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

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

Number one films[edit]

# Week ending Film Notes Ref
1 1 January 1987 Heartbreak Ridge [1]
2 8 January 1987 [2]
3 15 January 1987 Crocodile Dundee Crocodile Dundee reached number one in its sixth week of release [3]
4 22 January 1987 [4]
5 29 January 1987 [5]
6 5 February 1987 [6]
7 12 February 1987 [7]
8 19 February 1987 [8]
9 26 February 1987 [9]
10 5 March 1987 The Fly The Fly reached number one in its third week of release [10]
11 12 March 1987 [11]
12 19 March 1987 The Color of Money The Color of Money reached number one in its second week of release [12]
13 26 March 1987 [13]
14 2 April 1987 [14]
15 9 April 1987 Over the Top [15]
16 16 April 1987 Flight of the Navigator [16]
17 23 April 1987 Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home reached number one in its second week of release grossing £476,000 for the weekend and £1,008,606 for the week [17][18][19]
18 30 April 1987 [20]
19 7 May 1987 Platoon Platoon reached number one in its second week of release with a gross of £520,894 for the week [21][22]
20 14 May 1987 [23]
21 21 May 1987 [24]
22 28 May 1987 [25]
23 4 June 1987 [26]
24 11 June 1987 Personal Services Personal Services reached number one in its tenth week of release [27]
25 18 June 1987 [28]
26 25 June 1987 Mannequin Mannequin reached number one in its sixth week of release [29]
27 2 July 1987 The Secret of My Success [30]
28 9 July 1987 [31]
29 16 July 1987 Police Academy 4: Citizens on Patrol [32]
30 23 July 1987 The Living Daylights The Living Daylights reached number one in its fourth week of release [33]
31 30 July 1987 [34]
32 6 August 1987 [35]
33 13 August 1987 [36]
34 20 August 1987 [37]
35 27 August 1987 [38]
36 3 September 1987 Lethal Weapon [39]
37 10 September 1987 Blind Date Blind Date reached number one in its fourth week of release [40]
38 17 September 1987 Full Metal Jacket [41]
39 24 September 1987 [42]
40 1 October 1987 The Untouchables The Untouchables reached number one in its second week of release [43]
41 8 October 1987 [44]
42 15 October 1987 Beverly Hills Cop II Beverly Hills Cop II had a record opening weekend of £1,008,249 [45][46][47]
43 22 October 1987 [48]
44 29 October 1987 [49]
45 5 November 1987 [50]
46 12 November 1987 A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors reached number one in its second week of release [51]
47 19 November 1987 [52]
48 26 November 1987 The Witches of Eastwick The Witches of Eastwick reached number one in its fifth week of release [53]
49 3 December 1987 Innerspace [54]
50 10 December 1987 Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (reissue) The 50th anniversary reissue of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs reached number one in its eighth week of release [55]
51 17 December 1987 TBD
52 24 December 1987 TBD
53 31 December 1987 Masters of the Universe [56]

Highest-grossing films[edit]

