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Number 1

Highest debut

Longest run

Top total gross

Weekend total

25th Dec
1987

Masters of the Universe
(1st week)

Masters of the Universe
(@1)

Beverly Hills Cop II
(11 weeks)

Beverly Hills Cop II
(£6,926,760)

£1,129,828

18th Dec
1987

Spaceballs
(2nd week)

The Untouchables
(14 weeks)

Beverly Hills Cop II
(£6,712,666)

£1,254,444

11th Dec
1987

Spaceballs
(1st week)

Spaceballs
(@1)

The Untouchables
(13 weeks)

Beverly Hills Cop II
(£6,458,931)

£1,966,039

4th Dec
1987

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
(1st week)

Full Metal Jacket
(13 weeks)

Beverly Hills Cop II
(£6,174,174)

£1,865,253

27th Nov
1987

Innerspace
(1st week)

Innerspace
(@1)

Full Metal Jacket
(12 weeks)

Beverly Hills Cop II
(£5,787,320)

£3,030,261

20th Nov
1987

The Witches of Eastwick
(1st week)

Full Metal Jacket
(11 weeks)

Beverly Hills Cop II
(£5,316,131)

£1,800,128

13th Nov
1987

Beverly Hills Cop II
(5th week)

Roxanne
(@2)

Lethal Weapon
(12 weeks)

Beverly Hills Cop II
(£4,801,592)

£2,167,268

6th Nov
1987

Beverly Hills Cop II
(4th week)

Maurice
(@10)

Police Academy 4: Citizens On Patrol
(20 weeks)

Beverly Hills Cop II
(£4,102,572)

£1,984,409

30th Oct
1987

Beverly Hills Cop II
(3rd week)

Maximum Overdrive
(@5)

Police Academy 4: Citizens On Patrol
(19 weeks)

Full Metal Jacket
(£3,546,436)

£2,407,372

23rd Oct
1987

Beverly Hills Cop II
(2nd week)

The Witches of Eastwick
(@2)

Police Academy 4: Citizens On Patrol
(18 weeks)

Full Metal Jacket
(£3,522,903)

£2,733,461

16th Oct
1987

Beverly Hills Cop II
(1st week)

Beverly Hills Cop II
(@1)

Police Academy 4: Citizens On Patrol
(17 weeks)

Superman IV: The Quest For Peace
(£3,503,196)

£2,115,236

9th Oct
1987

The Untouchables
(4th week)

Police Academy 4: Citizens On Patrol
(16 weeks)

The Living Daylights
(£8,503,711)

£506,188

2nd Oct
1987

The Untouchables
(3rd week)

Police Academy 4: Citizens On Patrol
(15 weeks)

The Living Daylights
(£8,491,699)

£920,016

25th Sep
1987

The Untouchables
(2nd week)

Police Academy 4: Citizens On Patrol
(14 weeks)

The Living Daylights
(£8,477,962)

£1,717,131

18th Sep
1987

The Untouchables
(1st week)

The Untouchables
(@1)

Police Academy 4: Citizens On Patrol
(13 weeks)

The Living Daylights
(£8,411,856)

£3,139,604

11th Sep
1987

Full Metal Jacket
(1st week)

Full Metal Jacket
(@1)

Police Academy 4: Citizens On Patrol
(12 weeks)

The Living Daylights
(£8,293,196)

£3,419,478

4th Sep
1987

Blind Date
(1st week)

Hope and Glory
(@3)

The Secret of My Success
(11 weeks)

The Living Daylights
(£8,140,387)

£2,290,735

28th Aug
1987

Lethal Weapon
(1st week)

Lethal Weapon
(@1)

The Secret of My Success
(10 weeks)

The Living Daylights
(£7,865,449)

£2,348,902

21st Aug
1987

The Living Daylights
(7th week)

Jaws the Revenge
(@2)

Personal Services
(16 weeks)

The Living Daylights
(£7,563,106)

£1,375,280

14th Aug
1987

The Living Daylights
(6th week)

Blind Date
(@4)

Personal Services
(15 weeks)

The Living Daylights
(£7,121,240)

£1,695,188

7th Aug
1987

The Living Daylights
(5th week)

Dragnet
(@3)

Personal Services
(14 weeks)

The Living Daylights
(£6,635,449)

£2,545,842

31st Jul
1987

The Living Daylights
(4th week)

Personal Services
(13 weeks)

The Living Daylights
(£5,725,992)

£2,882,962

24th Jul
1987

The Living Daylights
(3rd week)

Wish You Were Here
(@2)

Personal Services
(12 weeks)

The Living Daylights
(£4,571,807)

£2,839,577

17th Jul
1987

The Living Daylights
(2nd week)

Platoon
(13 weeks)

Platoon
(£4,702,910)

£2,135,929

10th Jul
1987

Police Academy 4: Citizens On Patrol
(1st week)

Raising Arizona
(@4)

Platoon
(12 weeks)

