Domestic Release Schedule for 1987

This chart lists all movies that had a release in theaters in the United States and/or Canada in 1987.

See also: Top 1987 Worldwide - Most Popular 1987

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January, 1987
January 1 Leonard Part 6 (Wide) Sony Pictures $4,000,000  
 
During 1987 Amazing Grace and Chuck (Wide) Sony/TriStar $4,000,000  
American Ninja 2: The Confrontation (Wide) $4,000,000  
Beyond Therapy (Wide) New World $790,000  
Cherry 2000 (Wide) Orion Pictures $14,000  
Deadly Illusion (Wide) $626,724  
The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne (Wide) $523,000  
Making Mr. Right (Wide) $1,584,970  
A Man in Love (Wide) $949,451  
Man on Fire (Wide) $519,596  
Maurice (Wide) $3,147,950  
Meatballs III (Wide) $2,147,228  
Number One with a Bullet (Wide) $410,952  
Prick Up Your Ears (Wide) $1,654,743  
Return to Horror High (Wide) $1,190,000  
The Right Hand Man (Wide) $13,000  
Siesta (Wide) $700,000  
Walk Like a Man (Wide) $460,608  
Zombie High (Wide) $16,000  
 
January 2 Drive-In Madness! (Limited)    
 
January 9 Assassination (Wide) Cannon $6,075,793  
Honeymoon (Limited) International Film Marketing $110,995  
Iron Warrior (Limited) Trans World Entertainment $11,385  
The Kindred (Limited) FM Entertainment International $2,014,803  
 
January 16 The Bedroom Window (Wide) De Laurentiis Entertainment Group $12,640,385  
Critical Condition (Wide) Paramount Pictures $20,240,502  
Wanted: Dead or Alive (Wide) New World $6,454,953  
 
January 23 The Fringe Dwellers (Limited) Atlantic $38,098  
Le Lieu de Crime (Limited) $164,187  
The Stepfather (Limited) New Century Vista Film Company $2,488,740  
Sweet Country (Limited) Palisades $6,614  
 
January 30 Allan Quatermain and the Lost City (Wide) Cannon $3,751,699  
Outrageous Fortune (Wide) Walt Disney $52,864,741  
Radio Days (Wide) Orion Pictures $14,792,779  
Hotshot (Limited) Self Distributed $161,806  
February, 1987
February 6 Black Widow (Wide) 20th Century Fox $25,205,460  
From the Hip (Wide) De Laurentiis Entertainment Group $9,518,342  
Light of Day (Wide) Sony Pictures $10,489,617  
Alien Predators (Limited) Trans World Entertainment    
Come and See (Limited) Self Distributed $71,909  
Dead of Winter (Limited) MGM $951,548  
 
February 11 The Good Father (Wide) $421,201  
 
February 13 84 Charing Cross Road (Wide) Sony Pictures $1,083,486  
Mannequin (Wide) 20th Century Fox $38,018,000  
Over the Top (Wide) Warner Bros. $16,057,580  
 
February 20 Death Before Dishonor (Wide) New World $3,776,540  
Morgan Stewart's Coming Home (Wide) New Century Vista Film Company $2,136,381  
One Woman or Two (Wide) $179,000  
The Good Wife (Limited) Atlantic $1,155,020  
 
February 27 A Nightmare On Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors (Wide) New Line $44,793,222  
Some Kind of Wonderful (Wide) Paramount Pictures $18,553,948  
 
 
February TBD Sweet Revenge (Limited)    
Vicious Lips (Limited) Empire Pictures    
March, 1987
March 1 Hollywood Shuffle (Wide) $5,228,617  
Square Dance (Wide) $225,358  
 
March 6 Angel Heart (Wide) Sony/TriStar $17,185,000  
Hunk (Wide) Crown $1,120,536  
Lethal Weapon (Wide) Warner Bros. $65,192,350  
Tin Men (Wide) Walt Disney $25,411,386  
 
March 13 Evil Dead II (Wide) Rosebud Releasing $5,923,044  
Heat (Wide) New Century Vista Film Company $2,793,214  
Raising Arizona (Wide) 20th Century Fox $22,847,000  
 