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

Rank[57] Title Distributor Gross[58]
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[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Top Five Films". The Times. Screen International. 9 January 1987. p. 16.
  2. ^ "Top Films". The Times. Screen International. 22 January 1987. p. 18.
  3. ^ "Top Films". The Times. Screen International. 23 January 1987. p. 24.
  4. ^ "Top Films". The Times. Screen International. 30 January 1987. p. 24.
  5. ^ "Top Films and Videos". The Times. Screen International. 6 February 1987. p. 18.
  6. ^ "Top Films and Videos". The Times. Screen International. 13 February 1987. p. 20.
  7. ^ "Top Films and Videos". The Times. Screen International. 20 February 1987. p. 18.
  8. ^ "Top Films and Videos". The Times. Screen International. 27 February 1987. p. 16.
  9. ^ "Top Films and Videos". The Times. Screen International. 6 March 1987. p. 18.
  10. ^ "Top Films and Videos". The Times. Screen International. 13 March 1987. p. 22.
  11. ^ "Top Films and Videos". The Times. Screen International. 20 March 1987. p. 18.
  12. ^ "Top Films and Video". The Times. Screen International. 27 March 1987. p. 16.
  13. ^ "Top Films and Video". The Times. Screen International. 3 April 1987. p. 18.
  14. ^ "Top Films and Video". The Times. Screen International. 10 April 1987. p. 16.
  15. ^ "Top Films and Video". The Times. Screen International. 17 April 1987. p. 16.
  16. ^ "Top Films and Video". The Times. Screen International. 24 April 1987. p. 18.
  17. ^ "Top Films and Video". The Times. Screen International. 1 May 1987. p. 18.
  18. ^ "Star Trek UK Openers". Screen International. 20 December 1996. p. 35.
  19. ^ "UK Leaders Nationwide". Screen International. 2 May 1987. p. 397.
  20. ^ "Top Films and Video". The Times. Screen International. 11 May 1987. p. 16.
  21. ^ "Top Films and Video". The Times. Screen International. 18 May 1987. p. 16.
  22. ^ "UK Leaders Nationwide". Screen International. 16 May 1987. p. 21.
  23. ^ "Top Films and Video". The Times. Screen International. 25 May 1987. p. 16.
  24. ^ "Top Films and Video". The Times. Screen International. 1 June 1987. p. 18.
  25. ^ "Top Films and Video". The Times. Screen International. 5 June 1987. p. 18.
  26. ^ "Top Films and Video". The Times. Screen International. 12 June 1987. p. 18.
  27. ^ "Top Films and Video". The Times. Screen International. 19 June 1987. p. 18.
  28. ^ "Top Films and Video". The Times. Screen International. 26 June 1987. p. 22.
  29. ^ "Top Films and Video". The Times. Screen International. 3 July 1987. p. 22.
  30. ^ "Top Films and Video". The Times. Screen International. 10 July 1987. p. 22.
  31. ^ "Top Films and Video". The Times. Screen International. 17 July 1987. p. 20.
  32. ^ "Top Films and Video". The Times. Screen International. 24 July 1987. p. 18.
  33. ^ "Top Films and Video". The Times. Screen International. 31 July 1987. p. 18.
  34. ^ "Top Films and Video". The Times. Screen International. 7 August 1987. p. 16.
  35. ^ "Top Films and Video". The Times. Screen International. 14 August 1987. p. 18.
  36. ^ "Top Films and Video". The Times. Screen International. 21 August 1987. p. 14.
  37. ^ "Top Films and Video". The Times. Screen International. 28 August 1987. p. 18.
  38. ^ "Top Films and Video". The Times. Screen International. 4 September 1987. p. 18.
  39. ^ "Top Films and Video". The Times. Screen International. 11 September 1987. p. 20.
  40. ^ "Top Films and Video". The Times. Screen International. 18 September 1987. p. 18.
  41. ^ "Top Films and Video". The Times. Screen International. 25 September 1987. p. 16.
  42. ^ "Top Films and Video". The Times. Screen International. 2 October 1987. p. 22.
  43. ^ "Top Films and Video". The Times. Screen International. 9 October 1987. p. 22.
  44. ^ "Top Films and Video". The Times. Screen International. 16 October 1987. p. 18.
  45. ^ "Top Films and Video". The Times. Screen International. 23 October 1987. p. 22.
  46. ^ "Attraction makes a killing in the UK". Screen International. 30 January 1988. p. 1.
  47. ^ "Eddie Murphy UK Openings". Screen International. 11 October 1996. p. 27.
  48. ^ "Top Films and Video". The Times. Screen International. 30 October 1987. p. 18.
  49. ^ "Top Films and Video". The Times. Screen International. 6 November 1987. p. 22.
  50. ^ "Top Films and Video". The Times. Screen International. 13 November 1987. p. 22.
  51. ^ "Top Films and Video". The Times. Screen International. 20 November 1987. p. 20.
  52. ^ "Top Films and Video". The Times. Screen International. 27 November 1987. p. 22.
  53. ^ "Top Films and Video". The Times. Screen International. 4 December 1987. p. 18.
  54. ^ "Top Films and Video". The Times. Screen International. 11 December 1987. p. 16.
  55. ^ "Top Films and Video". The Times. Screen International. 18 December 1987. p. 16.
  56. ^ "Top Films and Video". The Times. Screen International. 11 January 1988. p. 14.
  57. ^ Swern, Phil (1995). The Guinness book of Box Office Hits. Guinness Publishing. p. 337. ISBN 0-85112-670-7.
  58. ^ "UK Top 50 Films in 1987". Screen International. 2 January 1988. p. 10.

Chronology[edit]

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