Movie Index - 1987

Note: If the exact release date of the movie is not known, it is recorded as January 1st.

Release Date		Movie	Distributor	Budget	Total US Gross	Worldwide Gross
January, 1987
January, 1		Prick Up Your Ears		-	$1,654,743	-
January, 1		The Glass Menagerie		-	$895,904	-
January, 1		Beyond Therapy		-	$790,000	-
January, 1		The Time Guardian		-	$548,000	-
January, 1		Man on Fire		-	$519,596	-
January, 1		Summer Heat		-	$350,481	-
January, 1		Down Twisted		-	$80,000	-
January, 1		Date With an Angel		-	$2,000,000	-
January, 1		The Right Hand Man		-	$13,000	-
January, 1		White Mischief		-	$3,107,000	-
January, 1		The Trouble with Spies		-	$205,507	-
January, 1		Deadline		-	$141,000	-
January, 1		American Ninja 2: The Confrontation		$350,000	$4,000,000	-
January, 1		Street Smart		-	$1,119,112	-
January, 1		End of the Line		-	$42,000	-
January, 1		White Water Summer	Sony	-	$300,859	-
January, 1		Cherry 2000		-	$14,000	-
January, 1		Walk Like a Man		-	$460,608	-
January, 1		Three for the Road	New Century Vista	-	$1,539,000	-
January, 1		Number One with a Bullet	Cannon	-	$410,952	-
January, 1		Meatballs III	Moviestar	-	$2,147,228	-
January, 1		Gothic		-	$916,172	-
January, 1		Return to Horror High		-	$1,190,000	-
January, 1		Giulia e Giulia		-	$901,000	-
January, 1		Un homme amoureux		-	$949,451	-
January, 1		Deadly Illusion		-	$626,724	-
January, 1		Making Mr. Right		-	$1,584,970	-
January, 1		Walker		-	$257,043	-
January, 1		Zombie High		-	$16,000	-
January, 1		Gaby, A True Story	Sony	-	$125,400	-
January, 1		Amazing Grace and Chuck		-	$4,000,000	-
January, 1		Pinocchio and the Emperor of the Night		-	$3,261,638	-
January, 1		Maurice		-	$3,130,592	-
January, 1		The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne		-	$523,000	-
January, 1		Siesta		-	$700,000	-
January, 1		The Care Bears Adventure in Wonderland		-	$2,000,000	-
January, 1		The Good Father		-	$421,201	-
January, 9		Assassination	Cannon	-	$6,075,793	-
January, 16		The Bedroom Window	DEG	-	$12,640,385	-
January, 16		Critical Condition	Paramount Pictures	-	$20,240,502	-
January, 16		Wanted: Dead or Alive	New World	-	$6,000,000	-
January, 23		The Stepfather		-	$2,488,740	-
January, 23		Le Lieu de Crime		-	$164,187	-
January, 30		Radio Days	Orion	$16,000,000	$14,792,779	-
January, 30		Allan Quatermain and the Lost City	Cannon	-	$3,751,699	-
January, 30		Outrageous Fortune	Buena Vista	-	$52,864,741	-
February, 1987
February, 6		From the Hip	DEG	-	$9,518,342	-
February, 6		Black Widow		-	$25,205,460	-
February, 6		Light of Day	Sony	-	$10,489,617	-
February, 13		Over the Top		-	$16,057,580	-
February, 13		84 Charing Cross Road	Sony	-	$1,083,486	-
February, 13		Mannequin		-	$38,018,000	-
February, 20		Death Before Dishonor	New World	-	$3,261,973	-
February, 20		The Good Wife		-	$1,155,020	-
February, 20		One Woman or Two		-	$179,000	-
February, 20		Morgan Stewart's Coming Home	New Century Vista Film Company	-	$2,136,381	-
February, 27		Some Kind of Wonderful	Paramount Pictures	-	$18,553,948	-
February, 27		A Nightmare On Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors	New Line	$5,000,000	$44,793,222	-
March, 1987
March, 1		Hollywood Shuffle	Samuel Goldwyn	$100,000	$5,228,617	-
March, 1		Square Dance	Island	-	$225,358	-
March, 6		Tin Men	Buena Vista	-	$25,411,386	-
March, 6		Hunk	Crown	-	$1,120,536	-
March, 6		Angel Heart		-	$17,185,000	-
March, 6		Lethal Weapon	Warner Bros.	$15,000,000	$65,192,350	$120,192,350
March, 13		Heat	New Century/Vista	-	$34,493,095	-
March, 13		Evil Dead II		$3,500,000	$5,923,044	-
March, 13		Raising Arizona	20th Century Fox	-	$22,847,000	-
March, 20		Burglar		-	$16,337,355	-
March, 27		The Hanoi Hilton		-	$760,000	-
March, 27		Blind Date		-	$39,321,000	-
March, 31		Barbarians, The		$4,000,000	$800,000	-
April, 1987