March 16 Down Twisted (Limited) $80,000  
 
March 20 Burglar (Wide) Warner Bros. $16,337,355  
Street Smart (Wide) Cannon $1,119,112  
Working Girls (Limited) Miramax    
 
March 27 Blind Date (Wide) Sony/TriStar $39,321,000  
The Hanoi Hilton (Limited) Cannon $760,000  
 
 
March TBD Barbarians, The (Wide) $800,000  
Hard Ticket to Hawaii (Limited) Self Distributed    
April, 1987
April 1 Swimming to Cambodia (Wide) Cinecom $1,092,000  
 
April 3 Law of Desire (Wide) Cinevista    
Police Academy 4: Citizens on Patrol (Wide) Warner Bros. $28,061,343  
 
April 10 The Aristocats (Wide, re-release) Walt Disney $55,675,257  
Gothic (Wide) Vestron $916,172  
The Secret of My Success (Wide) Universal $66,995,000  
Three for the Road (Wide) New Century Vista Film Company $1,539,000  
Silent Night, Deadly Night 2 (Limited)    
 
April 17 Project X (Wide) 20th Century Fox $18,532,286  
 
April 24 Extreme Prejudice (Wide) Sony Pictures $11,307,844  
My Demon Lover (Wide) $3,000,000  
 
April 30 The Princess Academy (Limited) Empire Pictures    
May, 1987
May 1 The Allnighter (Wide) Universal $2,700,000  
Creepshow 2 (Wide) New World $14,000,000  
Malone (Wide) Orion Pictures $3,000,000  
My Life as a Dog (Limited) Skouras $8,345,266  
 
May 8 Gardens of Stone (Wide) Sony Pictures $5,262,047  
Hot Pursuit (Wide) Paramount Pictures $4,215,859  
River's Edge (Wide) Island $4,600,000  
 
May 15 The Gate (Wide) New Century Vista Film Company $13,000,000  
Ishtar (Wide) Sony Pictures $14,375,181  
 
May 20 Beverly Hills Cop II (Wide) Paramount Pictures $153,665,036  
 
May 22 The Chipmunk Adventure (Wide) Samuel Goldwyn Films $6,804,312  
Ernest Goes to Camp (Wide) Walt Disney $23,509,382  
Masterblaster (Limited)    
 
May 29 Summer Heat (Limited) $350,481  
June, 1987
June 3 The Untouchables (Wide) Paramount Pictures $76,270,454  
 
June 5 Benji the Hunted (Wide) Walt Disney $15,212,539  
Harry and the Hendersons (Wide) Universal $29,760,613  
Cyclone (Limited) Cinetel    
 
June 10 The Believers (Wide) Orion Pictures $18,753,438  
 
June 12 Million Dollar Mystery (Wide) De Laurentiis Entertainment Group $1,000,000  
Predator (Wide) 20th Century Fox $59,735,548  
The Witches of Eastwick (Wide) Warner Bros. $63,749,955  
 
June 19 Roxanne (Wide) Sony Pictures $39,148,164  
Withnail & I (Wide) Cineplex/Odeon $1,544,889  
The Brave Little Toaster (Limited)    
Summer Night (Limited) New Line    
 
June 24 Spaceballs (Wide) MGM $38,119,483  
 
June 26 Dragnet (Wide) Universal $57,387,000  
Full Metal Jacket (Wide) Warner Bros. $45,015,999  
Jean de Florette (Wide) Orion Classics $3,452,836  
July, 1987
July 3 Adventures in Babysitting (Wide) Walt Disney $33,790,923  
Innerspace (Wide) Warner Bros. $19,816,619  
 
July 10 Maid to Order (Wide) New Century Vista Film Company $9,868,000  
Revenge of the Nerds II: Nerds in Paradise (Wide) 20th Century Fox $22,642,033  
The Squeeze (Wide) Sony Pictures $2,228,951  
White Water Summer (Wide) Sony Pictures $300,859  
Blood Diner (Limited) Lightning Entertainnment    
Lust for Freedom (Limited) Troma Entertainment    
The Whistle Blower (Limited) Hemdale    
 