Platoon
(£4,701,395)

£2,278,961

3rd Jul
1987

The Living Daylights
(1st week)

The Living Daylights
(@1)

Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home
(13 weeks)

Platoon
(£4,698,442)

£3,313,202

26th Jun
1987

The Secret of My Success
(1st week)

The Secret of My Success
(@1)

Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home
(12 weeks)

Platoon
(£4,678,891)

£1,753,105

19th Jun
1987

Mannequin
(1st week)

The Color of Money
(16 weeks)

Platoon
(£4,601,328)

£1,790,321

12th Jun
1987

Personal Services
(1st week)

¡Three Amigos!
(@2)

The Color of Money
(15 weeks)

Platoon
(£4,447,409)

£1,802,028

5th Jun
1987

Platoon
(6th week)

The Whistle Blower
(@4)

The Color of Money
(14 weeks)

Platoon
(£4,119,206)

£1,191,107

29th May
1987

Platoon
(5th week)

The Color of Money
(13 weeks)

Platoon
(£3,647,338)

£946,970

22nd May
1987

Platoon
(4th week)

The Color of Money
(12 weeks)

Platoon
(£3,222,313)

£946,970

15th May
1987

Platoon
(3rd week)

Mannequin
(@3)

The Color of Money
(11 weeks)

Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home
(£3,044,677)

£1,273,731

8th May
1987

Platoon
(2nd week)

Personal Services
(@2)

Crocodile Dundee
(22 weeks)

Crocodile Dundee
(£9,581,099)

£1,406,143

1st May
1987

Platoon
(1st week)

Jumpin' Jack Flash
(@2)

Crocodile Dundee
(21 weeks)

Crocodile Dundee
(£9,578,725)

£1,411,292

24th Apr
1987

Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home
(3rd week)

Platoon
(@2)

Crocodile Dundee
(20 weeks)

Crocodile Dundee
(£9,577,907)

£1,186,305

17th Apr
1987

Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home
(2nd week)

Crocodile Dundee
(19 weeks)

Crocodile Dundee
(£9,576,465)

£1,289,373

10th Apr
1987

Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home
(1st week)

Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home
(@1)

Crocodile Dundee
(18 weeks)

Crocodile Dundee
(£9,574,864)

£2,667,000

3rd Apr
1987

Over the Top
(1st week)

Over the Top
(@1)

Crocodile Dundee
(17 weeks)

Crocodile Dundee
(£9,573,020)

£2,315,840

27th Mar
1987

84 Charing Cross Road
(1st week)

84 Charing Cross Road
(@1)

Crocodile Dundee
(16 weeks)

Crocodile Dundee
(£9,570,865)

£2,044,711

20th Mar
1987

The Color of Money
(2nd week)

The Fourth Protocol
(@2)

Crocodile Dundee
(15 weeks)

Crocodile Dundee
(£9,562,581)

£1,083,555

13th Mar
1987

The Color of Money
(1st week)

Stand By Me
(@2)

Crocodile Dundee
(14 weeks)

Crocodile Dundee
(£9,546,976)

£1,243,754

6th Mar
1987

The Fly
(2nd week)

The Color of Money
(@2)

Crocodile Dundee
(13 weeks)

Crocodile Dundee
(£9,478,530)

£1,818,572

27th Feb
1987

The Fly
(1st week)

Children of a Lesser God
(@2)

Crocodile Dundee
(12 weeks)

Crocodile Dundee
(£9,418,447)

£1,976,492

20th Feb
1987

Crocodile Dundee
(6th week)

Ferris Bueller's Day Off
(@3)

Top Gun
(21 weeks)

Top Gun
(£9,454,549)

£2,013,999

13th Feb
1987

Crocodile Dundee
(5th week)

The Fly
(@2)

Top Gun
(20 weeks)

Top Gun
(£9,448,546)

£2,046,423

6th Feb
1987

Crocodile Dundee
(4th week)

The Mosquito Coast
(@2)

Top Gun
(19 weeks)

Top Gun
(£9,440,188)

£1,695,912

30th Jan
1987

Crocodile Dundee
(3rd week)

Top Gun
(18 weeks)

Top Gun
(£9,438,766)

£1,579,967

23rd Jan
1987

Crocodile Dundee
(2nd week)

The Name of the Rose
(@2)

Top Gun
(17 weeks)

Top Gun
(£9,428,808)

£2,325,253

16th Jan
1987

Crocodile Dundee
(1st week)

Top Gun
(16 weeks)

Top Gun
(£9,412,992)

£2,197,447

9th Jan
1987

Heartbreak Ridge
(1st week)

Heartbreak Ridge
(@1)

Top Gun
(15 weeks)

Top Gun
(£9,362,052)

£2,640,850

2nd Jan
1987

The Golden Child
(1st week)

The Golden Child
(@1)

Top Gun
(14 weeks)

Top Gun
(£9,257,750)

£1,792,871

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