Week Domestic Box Office May 15, 1987
| Rank | Prev | Title | Gross | Weekly Change |
Theaters | Theater Average |
Total Gross | Days in Release | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | (new) | Ishtar | $5,700,381 | 1,139 | $5,005 | $5,700,381 | 7 | ||
| 2 | (new) | The Gate | $5,388,107 | 1,139 | $4,731 | $5,388,107 | 7 | ||
| 3 | (1) | The Secret of My Success | $5,164,334 | +0% | 1,331 | $3,880 | $44,847,416 | 42 | |
| 4 | (3) | Blind Date | $1,989,611 | -13% | 1,081 | $1,841 | $35,497,458 | 56 | |
| 5 | (5) | Lethal Weapon | $1,869,047 | -4% | 1,017 | $1,838 | $57,611,127 | 77 | |
| 6 | (7) | Platoon | $1,721,572 | -6% | 1,099 | $1,566 | $128,087,394 | 154 | |
| 7 | (2) | Creepshow 2 | $1,551,806 | -35% | 856 | $1,813 | $8,321,293 | 21 | |
| 8 | (8) | Raising Arizona | $1,246,304 | -25% | 686 | $1,817 | $16,849,735 | 70 | |
| 9 | (9) | American Ninja 2: The Confrontation | $518,635 | -27% | 214 | $2,424 | $2,547,409 | 141 | |
| 10 | (10) | Swimming to Cambodia | $75,482 | -8% | 20 | $3,774 | $662,750 | 70 | |
| 11 | (-) | El amor brujo (Love, The Magician) | $6,609 | 6 | $1,102 | $267,440 | 150 | ||
| Reporting movies: 11 | $25,231,888 | total box office | |||||||
| Rank | Title | Daily | Theaters | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ishtar | $5,700,381 | 1,139 | $5,700,381 |
| 2 | The Gate | $5,388,107 | 1,139 | $5,388,107 |
| 3 | The Secret of My Success | $5,164,334 | 1,331 | $44,847,416 |
| 4 | Blind Date | $1,989,611 | 1,081 | $35,497,458 |
| 5 | Lethal Weapon | $1,869,047 | 1,017 | $57,611,127 |
| 6 | Platoon | $1,721,572 | 1,099 | $128,087,394 |
| 7 | Creepshow 2 | $1,551,806 | 856 | $8,321,293 |
| 8 | Raising Arizona | $1,246,304 | 686 | $16,849,735 |
| 9 | American Ninja 2: The Confrontation | $518,635 | 214 | $2,547,409 |
| 10 | Swimming to Cambodia | $75,482 | 20 | $662,750 |
| 11 | El amor brujo (Love, The Magician) | $6,609 | 6 | $267,440 |
| Reporting: 11 | $25,231,888 | total | ||