

July 17 – Walt Disney's classic masterpiece Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs is re-released worldwide for its 50th anniversary.June 29 – The James Bond franchise celebrates its 25th anniversary and premieres its 15th film, The Living Daylights.May 23 – Starlog Salutes Star Wars is held in Los Angeles, California, the first officially sponsored Star Wars convention to commemorate the franchise's 10th anniversary.January 31 – The Cure for Insomnia premieres at The School of the Art Institute in Chicago, Illinois, to officially become the world's longest film according to Guinness World Records.The top ten 1987 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows: See also: List of 1987 box office number-one films in the United States
