Domestic 1987 Weekend 52
December 25-27, 1987
Key:New This Week
| Rank | LW | Release | Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | Three Men and a Baby | $10,305,227 | +37.2% | 1,804 | +51 | $5,712 | $59,501,238 | 5 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 2 | 1 | Eddie Murphy: Raw | $8,604,265 | -5.2% | 1,494 | +103 | $5,759 | $22,135,078 | 2 | Paramount Pictures |
| 3 | 3 | Throw Momma from the Train | $6,760,890 | +19% | 1,619 | +105 | $4,175 | $25,137,640 | 3 | Orion Pictures |
| 4 | 15 | Broadcast News | $5,449,920 | +2,658.9% | 677 | +670 | $8,050 | $5,890,959 | 2 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 5 | 5 | Wall Street | $4,407,619 | +43.7% | 987 | +244 | $4,465 | $14,722,326 | 3 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 6 | 4 | *batteries not included | $4,084,570 | +22.8% | 1,357 | +29 | $3,010 | $9,967,500 | 2 | Universal Pictures |
| 7 | 6 | Planes, Trains & Automobiles | $4,029,708 | +52.7% | 1,684 | +74 | $2,392 | $31,933,063 | 5 | Paramount Pictures |
| 8 | 8 | Fatal Attraction | $3,086,152 | +104.3% | 1,234 | +61 | $2,500 | $123,532,687 | 15 | Paramount Pictures |
| 9 | 12 | Empire of the Sun | $2,914,509 | +179.1% | 673 | +448 | $4,330 | $6,610,192 | 3 | Warner Bros. |
| 10 | 7 | Overboard | $2,908,314 | +54.7% | 1,124 | -2 | $2,587 | $6,491,119 | 2 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) |
| 11 | 9 | Nuts | $2,003,416 | +46% | 1,112 | - | $1,801 | $21,386,098 | 6 | Warner Bros. |
| 12 | 11 | Cinderella 1987 Re-release | $1,623,023 | +48.4% | 1,545 | +242 | $1,050 | $25,559,696 | 6 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 13 | 10 | Leonard Part 6 | $1,050,249 | -20.2% | 1,149 | +7 | $914 | $3,092,467 | 2 | Columbia Pictures |
| 14 | 14 | The Last Emperor | $999,042 | +32.3% | 92 | -2 | $10,859 | $3,676,398 | 6 | Columbia Pictures |
| 15 | 13 | The Running Man | $969,930 | +13.5% | 829 | -125 | $1,170 | $34,249,318 | 7 | TriStar Pictures |
| 16 | - | Good Morning, Vietnam | $194,308 | - | 4 | - | $48,577 | $194,308 | 1 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 17 | 16 | Moonstruck | $172,367 | +35.1% | 7 | - | $24,623 | $442,298 | 2 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) |
| 18 | 19 | Ironweed | $48,140 | +30.2% | 2 | - | $24,070 | $112,929 | 2 | TriStar Pictures |
