This is a list of films which have placed number one at the weekly box office in the United Kingdom during 1987.
| Week ending | Film | Notes | Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Heartbreak Ridge | [1] | ||
| 2 | [2] | |||
| 3 | Crocodile Dundee | Crocodile Dundee reached number one in its sixth week of release | [3] | |
| 4 | [4] | |||
| 5 | [5] | |||
| 6 | [6] | |||
| 7 | [7] | |||
| 8 | [8] | |||
| 9 | [9] | |||
| 10 | The Fly | The Fly reached number one in its third week of release | [10] | |
| 11 | [11] | |||
| 12 | The Color of Money | The Color of Money reached number one in its second week of release | [12] | |
| 13 | [13] | |||
| 14 | [14] | |||
| 15 | Over the Top | [15] | ||
| 16 | Flight of the Navigator | [16] | ||
| 17 | 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 | [20] | |||
| 19 | Platoon | Platoon reached number one in its second week of release with a gross of £520,894 for the week | [21] [22] | |
| 20 | [23] | |||
| 21 | [24] | |||
| 22 | [25] | |||
| 23 | [26] | |||
| 24 | Personal Services | Personal Services reached number one in its tenth week of release | [27] | |
| 25 | [28] | |||
| 26 | Mannequin | Mannequin reached number one in its sixth week of release | [29] | |
| 27 | The Secret of My Success | [30] | ||
| 28 | [31] | |||
| 29 | [32] | |||
| 30 | The Living Daylights | The Living Daylights reached number one in its fourth week of release | [33] | |
| 31 | [34] | |||
| 32 | [35] | |||
| 33 | [36] | |||
| 34 | [37] | |||
| 35 | [38] | |||
| 36 | Lethal Weapon | [39] | ||
| 37 | Blind Date | Blind Date reached number one in its fourth week of release | [40] | |
| 38 | Full Metal Jacket | [41] | ||
| 39 | [42] | |||
| 40 | The Untouchables | The Untouchables reached number one in its second week of release | [43] | |
| 41 | [44] | |||
| 42 | Beverly Hills Cop II | Beverly Hills Cop II had a record opening weekend of £1,008,249 | [45] [46] [47] | |
| 43 | [48] | |||
| 44 | [49] | |||
| 45 | [50] | |||
| 46 | A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors reached number one in its second week of release | [51] | ||
| 47 | [52] | |||
| 48 | The Witches of Eastwick | The Witches of Eastwick reached number one in its fifth week of release | [53] | |
| 49 | Innerspace | [54] | ||
| 50 | 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 | TBD | |||
| 52 | TBD | |||
| 53 | Masters of the Universe | [56] | ||
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. | 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. | 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 |
| U | Labyrinth | |
| PG | The Living Daylights | |
| 15 | Crocodile Dundee | |
| 18 | Full Metal Jacket |