#1 of 5 1987 · Adventure, Mystery
$29.2M worldwide · 42% of the chart's total
Raising Arizona (1987) is the highest-grossing English-language movie released in week 11 of 1987 (Mar 8–14), with $29.2M worldwide, ahead of Tin Men (1987) at $25.4M and Witchboard (1987) at $7.4M. 5 English-language films released that week report a worldwide gross, $69M in all, 91% of it from the US & Canada. That is down 51% on Week 10, 1987, whose releases took $139.4M. By genre, Comedy leads with $60.5M across 3 English releases.
#1 of 5 1987 · Adventure, Mystery
$29.2M worldwide · 42% of the chart's total
Raising Arizona (1987) leads with $29.2M, 42% of the total. The top 5 together took $69M, almost all of what the 5 films earned. Each bar splits a film's gross into the US & Canada and the rest of the world.
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Number 5 US & Canada (domestic) Rest of the world
Lifetime worldwide grosses in US dollars, not adjusted for inflation; domestic means the US & Canada. Films are grouped by their release date in week 11 of 1987 (Mar 8–14).
Mar 13, 1987 US and Canada: $22.8M Rest of the world: $6.3M Worldwide: $29.2M
Mar 13, 1987 US and Canada: $25.4M Rest of the world: Worldwide: $25.4M
Mar 13, 1987 US and Canada: $7.4M Rest of the world: Worldwide: $7.4M
Mar 13, 1987 US and Canada: $5.9M Rest of the world: $9.2K Worldwide: $5.9M
Mar 13, 1987 US and Canada: $1.1M Rest of the world: Worldwide: $1.1M Of the top 5, Tin Men (1987) earned the biggest share at home (100% in the US & Canada), while Raising Arizona (1987) made 22% of its gross abroad. Across all 5 films, $62.6M (91%) came from the US & Canada.
Week 11 releases took $69M. The biggest of these 9 weeks is week 10 (Mar 1–7) with $139.4M, led by Lethal Weapon (1987).
Of these 10 years, Week 11, 1979 earned the most: $109.9M from 4 films, led by The China Syndrome (1979). Week 11, 1987 took $69M.
| Week | Films | Worldwide | Change | Biggest film |
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| Week 11, 1978 Mar 12–18 3 films | 3 | $46.3M | – | House Calls (1978) $28.5M |
| Week 11, 1979 Mar 11–17 4 films · +137% | 4 | $109.9M | +137% | The China Syndrome (1979) $51.7M |
| Week 11, 1980 Mar 9–15 1 film · −99% | 1 | $766.8K | −99% | A Small Circle of Friends (1980) $766.8K |
| Week 11, 1981 Mar 8–14 3 films · +2842% | 3 | $22.6M | +2842% | Back Roads (1981) $11.8M |
| Week 11, 1982 Mar 7–13 4 films · +125% | 4 | $50.8M | +125% | Richard Pryor: Live on the Sunset Strip (1982) $36.3M |
| Week 11, 1983 Mar 6–12 2 films · −77% | 2 | $11.5M | −77% | 10 to Midnight (1983) $7.2M |
| Week 11, 1984 Mar 11–17 2 films · +123% | 2 | $25.6M | +123% | The Ice Pirates (1984) $14.3M |
| Week 11, 1985 Mar 10–16 2 films · −94% | 2 | $1.4M | −94% | DEFCON-4 (1985) $1.1M |
| Week 11, 1986 Mar 9–15 2 films · +2842% | 2 | $42.5M | +2842% | Gung Ho (1986) $36.6M |
| Week 11, 1987 Mar 8–14 5 films · +63% | 5 | $69M | +63% | Raising Arizona (1987) $29.2M |
51 weeks of 1987 with reported grosses; the biggest is week 38 (Sep 13–19) with $371.8M, led by Fatal Attraction (1987).
The chart's numbers in short: the #1 film, the total, the billion-dollar hits and the US & Canada share, answered from the same 5 films as the chart.
Raising Arizona (1987) leads with $29.2M worldwide, $22.8M of it in the US & Canada. Next come Tin Men (1987) at $25.4M and Witchboard (1987) at $7.4M.
5 English-language films released in week 11 of 1987 (Mar 8–14) report a worldwide gross, $69M in all, or $13.8M per film on average. Week 10, 1987 releases took $139.4M.
None. The biggest, Raising Arizona (1987), earned $29.2M.
Films are ranked by lifetime worldwide gross in US dollars, not adjusted for inflation, and grouped by their release date in week 11 of 1987 (Mar 8–14). The figures are the reported box office grosses in our database. A gross that looks misattributed, such as one figure shared by two unrelated films or a blockbuster total on an obscure title, is left out rather than shown as a fact, and so are films whose stored language is most likely wrong.
Grosses change while films are in theaters and whenever a new figure is reported; this chart reads the latest numbers in our database, so an older film can still move after a re-release.