April, 1		Swimming to Cambodia		-	$1,092,000	-
April, 3		La ley del deseo	Cinevista	-	-	-
April, 3		Police Academy 4: Citizens on Patrol	Warner Bros.	-	$28,061,343	-
April, 10		The Secret of My Success	Universal	-	$66,995,000	-
April, 17		Project X	20th Century Fox	-	$18,532,286	-
April, 24		Extreme Prejudice	Sony	-	$11,307,844	-
April, 24		My Demon Lover	New Line	-	$3,000,000	-
May, 1987
May, 1		The Allnighter	MCA/Universal	-	$2,700,000	-
May, 1		Mitt liv som hund		-	$8,345,266	-
May, 1		Malone	Orion	-	$3,000,000	-
May, 1		Creepshow 2	New World	$3,500,000	$14,000,000	-
May, 8		Hot Pursuit	Paramount Pictures	-	$4,215,859	-
May, 8		Gardens of Stone	Sony	-	$5,262,047	-
May, 8		River's Edge		-	$4,600,000	-
May, 15		Ishtar	Sony	$40,000,000	$14,375,181	-
May, 15		The Gate	New Century/Vista	-	$13,000,000	-
May, 20		Beverly Hills Cop II	Paramount Pictures	$20,000,000	$153,665,036	$276,665,036
May, 22		The Chipmunk Adventure	Goldwyn	-	$6,804,312	-
May, 22		Ernest Goes to Camp	Buena Vista	-	$23,509,382	-
June, 1987
June, 3		The Untouchables	Paramount Pictures	$25,000,000	$76,270,454	-
June, 5		Benji the Hunted	Walt Disney Co.	-	$15,212,539	-
June, 5		Harry and the Hendersons	Universal	-	$29,760,613	$32,560,613
June, 10		The Believers	Orion	-	$18,753,438	-
June, 12		Predator	20th Century Fox	$18,000,000	$59,735,548	$98,267,558
June, 12		The Witches of Eastwick	Warner Bros.	-	$63,749,955	-
June, 12		Million Dollar Mystery	DEG	-	$1,000,000	-
June, 19		Withnail & I	Cineplex	-	$1,544,889	-
June, 19		Roxanne	Sony	-	$39,148,164	-
June, 24		Spaceballs	MGM/UA	$22,700,000	$38,119,483	-
June, 26		Dragnet	Universal	-	$57,387,000	-
June, 26		Full Metal Jacket	Warner Bros.	-	$45,015,999	-
June, 26		Jean de Florette		-	$3,452,836	-
July, 1987
July, 3		Innerspace	Warner Bros.	-	$19,816,619	-
July, 3		Adventures in Babysitting	Walt Disney Co.	-	$33,790,923	-
July, 10		Revenge of the Nerds II: Nerds in Paradise	20th Century Fox	-	$22,642,033	-
July, 10		The Squeeze	Sony	-	$2,228,951	-
July, 10		Maid to Order		-	$9,868,000	-
July, 17		RoboCop		$13,000,000	$53,424,681	-
July, 17		Eat the Peach		-	-	-
July, 17		Rita, Sue and Bob Too		-	$124,167	-
July, 17		Jaws 4: The Revenge	Universal	$23,000,000	$15,728,335	-
July, 17		Nowhere to Hide		-	$847,468	-
July, 22		Summer School	Paramount Pictures	-	$35,114,428	-
July, 24		Superman IV: The Quest for Peace	Warner Bros.	$17,000,000	$11,227,824	-
July, 24		La Bamba	Sony	-	$54,215,416	-
July, 31		The Lost Boys	Warner Bros.	-	$32,222,567	-
July, 31		The Living Daylights	MGM/UA	$40,000,000	$51,185,000	$191,200,000
August, 1987
August, 5		Stakeout		-	$65,673,233	-
August, 7		Back to the Beach	Paramount Pictures	-	$12,208,754	-
August, 7		Masters of the Universe	Cannon	-	$17,336,370	-
August, 7		Who's That Girl?		-	$7,305,000	-
August, 7		Nadine	Sony	-	$5,669,831	-
August, 14		The Monster Squad	TriStar Pictures	-	$3,769,990	-
August, 14		Can't Buy Me Love	Buena Vista	-	$31,623,833	-
August, 14		No Way Out	Orion	-	$35,509,515	-
August, 14		Disorderlies	Warner Bros.	-	$10,000,000	-
August, 21		The Big Easy	Columbia	-	$17,685,307	-
August, 21		Dirty Dancing	Vestron	-	$63,892,689	$213,900,000
August, 21		Born in East L.A.	Universal	-	$17,355,263	-
August, 28		House II: The Second Story	New World	-	$7,800,000	-
August, 28		Hamburger Hill	Paramount Pictures	-	$13,839,404	-
August, 28		Matewan	Cinecom	-	$1,680,358	-
August, 28		The Fourth Protocol	Lorimar	-	$12,423,831	-
August, 28		The Rosary Murders	New Line	-	$1,730,337	-
September, 1987
September, 1		A Prayer for the Dying	Samuel Goldwyn	-	$1,432,687	-
September, 2		The Boys Next Door	New World	-	$5,000,000	-
September, 4		The Offspring		$1,100,000	$1,355,728	-
September, 11		The Curse	Trans World Entertainment	-	$1,169,922	-
September, 16		In the Mood		-	$999,000	-
