
| Baja Oklahoma |
United States |
Drama |
|
$0 |
|
| Masterblaster |
United States |
Action |
|
$0 |
|
| The Brave Little Toaster |
Japan,
Taiwan, Province of China,
United States |
Adventure |
$2,300,000 |
$0 |
|
| Deadly Prey |
United States |
Action |
|
$0 |
|
| Blood Diner |
United States |
Black Comedy |
|
$0 |
|
| Tough Guys Don’t Dance |
United States |
Comedy |
|
$0 |
|
| Star Slammer |
United States |
Action |
|
$0 |
|
| Drive-In Madness! |
United States |
Documentary |
|
$0 |
|
| Sweet Revenge |
United States |
Action |
|
$0 |
|
| Cyclone |
United States |
|
|
$0 |
|
| Delta Fever |
United States |
Drama |
|
$0 |
|
| Death Blow: A Cry for Justice |
United States |
Drama |
|
$0 |
|
| Real Bullets |
United States |
Action |
|
$0 |
|
| The Princess Academy |
France,
The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia,
United States |
Comedy |
|
$0 |
|
| Vicious Lips |
United States |
Horror |
|
$0 |
|
| North Shore |
United States |
Action |
|
$0 |
|
| The Whales of August |
United States |
Drama |
|
$0 |
|
| Alien Predators |
United States |
Horror |
|
$0 |
|
| Silent Night, Deadly Night 2 |
United States |
Horror |
|
$0 |
|
| Hard Ticket to Hawaii |
United States |
Action |
|
$0 |
|
| Scared Stiff |
United States |
Horror |
|
$0 |
|
| The Killing Time |
United States |
Action |
|
$0 |
|
| Blood Sisters |
United States |
Horror |
|
$0 |
|
| Working Girls |
United States |
Drama |
|
$0 |
|
| A Return to Salem’s Lot |
United States |
Horror |
|
$0 |
|
| Lust for Freedom |
United States |
Drama |
|
$0 |
|
