Weekend Domestic Box Office January 2, 1987
| Rank | Prev | Title | Daily Gross | Weekly Change |
Theaters | Theater Average |
Total Gross | Days in Release | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | (1) | The Golden Child | $6,644,850 | -34% | 1,714 | $3,877 | $52,242,612 | 24 | |
| 2 | (2) | Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home | $6,193,836 | -32% | 1,956 | $3,167 | $81,263,842 | 40 | |
| 3 | (3) | Crocodile Dundee | $4,676,392 | -20% | 1,375 | $3,401 | $122,920,198 | 101 | |
| 4 | (8) | Lady and the Tramp | $4,541,727 | -10% | 1,370 | $3,315 | $20,690,563 | 11,520 | |
| 5 | (7) | Little Shop of Horrors | $4,004,838 | -21% | 866 | $4,625 | $19,546,049 | 17 | |
| 6 | (4) | Three Amigos | $3,710,861 | -33% | 1,464 | $2,535 | $28,443,041 | 24 | |
| 7 | (5) | The Morning After | $3,354,965 | -34% | 955 | $3,513 | $12,772,572 | 11 | |
| 8 | (6) | Heartbreak Ridge | $3,240,994 | -36% | 1,647 | $1,968 | $34,909,032 | 31 | |
| 9 | (9) | An American Tail | $2,698,775 | -10% | 1,160 | $2,327 | $37,195,596 | 45 | |
| 10 | (-) | Crimes of the Heart | $2,174,423 | 454 | $4,789 | $11,433,268 | 24 | ||
| 11 | (new) | Wisdom | $1,994,197 | 788 | $2,531 | $1,994,197 | 5 | ||
| 12 | (13) | Platoon | $1,645,169 | +367% | 59 | $27,884 | $3,621,038 | 17 | |
| 13 | (12) | Top Gun | $728,404 | -4% | 466 | $1,563 | $171,626,614 | 234 | |
| 14 | (11) | King Kong Lives | $483,824 | -58% | 359 | $1,348 | $4,637,958 | 17 | |
| 15 | (15) | Children of a Lesser God | $350,603 | +28% | 398 | $881 | $20,730,629 | 94 | |
| 16 | (-) | The Decline of the American Empire | $136,951 | 23 | $5,954 | $331,516 | 52 | ||
| 17 | (16) | Native Son | $119,337 | -16% | 24 | $4,972 | $374,554 | 24 | |
| 18 | (17) | ‘Round Midnight | $81,898 | +24% | 22 | $3,723 | $2,030,165 | 94 | |
| 19 | (18) | She's Gotta Have It | $50,000 | -4% | 23 | $2,174 | $6,793,630 | 150 | |
| 20 | (19) | True Stories | $40,970 | +0% | 14 | $2,926 | $2,275,278 | 87 | |
| Reporting movies: 20 | $46,873,014 | total box office | |||||||
| Rank | Title | Daily | Theaters | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Golden Child | $6,644,850 | 1,714 | $52,242,612 |
| 2 | Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home | $6,193,836 | 1,956 | $81,263,842 |
| 3 | Crocodile Dundee | $4,676,392 | 1,375 | $122,920,198 |
| 4 | Lady and the Tramp | $4,541,727 | 1,370 | $20,690,563 |
| 5 | Little Shop of Horrors | $4,004,838 | 866 | $19,546,049 |
| 6 | Three Amigos | $3,710,861 | 1,464 | $28,443,041 |
| 7 | The Morning After | $3,354,965 | 955 | $12,772,572 |
| 8 | Heartbreak Ridge | $3,240,994 | 1,647 | $34,909,032 |
| 9 | An American Tail | $2,698,775 | 1,160 | $37,195,596 |
| 10 | Crimes of the Heart | $2,174,423 | 454 | $11,433,268 |
| 11 | Wisdom | $1,994,197 | 788 | $1,994,197 |
| 12 | Platoon | $1,645,169 | 59 | $3,621,038 |
| 13 | Top Gun | $728,404 | 466 | $171,626,614 |
| 14 | King Kong Lives | $483,824 | 359 | $4,637,958 |
| 15 | Children of a Lesser God | $350,603 | 398 | $20,730,629 |
| 16 | The Decline of the American Empire | $136,951 | 23 | $331,516 |
| 17 | Native Son | $119,337 | 24 | $374,554 |
| 18 | ‘Round Midnight | $81,898 | 22 | $2,030,165 |
| 19 | She's Gotta Have It | $50,000 | 23 | $6,793,630 |
| 20 | True Stories | $40,970 | 14 | $2,275,278 |
| Reporting: 20 | $46,873,014 | total | ||