Week Domestic Box Office May 1, 1987
| Rank | Prev | Title | Daily Gross | Weekly Change |
Theaters | Theater Average |
Total Gross | Days in Release | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | (1) | The Secret of My Success | $5,790,070 | -19% | 1,333 | $4,344 | $34,535,352 | 28 | |
| 2 | (new) | Creepshow 2 | $4,398,635 | 867 | $5,073 | $4,398,635 | 7 | ||
| 3 | (2) | Extreme Prejudice | $2,710,886 | -38% | 1,071 | $2,531 | $7,109,843 | 14 | |
| 4 | (4) | Blind Date | $2,599,212 | -12% | 1,299 | $2,001 | $31,230,501 | 42 | |
| 5 | (3) | Project X | $2,525,215 | -24% | 1,024 | $2,466 | $10,423,275 | 21 | |
| 6 | (5) | Lethal Weapon | $2,262,251 | -19% | 1,132 | $1,998 | $53,798,035 | 63 | |
| 7 | (6) | Platoon | $2,243,788 | -18% | 1,306 | $1,718 | $124,537,489 | 140 | |
| 8 | (8) | Raising Arizona | $1,896,395 | -19% | 666 | $2,847 | $13,944,118 | 56 | |
| 9 | (-) | American Ninja 2: The Confrontation | $1,321,436 | 397 | $3,329 | $1,321,436 | 127 | ||
| 10 | (9) | Swimming to Cambodia | $107,043 | +21% | 19 | $5,634 | $505,214 | 56 | |
| Reporting movies: 10 | $25,854,931 | total box office | |||||||
| Rank | Title | Daily | Theaters | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Secret of My Success | $5,790,070 | 1,333 | $34,535,352 |
| 2 | Creepshow 2 | $4,398,635 | 867 | $4,398,635 |
| 3 | Extreme Prejudice | $2,710,886 | 1,071 | $7,109,843 |
| 4 | Blind Date | $2,599,212 | 1,299 | $31,230,501 |
| 5 | Project X | $2,525,215 | 1,024 | $10,423,275 |
| 6 | Lethal Weapon | $2,262,251 | 1,132 | $53,798,035 |
| 7 | Platoon | $2,243,788 | 1,306 | $124,537,489 |
| 8 | Raising Arizona | $1,896,395 | 666 | $13,944,118 |
| 9 | American Ninja 2: The Confrontation | $1,321,436 | 397 | $1,321,436 |
| 10 | Swimming to Cambodia | $107,043 | 19 | $505,214 |
| Reporting: 10 | $25,854,931 | total | ||