This is a list of films which have placed number one at the weekend box office in the United States during 1986.[1]

Number-one films

# Weekend end date Film Box office Notes Ref
1 January 5, 1986 Rocky IV $7,147,074 [2]
2 January 12, 1986 Out of Africa $5,137,370 Out of Africa reached number 1 in its fourth weekend of release. [3]
3 January 19, 1986 Iron Eagle $6,104,754 [4]
4 January 26, 1986 The Color Purple $4,412,456 The Color Purple reached number 1 in its seventh weekend of release. [5]
5 February 2, 1986 Down and Out in Beverly Hills $5,726,495 [6]
6 February 9, 1986 $6,112,115 [7]
7 February 17, 19864-day weekend $7,023,743 [8]
8 February 23, 1986 $5,042,912 [9]
9 March 2, 1986 Pretty in Pink $6,065,870 [10]
10 March 9, 1986 $4,919,668 [11]
11 March 16, 1986 Gung Ho $7,170,830 [12]
12 March 23, 1986 Police Academy 3: Back in Training $9,049,586 [13]
13 March 30, 1986 $5,750,986 [14]
14 April 6, 1986 $5,089,751 [15]
15 April 13, 1986 The Money Pit $3,646,200 The Money Pit reached number 1 in its third weekend of release. [16]
16 April 20, 1986 Legend $4,261,154 [17]
17 April 27, 1986 $2,591,751 [18]
18 May 4, 1986 Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling $4,879,107 [19]
19 May 11, 1986 Short Circuit $5,346,808 Independent sources suggested that the film only grossed between $4.5 to $4.725 million. [20]
20 May 18, 1986 Top Gun $8,193,052 [21]
21 May 26, 19864-day weekend Cobra $15,652,147 Cobra broke Superman II's record ($14.1 million) for highest weekend debut for a Warner Bros. film. [22]
22 June 1, 1986 $7,511,542 [23]
23 June 8, 1986 Top Gun $8,231,279 Top Gun reclaimed number 1 in fourth weekend of release. [24]
24 June 15, 1986 Back to School $8,881,035 [25]
25 June 22, 1986 The Karate Kid Part II $12,652,336 [26]
26 June 29, 1986 $8,870,625 [27]
27 July 6, 1986 $6,284,953 [28]
28 July 13, 1986 $6,667,787 [29]
29 July 20, 1986 Aliens $10,052,042 Aliens broke Halloween II's record ($7.67 million) for highest weekend debut for a film featuring a female protagonist. [30]
30 July 27, 1986 $8,640,292 [31]
31 August 3, 1986 $7,060,101 Initial estimates had Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives ahead of Aliens. [32]
32 August 10, 1986 $5,779,352 [33]
33 August 17, 1986 The Fly $7,007,423 [34]
34 August 24, 1986 $4,725,970 [35]
35 September 1, 19864-day weekend Stand by Me $5,037,343 Stand by Me reached number 1 in its second weekend of release. [36]
36 September 7, 1986 $3,426,615 [37]
37 September 14, 1986 $3,010,922 [38]
38 September 21, 1986 Top Gun $3,292,817 Top Gun reclaimed number 1 in its nineteenth week of release, with the 14 week gap since it was last number one, the longest gap for a film since 1982. [39][40]
39 September 28, 1986 Crocodile Dundee $8,038,855 Crocodile Dundee set the record for highest-grossing weekend in September. [41][42]
40 October 5, 1986 $8,207,503 [43]
41 October 13, 19864-day weekend $10,560,827 [44]
42 October 19, 1986 $7,434,202 [45]
43 October 26, 1986 $6,745,249 [46]
44 November 2, 1986 $5,716,215 [47]
45 November 9, 1986 $6,392,661 [48]
46 November 16, 1986 $5,521,551 [49]
47 November 23, 1986 $5,537,875 In second place, An American Tail's opening ($5.2 million) broke The Fox and the Hound's record ($4.2 million) for the highest weekend debut for an animated film and The Care Bears Movie's record ($3.7 million) for the highest weekend debut for a non-Disney animated film. [50]
48 November 30, 1986 Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home $16,881,888 Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home had the highest weekend debut of 1986. [51]
49 December 7, 1986 $8,833,818 [52]
50 December 14, 1986 The Golden Child $11,549,711 [53]
51 December 21, 1986 $7,877,899 [54]
52 December 28, 1986 $10,118,277 [55]

Highest-grossing films

Calendar Gross

Highest-grossing films of 1986 by Calendar Gross[56]

Rank Title Studio(s) Actor(s) Director(s) Gross
1. Top Gun Paramount Pictures Tom Cruise, Kelly McGillis, Val Kilmer, Anthony Edwards, and Tom Skerritt Tony Scott $176,781,728
2. Crocodile Dundee Paul Hogan, Linda Kozlowski, Mark Blum, David Gulpilil, Michael Lombard, and John Meillon Peter Faiman $116,849,307
3. The Karate Kid Part II Columbia Pictures Ralph Macchio, Pat Morita, Tamlyn Tomita, and Yuji Okumoto John G. Avildsen $115,103,979
4. Back to School Orion Pictures Rodney Dangerfield, Sally Kellerman, Keith Gordon, Burt Young, Terry Farrell, Robert Downey Jr., Paxton Whitehead, M. Emmet Walsh, and Adrienne Barbeau Alan Metter $91,258,000
5. Aliens 20th Century Fox Sigourney Weaver, Michael Biehn, Paul Reiser, Carrie Henn, Bill Paxton, Jenette Goldstein, and Lance Henriksen James Cameron $85,160,248
6. The Color Purple Warner Bros. Danny Glover, Adolph Caesar, Margaret Avery, Rae Dawn Chong, Whoopi Goldberg, and Oprah Winfrey Steven Spielberg $83,993,103
7. Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home Paramount Pictures William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley, James Doohan, George Takei, Walter Koenig, Nichelle Nichols, and Catherine Hicks Leonard Nimoy $72,742,016
8. Ruthless People Buena Vista Distribution Danny DeVito, Judge Reinhold, Helen Slater, Bette Midler, Anita Morris, and Bill Pullman Jim Abrahams, David Zucker, and Jerry Zucker $70,788,212
9. Out of Africa Universal Pictures Robert Redford, Meryl Streep, and Klaus Maria Brandauer Sydney Pollack $70,365,426
10. Ferris Bueller's Day Off Paramount Pictures Matthew Broderick, Mia Sara, and Alan Ruck John Hughes $70,136,369

In-Year Release

Highest-grossing films of 1986 by In-year release[57]
Rank Title Distributor Domestic gross
1. Top Gun Paramount $176,781,728
2. Crocodile Dundee $174,803,506
3. Platoon Orion $138,530,565
4. The Karate Kid Part II Columbia $115,103,979
5. Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home Paramount $109,713,132
6. Back to School Orion $91,258,000
7. Aliens 20th Century Fox $85,160,248
8. The Golden Child Paramount $79,817,937
9. Ruthless People Disney $71,624,879
10. Ferris Bueller's Day Off Paramount $70,136,369


Highest-grossing films by MPAA rating of 1986
G An American Tail
PG Top Gun
PG-13 Crocodile Dundee
R Platoon

See also

References

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