20 Cantonese films of 1987 ranked by box office. #1: Prison on Fire (HK$31.6 million).
| # | Film | Lead | Director | Budget | Box office | Multiple |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Prison on Fire | Ringo Lam | HK$31.6 million | |||
| 2 | It's a Mad, Mad, Mad World | Clifton Ko | HK$27.1 million | |||
| 3 | An Autumn's Tale | Mabel Cheung | HK$25.5 million | |||
| 4 | The Romancing Star | Wong Jing | HK$21.7 million | |||
| 5 | City on Fire | Ringo Lam | HK$6 million | HK$19.7 million | 3.29x | |
| 6 | Mr. Vampire III | Ricky Lau | HK$19.5 million | |||
| 7 | Tragic Hero | Taylor Wong | HK$18.9 million | |||
| 8 | Rouge | Stanley Kwan | HK$5.5 million | HK$17.4 million | 3.16x | |
| 9 | Flaming Brothers | Joe Cheung | HK$15.7 million | |||
| 10 | The Thirty Million Dollar Rush | Karl Maka | HK$13.5 million | |||
| 11 | New Mr. Vampire | Billy Chan Wui-Ngai | HK$13.1 million | |||
| 12 | Sworn Brothers | David Lai | HK$8.5 million | |||
| 13 | Magnificent Warriors | David Chung | HK$8.3 million | |||
| 14 | The Romance of Book and Sword | Ann Hui | HK$6 million | |||
| 15 | Final Victory | Patrick Tam | HK$5.8 million | |||
| 16 | People's Hero | Derek Yee | HK$4 million | |||
| Spiritual Love | Taylor Wong | $37.1 million | ||||
| Rich and Famous | Taylor Wong | HK$21 million | $2.7 million | |||
| Trouble Couples | Eric Tsang | $1.6 million | ||||
| Evil Cat | Dennis Yu | $593,682 |
Figures are shown in the currency they were reported in (Wikipedia, Wikidata or TMDB); no conversion.