July 17 Jaws 4: The Revenge (Wide) Universal $15,728,335  
Nowhere to Hide (Wide) New Century Vista Film Company $847,468  
RoboCop (Wide) Orion Pictures $53,424,681  
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (Wide, re-release) Walt Disney $184,925,486  
 
July 22 Summer School (Wide) Paramount Pictures $35,114,428  
 
July 24 La Bamba (Wide) Sony Pictures $54,215,416  
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (Wide) Warner Bros. $14,522,355  
 
July 31 The Living Daylights (Wide) MGM $51,185,000  
The Lost Boys (Wide) Warner Bros. $32,222,567  
Ghoulies II (Limited)    
August, 1987
August 5 Stakeout (Wide) Walt Disney $65,673,233  
 
August 7 Back to the Beach (Wide) Paramount Pictures $12,208,754  
Masters of the Universe (Wide) Cannon $17,336,370  
Nadine (Wide) Sony Pictures $5,669,831  
Who's That Girl? (Wide) Warner Bros. $7,305,000  
The Care Bears Adventure in Wonderland (Limited) Cineplex/Odeon $2,000,000  
 
August 14 Can’t Buy Me Love (Wide) Walt Disney $31,623,833  
Disorderlies (Wide) Warner Bros. $10,000,000  
The Monster Squad (Wide) Sony/TriStar $3,769,990  
No Way Out (Wide) Orion Pictures $35,509,515  
North Shore (Limited) Universal    
 
August 21 The Big Easy (Wide) Sony Pictures $17,685,307  
Born in East L.A. (Wide) Universal $17,355,263  
Dirty Dancing (Wide) Vestron $63,892,689  
Inside Out (Limited) Hemdale    
 
August 28 End of the Line (Wide) Orion Classics $42,000  
The Fourth Protocol (Wide) Lorimar Motion Pictures $12,423,831  
Hamburger Hill (Wide) Paramount Pictures $13,839,404  
House II: The Second Story (Wide) New World $7,800,000  
Matewan (Wide) $1,680,358  
The Rosary Murders (Wide) New Line $1,730,337  
Apocalypse Now (Limited, re-release) United Artists $83,535,860  
September, 1987
September 1 A Prayer for the Dying (Wide) $1,432,687  
 
September 4 The Offspring (Limited) Moviestore Entertainment $1,355,728  
 
September 11 The Curse (Wide) Trans World Entertainment $1,169,922  
A Return to Salem’s Lot (Wide) Warner Bros.    
Deadline (Limited) $141,000  
I’ve Heard the Mermaids Singing (Limited) Miramax $1,415,331  
 
September 13 Sammy and Rosie Get Laid (Limited) Cinecom $1,196,336  
 
September 16 In the Mood (Wide) Lorimar Motion Pictures $999,000  
 
September 18 Amazon Women on the Moon (Wide) Universal $548,696  
Fatal Attraction (Wide) Paramount Pictures $156,645,693  
Hellraiser (Wide) New World $14,564,000  
The Pick-Up Artist (Wide) 20th Century Fox $13,290,368  
The Principal (Wide) Sony/TriStar $19,214,194  
Orphans (Limited) Lorimar Motion Pictures $252,430  
Tough Guys Don’t Dance (Limited)    
 
September 25 Best Seller (Wide) Orion Pictures $4,278,150  
The Big Town (Wide) Sony Pictures $1,733,017  
China Girl (Wide) Vestron $918,055  
The Princess Bride (Wide) 20th Century Fox $30,857,000  
Blue Monkey (Limited) International Spectrafilm    
Real Men (Limited) United Artists $873,903  
 
September 30 Bad Blood (Wide) $2,075  
Crazy Love (Limited) Cineplex/Odeon    
 
September TBD Die Bestie (Limited) Self Distributed    
October, 1987
October 1 House of Games (Wide) Orion Pictures $2,585,639  
 
October 2 Big Shots (Wide) 20th Century Fox $3,000,000  
Like Father Like Son (Wide) Sony Pictures $34,377,585  
Near Dark (Wide) $3,369,307  
Rolling Vengeance (Limited) MGM    
 
