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Highest Grossing Stars of 1987 at the Domestic Box Office


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This list shows the highest grossing stars of 1987 based on the domestic box office of the movies they had a leading role in in 1987 and the two preceeding years (voice-only roles excluded).

The Star Score in this list represent points assigned to each of the leading stars of top 100 (based on domestic box office) movies in the current year and two preceding years. For appearing in the number one movie in a year a star gets 100 points, the number two movie 99 points and so on. This rewards actors for appearing in a number of hit films over the course of three years more than starring in just one monster hit over the same time period.

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Steve Guttenberg
Best known as a Leading Actor based on credits in that role in 15 films.
Top films contributed to this record: 3 Men and a Baby ($167,780,960 in 1987), Cocoon ($76,257,348 in 1985), Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment ($55,337,042 in 1985), Police Academy 3: Back in Training ($43,579,163 in 1986), Short Circuit ($40,697,761 in 1986), Police Academy 4: Citizens on Patrol ($28,061,343 in 1987)

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John Candy
Best known as a Leading Actor based on credits in that role in 13 films.
Top films contributed to this record: Planes, Trains & Automobiles ($49,509,935 in 1987), Brewster's Millions ($40,800,000 in 1985), Spaceballs ($38,119,483 in 1987), Summer Rental ($24,671,000 in 1985)

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Chevy Chase
Best known as a Leading Actor based on credits in that role in 25 films.
Top films contributed to this record: Spies Like Us ($60,083,467 in 1985), National Lampoon's European Vacation ($49,400,000 in 1985), Fletch ($46,700,000 in 1985), Three Amigos ($39,246,734 in 1986)

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Complete List

Rank Name Star
Score		 Movies Average
Billing
1 Steve Guttenberg 533 7 3.1
2 John Candy 405 6 3.5
3 Chevy Chase 340 4 1.3
4 Danny DeVito 326 4 2.5
5 Sylvester Stallone 320 4 1.0
6 Steve Martin 307 4 1.8
7 Tom Hanks 288 4 1.3
8 Arnold Schwarzenegger 287 4 1.0
9 Michael J. Fox 287 4 3.3
10 Eddie Murphy 272 3 4.3
11 Michael Douglas 267 3 4.0
12 Bette Midler 266 3 2.0
13 Emilio Estevez 256 3 4.7
14 Andrew McCarthy 251 4 6.0
15 Corey Feldman 247 3 2.7
16 Kathleen Turner 244 3 7.3
17 Ally Sheedy 243 3 6.7
18 Kevin Costner 240 3 7.3
19 Tom Cruise 236 3 1.3
20 Bubba Smith 233 3 2.0
21 David Graf 233 3 3.3
22 Michael Winslow 233 3 3.7
23 Marion Ramsey 233 3 6.7
24 George Gaynes 233 3 11.0
25 Cher 232 3 7.3
26 Nicolas Cage 232 3 10.0
27 Chuck Norris 227 5 4.6
28 Jack Nicholson 224 3 4.3
29 Shelley Long 206 3 1.7
30 Rob Lowe 199 3 4.0
31 William Hurt 199 3 7.0
32 Demi Moore 195 3 4.3
33 Molly Ringwald 191 3 2.3
34 Bobcat Goldthwait 186 3 8.0
35 Rick Moranis 185 3 2.3
36 Robert Redford 183 2 5.5
37 Dan Aykroyd 178 2 1.5
38 Charlie Sheen 174 2 6.5
39 Art Metrano 173 2 7.0
40 Mel Gibson 169 2 5.5
41 Clint Eastwood 165 2 0.0
42 Judd Nelson 163 2 4.5
43 Daryl Hannah 161 2 2.5
44 Hume Cronyn 160 2 2.0
45 Jessica Tandy 160 2 5.0
46 Meryl Streep 160 2 5.5
47 Brian Dennehy 152 2 7.0
48 Colleen Camp 149 2 7.5
49 Matthew Broderick 146 2 1.0
50 Michelle Pfeiffer 145 2 3.5
51 Tim Kazurinsky 144 2 6.5
52 Leslie Easterbrook 144 2 8.5
53 Patrick Swayze 137 2 2.0
54 Anthony Michael Hall 135 2 2.0
55 Harrison Ford 135 2 10.0
56 Robin Williams 134 2 5.5
57 River Phoenix 132 2 6.0
58 Eric Stoltz 128 2 2.0
59 Goldie Hawn 125 2 1.0
60 Whoopi Goldberg 124 3 6.3
61 Dennis Quaid 123 3 7.0
62 John Cusack 119 3 4.3
63 Diane Keaton 118 2 10.0
64 Tom Berenger 116 2 1.0
65 Susan Sarandon 116 2 6.5
66 Jon Cryer 112 2 4.0
67 Raul Julia 110 2 2.5
68 Sharon Stone 108 2 8.0
69 William Katt 100 2 1.0
70 Tom Selleck 100 1 1.0
71 Kelly McGillis 100 1 2.0
72 Ted Danson 100 1 3.0
73 Paul Hogan 99 1 1.0
74 Glenn Close 99 1 2.0
75 Willem Dafoe 98 1 2.0
76 Ralph Macchio 97 1 1.0
77 Pat Morita 97 1 2.0
78 Margaret Avery 97 1 3.0
79 William Shatner 96 1 1.0
80 Leonard Nimoy 96 1 2.0
81 DeForest Kelley 96 1 3.0
82 James Doohan 96 1 4.0
83 George Takei 96 1 5.0
84 Walter Koenig 96 1 6.0
85 Nichelle Nichols 96 1 7.0
86 Rodney Dangerfield 95 1 1.0
87 Don Ameche 95 1 1.0
88 Wilford Brimley 95 1 2.0
89 Jack Gilford 95 1 5.0
90 Maureen Stapleton 95 1 7.0
91 Gwen Verdon 95 1 9.0
92 Herta Ware 95 1 10.0
93 Tahnee Welch 95 1 11.0
94 Sigourney Weaver 94 1 10.0
95 Sean Astin 93 1 1.0
96 Josh Brolin 93 1 2.0
97 Jeff Cohen 93 1 3.0
98 Kerri Green 93 1 5.0
99 Martha Plimpton 93 1 6.0
100 Ke Huy Quan 93 1 7.0

The Average Billing column contains the average billing position of this cast/crew member for the selected films.

The Domestic Market is defined as the North American movie territory (consisting of the United States, Canada, Puerto Rico and Guam).

This table is updated daily to reflect the latest studio reports.

Note: This chart is not adjusted for inflation.

Image attributions

Steve Guttenberg: Rob DiCaterino from Clifton, NJ, USA [CC BY 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons

John Candy: Mike F. Campbell [CC BY 2.5], via Wikimedia Commons

Chevy Chase: By Jesse Chang (08 ken and chevy chase) [CC BY-SA 2.0 ], via Wikimedia Commons