Weekend Domestic Box Office May 15, 1987
| Rank | Prev | Title | Gross | Weekly Change |
Theaters | Theater Average |
Total Gross | Days in Release | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | (new) | Ishtar | $4,331,817 | 1,139 | $3,803 | $4,331,817 | 3 | ||
| 2 | (new) | The Gate | $4,258,063 | 1,139 | $3,738 | $4,258,063 | 3 | ||
| 3 | (1) | The Secret of My Success | $3,910,286 | +2% | 1,331 | $2,938 | $43,593,368 | 38 | |
| 4 | (2) | Blind Date | $1,779,611 | -10% | 1,081 | $1,646 | $35,287,458 | 52 | |
| 5 | (7) | Lethal Weapon | $1,373,387 | 0% | 1,017 | $1,350 | $57,115,467 | 73 | |
| 6 | (3) | Creepshow 2 | $1,228,196 | -34% | 856 | $1,435 | $7,997,683 | 17 | |
| 7 | (8) | Platoon | $1,185,238 | -8% | 1,099 | $1,078 | $127,551,060 | 150 | |
| 8 | (6) | Project X | $1,167,811 | -15% | 973 | $1,200 | $13,497,605 | 31 | |
| 9 | (4) | Gardens of Stone | $1,064,176 | -35% | 612 | $1,739 | $3,282,249 | 10 | |
| 10 | (10) | Raising Arizona | $1,001,442 | -11% | 686 | $1,460 | $16,604,873 | 66 | |
| 11 | (11) | American Ninja 2: The Confrontation | $347,643 | -34% | 214 | $1,625 | $2,376,417 | 137 | |
| 12 | (12) | Swimming to Cambodia | $49,756 | -9% | 20 | $2,488 | $637,024 | 66 | |
| 13 | (-) | Body Slam | $8,469 | 13 | $651 | $14,926 | 178 | ||
| 14 | (-) | El amor brujo (Love, The Magician) | $4,626 | 6 | $771 | $265,457 | 146 | ||
| Reporting movies: 14 | $21,710,521 | total box office | |||||||
| Rank | Title | Daily | Theaters | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ishtar | $4,331,817 | 1,139 | $4,331,817 |
| 2 | The Gate | $4,258,063 | 1,139 | $4,258,063 |
| 3 | The Secret of My Success | $3,910,286 | 1,331 | $43,593,368 |
| 4 | Blind Date | $1,779,611 | 1,081 | $35,287,458 |
| 5 | Lethal Weapon | $1,373,387 | 1,017 | $57,115,467 |
| 6 | Creepshow 2 | $1,228,196 | 856 | $7,997,683 |
| 7 | Platoon | $1,185,238 | 1,099 | $127,551,060 |
| 8 | Project X | $1,167,811 | 973 | $13,497,605 |
| 9 | Gardens of Stone | $1,064,176 | 612 | $3,282,249 |
| 10 | Raising Arizona | $1,001,442 | 686 | $16,604,873 |
| 11 | American Ninja 2: The Confrontation | $347,643 | 214 | $2,376,417 |
| 12 | Swimming to Cambodia | $49,756 | 20 | $637,024 |
| 13 | Body Slam | $8,469 | 13 | $14,926 |
| 14 | El amor brujo (Love, The Magician) | $4,626 | 6 | $265,457 |
| Reporting: 14 | $21,710,521 | total | ||