September, 18		The Principal	TriStar Pictures	-	$19,214,194	-
September, 18		Orphans	Lorimar Motion Pictures	-	$252,430	-
September, 18		The Pick-Up Artist	20th Century Fox	-	$13,290,368	-
September, 18		Hellraiser	New World	$1,000,000	$14,564,000	-
September, 18		Amazon Women on the Moon		-	$548,696	-
September, 18		Fatal Attraction	Paramount Pictures	$14,000,000	$156,645,693	$320,100,000
September, 25		Best Seller	Orion	-	$4,278,150	-
September, 25		The Big Town	Columbia	-	$1,733,017	-
September, 25		China Girl	Vestron	-	$918,055	-
September, 25		The Princess Bride	20th Century Fox	$15,000,000	$30,857,000	-
September, 25		Real Men	MGM/UA	-	$873,903	-
October, 1987
October, 1		House of Games	Orion	-	$2,585,639	-
October, 2		Big Shots	20th Century Fox	-	$3,000,000	-
October, 2		Near Dark		-	$3,369,307	-
October, 2		Like Father Like Son	TriStar Pictures	-	$34,377,585	-
October, 7		Baby Boom	MGM/UA	-	$26,700,000	-
October, 9		Surrender		-	$5,711,976	-
October, 9		Dancers		-	$1,190,416	-
October, 9		Three O'Clock High	Universal	-	$3,685,862	-
October, 9		Someone to Watch Over Me		-	$10,278,549	-
October, 9		Hail! Hail! Rock'n'Roll		-	$719,323	-
October, 16		Weeds	DEG	-	$1,113,222	-
October, 16		Hope and Glory	Columbia	-	$4,537,186	-
October, 16		Love You to Death	Cinetel	-	$626,724	-
October, 16		Barfly		-	$3,221,000	-
October, 16		Hello Mary Lou: Prom Night 2	Goldwyn	-	$911,351	-
October, 23		Nightflyers	New Century Vista Film Company	-	$1,149,470	-
October, 23		Prince of Darkness		-	$14,182,000	-
October, 23		No Man's Land	Orion	-	$2,877,571	-
October, 23		The Sicilian	20th Century Fox	-	$5,406,879	-
October, 23		Suspect	TriStar Pictures	-	$18,782,400	-
October, 30		Fatal Beauty	MGM/UA	-	$12,046,526	-
October, 30		The Hidden	New Line	-	$9,747,988	-
October, 30		Sammy and Rosie Get Laid		-	$1,196,336	-
November, 1987
November, 1		Slamdance		-	$406,881	-
November, 6		Hiding Out	DEG	-	$7,019,441	-
November, 6		Cry Freedom	Universal	-	$5,899,797	-
November, 6		Less than Zero	20th Century Fox	-	$12,396,383	-
November, 6		Russkies	New Century/Vista	-	$1,030,101	-
November, 6		Hello Again	Buena Vista	-	$20,419,446	-
November, 6		Death Wish 4: The Crackdown	Cannon	-	$6,880,310	-
November, 6		Steel Dawn	Vestron	-	$562,187	-
November, 6		Made in Heaven	Lorimar	-	$4,000,000	-
November, 13		Cross My Heart	MCA/Universal	-	$1,025,762	-
November, 13		The Running Man		$30,000,000	$38,122,000	-
November, 16		Manon des sources		-	$2,051,777	-
November, 20		The Last Emperor	Columbia	$25,000,000	$43,984,000	-
November, 20		Flowers in the Attic	New World	-	$14,000,000	-
November, 20		Nuts	Warner Bros.	-	$28,866,028	-
November, 20		Teen Wolf Too	Atlantic	$3,000,000	$7,888,000	-
November, 25		Planes, Trains & Automobiles	Paramount Pictures	-	$49,230,280	-
November, 25		3 Men and a Baby	Disney	$15,000,000	$167,780,960	-
November, 30		Housekeeping		-	$647,518	-
December, 1987
December, 9		Empire of the Sun	Warner Bros.	-	$22,238,696	-
December, 11		Wall Street	20th Century Fox	$16,500,000	$43,848,100	-
December, 11		Cold Steel	Cinetel	-	$285,885	-
December, 11		Throw Momma From the Train	Orion	-	$53,380,796	-
December, 16		Broadcast News	20th Century Fox	-	$51,249,404	$67,331,309
December, 16		Moonstruck	MGM/UA	-	$80,640,528	-
December, 17		The Dead		-	$961,426	-
December, 18		Ironweed	TriStar Pictures	-	$7,393,346	-
December, 18		*batteries not included	Universal	-	$32,945,797	-
December, 18		Overboard	MGM/UA	-	$26,713,187	-
December, 18		Eddie Murphy Raw	Paramount Pictures	-	$50,504,655	-
December, 18		September		-	$486,434	-
December, 18		Leonard Part 6	Columbia	-	$4,000,000	-
December, 23		Good Morning Vietnam		$13,000,000	$123,922,370	-
December, 31		Shy People		-	$769,119	-
December, 31		Wisdom		-	$5,715,174	-

Total Movies Released: 209
Total Combined Gross: $3,402,630,319