List of 1987 box office number-one films in the United Kingdom

This is a list of films which have placed number one at the box office in the United Kingdom during 1987.

Number one films

# Weekend ending Film Gross Notes Ref
1 4 January 1987 Labyrinth £340,205 [1][2]
2 11 January 1987 Crocodile Dundee £997,251 Crocodile Dundee reached number one in its fifth week of release [3][4]
3 18 January 1987 £1,156,562 [5][6]
4 25 January 1987 £1,043,308 [7][8]
5 1 February 1987 £1,145,064 [9][10]
6 8 February 1987 £1,044,232 [11][12]
7 15 February 1987 £851,584 [13][14]
8 22 February 1987 £681,671 [15][16]
9 1 March 1987 £583,684 [17][18]
10 8 March 1987 The Fly TBD The Fly reached number one in its fourth week of release with a gross of £724,172 for the week [19][20]
11 15 March 1987 The Color of Money £424,108 The Color of Money reached number one in its second week of release [21][20]
12 22 March 1987 £360,384 [22][23]
13 29 March 1987 TBD The Color of Money grossed £371,328 for the week [24][25][26]
14 5 April 1987 Over the Top £329,826 [27][26]
15 12 April 1987 TBD Over the Top grossed £474,545 for the week [28][29]
16 19 April 1987 Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home £476,170 Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home reached number one in its second week of release [30][31][29]
17 26 April 1987 £340,143 [32][33]
18 3 May 1987 £278,566 [34][35]
19 10 May 1987 Platoon £270,699 Platoon reached number one in its third week of releae [36][37]
20 17 May 1987 £224,254 [38][39]
21 24 May 1987 £165,789 [40][41]
22 31 May 1987 TBD Platoon grossed £402,171 for the week [42][43]
23 7 June 1987 £338,582 [44][43]
24 14 June 1987 Mannequin £172,943 Mannequin reached number one in its fourth week of release [45][46]
25 21 June 1987 £162,145 [47][48]
26 28 June 1987 The Secret of My Success £351,340 [49][50]
27 5 July 1987 £217,100 [51][52]
28 12 July 1987 Police Academy 4: Citizens on Patrol £690,098 Police Academy 4 reached number one in its second week of release [53][54]
29 19 July 1987 £579,659 [55][56]
30 26 July 1987 Superman IV: The Quest for Peace £508,468 [57][58]
31 2 August 1987 The Living Daylights £389,661 The Living Daylights reached number one in its fifth week of release [59][60]
32 9 August 1987 £341,519 [61][62]
33 16 August 1987 £410,727 [63][64]
34 23 August 1987 £401,833 [65][66]
35 30 August 1987 Lethal Weapon £444,098 [67][68]
36 6 September 1987 £352,961 [69][70]
37 13 September 1987 Full Metal Jacket £336,532 [71][72]
38 20 September 1987 £282,134 [73][74]
39 27 September 1987 The Untouchables £359,911 The Untouchables reached number one in its second week of release [75][76]
40 4 October 1987 £350,540 [77][78]
41 11 October 1987 Beverly Hills Cop II £1,008,450 Beverly Hills Cop II set a record for an opening weekend [79][80][81][82]
42 18 October 1987 TBD Beverly Hills Cop II grossed £1.4 million for the week [83][84]
43 25 October 1987 £549,908 [85][84]
44 1 November 1987 TBD Beverly Hills Cop II grossed £593,328 for the week [86][87]
45 8 November 1987 A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors £539,524 A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors reached number one in its second week of release [88][87]
46 15 November 1987 £385,698 [89][90]
47 22 November 1987 The Witches of Eastwick £271,218 The Witches of Eastwick reached number one in its fifth week of release [91][92]
48 29 November 1987 Innerspace £434,710 [93][94]
49 6 December 1987 £349,777 [95][96]
50 13 December 1987 Big Foot and the Hendersons £253,633 [97]
51 20 December 1987 Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (reissue) TBD The reissue of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs reached number one in its second week of release
52 27 December 1987 Masters of the Universe TBD Masters of the Universe grossed £797,620 for the week [98][99]

Highest-grossing films

Highest-grossing films in the U.K. between 1 December 1986 and 30 November 1987

Rank[100] Title Distributor Gross[101]
1. Crocodile Dundee UK/20th Century Fox £20,072,702
2. The Living Daylights UIP £8,160,628
3. Beverly Hills Cop II UIP £5,782,730
4. Platoon Rank £4,653,069
5. Police Academy 4: Citizens on Patrol Columbia-Cannon-Warner/Warner Bros. £4,153,814
6. The Golden Child UIP £4,029,571
7. Labyrinth Columbia-Cannon-Warner/Columbia Pictures £3,572,272
8. Superman IV: The Quest for Peace Columbia-Cannon-Warner/Cannon Films £3,457,959
9. Full Metal Jacket Columbia-Cannon-Warner/Warner Bros. £2,983,460
10. Blind Date Columbia-Cannon-Warner/Columbia £2,844,514


Highest-grossing films of 1987 by BBFC rating
U Labyrinth
PG The Living Daylights
15 Crocodile Dundee
18 Full Metal Jacket

See also

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Chronology

Preceded by 1987 Succeeded by