Movie Theatrical Release Schedule for 1987
| Release Date | Movie | Distributor | Domestic Box Office to Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 1 | A Better Tomorrow (Limited) | $240,938 | |
| 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 | |
| Swimming to Cambodia (Wide) | Cinecom | $1,092,000 | |
| 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 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 | $59,000,000 |
| 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 | ||
| P.I. Private Investigations (Limited) | Samuel Goldwyn Films | $21,328 | |
| 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. | $62,787,608 | |
| June 19 | Roxanne (Wide) | Sony Pictures | $39,148,164 |
| Withnail & I (Wide) | Cineplex/Odeon | $3,116,288 | |
| 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 | $20,763,013 |
| 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. | $33,112,052 | |
| Ghoulies II (Limited) | |||
| I Was a Teenage Zombie (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 | $83,628,547 | |
| 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 | $93,141,149 |
| 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 | |
| Prince Sign O the Times (Limited) | Cineplex/Odeon | $3,000,073 | |
| 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 | |
| Deathrow Gameshow (Limited) | Crown International | ||
| 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 | |