October 7 Baby Boom (Wide) MGM $26,700,000  
 
October 9 Hail! Hail! Rock'n'Roll (Wide) $719,323  
Someone to Watch Over Me (Wide) Sony Pictures $10,278,549  
Surrender (Wide) Warner Bros. $5,711,976  
Three O’Clock High (Wide) Universal $3,685,862  
Dancers (Limited) Cannon $1,190,416  
 
October 14 The Whales of August (Limited) MGM    
 
October 16 Hello Mary Lou: Prom Night 2 (Wide) $911,351  
Hope and Glory (Wide) Sony Pictures $4,537,186  
Weeds (Wide) De Laurentiis Entertainment Group $1,113,222  
Barfly (Limited) Cannon $3,221,000  
 
October 23 The Glass Menagerie (Wide) $895,904  
No Man's Land (Wide) Orion Pictures $2,877,571  
Prince of Darkness (Wide) Universal $14,182,000  
The Sicilian (Wide) 20th Century Fox $5,406,879  
Suspect (Wide) Sony Pictures $18,782,400  
The Killing Time (Limited) New World    
Nightflyers (Limited) New Century Vista Film Company $1,149,470  
Scared Stiff (Limited) International Film Marketing    
 
October 30 Fatal Beauty (Wide) MGM $12,046,526  
Gaby, A True Story (Wide) Sony Pictures $125,400  
The Hidden (Wide) New Line $9,747,988  
Strike Commando (Limited)    
November, 1987
November 1 Slamdance (Wide) Island/Alive $406,881  
 
November 6 Cry Freedom (Wide) Universal $5,899,797  
Death Wish 4: The Crackdown (Wide) Cannon $6,880,310  
Hello Again (Wide) Walt Disney $20,419,446  
Hiding Out (Wide) De Laurentiis Entertainment Group $7,019,441  
Less than Zero (Wide) 20th Century Fox $12,396,383  
Made in Heaven (Wide) Lorimar Motion Pictures $4,000,000  
Russkies (Wide) New Century Vista Film Company $1,030,101  
Steel Dawn (Wide) Vestron $562,187  
 
November 13 Cross My Heart (Wide) Universal $1,025,762  
The Running Man (Wide) Sony/TriStar $38,122,000  
Howling III (Limited)    
 
November 16 Manon des sources (Wide) Orion Classics $2,051,777  
 
November 20 Cinderella (Wide, re-release) Walt Disney $85,000,000  
Date With an Angel (Wide) $2,000,000  
Flowers in the Attic (Wide) New World $14,000,000  
Nuts (Wide) Warner Bros. $28,866,028  
Pinocchio and the Emperor of the Night (Wide) $3,261,638  
Teen Wolf Too (Wide) Atlantic $7,888,000  
The Last Emperor (Limited) Sony Pictures $43,984,987  
Sign 'o' the Times (Limited) Cineplex/Odeon    
 
November 25 3 Men and a Baby (Wide) Walt Disney $167,780,960  
Planes, Trains & Automobiles (Wide) Paramount Pictures $49,509,935  
 
November 30 Housekeeping (Limited) Sony Pictures $647,518  
December, 1987
December 4 The Trouble with Spies (Wide) $205,507  
Walker (Wide) Universal $257,043  
Home is Where the Hart is (Limited) Atlantic $11,660  
Shy People (Oscar Qualifying Run) Cannon $769,119  
 
December 9 Empire of the Sun (Limited) Warner Bros. $22,238,696  
 
December 11 Cold Steel (Wide) Cinetel $285,885  
Throw Momma From the Train (Wide) Orion Pictures $53,380,796  
Wall Street (Wide) 20th Century Fox $43,848,100  
 
December 16 Broadcast News (Wide) 20th Century Fox $51,249,404  
Moonstruck (Wide) MGM $80,640,528  
 
December 17 The Dead (Wide) Vestron $961,426  
 
December 18 *batteries not included (Wide) Universal $32,945,797  
Eddie Murphy Raw (Wide) Paramount Pictures $50,504,655  
Ironweed (Wide) Sony/TriStar $7,393,346  
Overboard (Wide) MGM/UA Classics $26,713,187  
September (Wide) Orion Pictures $486,434  
 
December 23 Good Morning Vietnam (Wide) Walt Disney $123,922,370  
 
 
During 1987 Blood Sisters (Limited) Reeltime Distributing Corporation