List of 1986 box office number-one films in the United States explained

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 dateFilmBox officeNotes
1 Rocky IV $7,147,074 [2]
2 Out of Africa $5,137,370 Out of Africa reached number 1 in its fourth weekend of release. [3]
3 Iron Eagle $6,104,754 [4]
4 The Color Purple $4,412,456 The Color Purple reached number 1 in its seventh weekend of release. [5]
5 Down and Out in Beverly Hills $5,726,495 [6]
6 $6,112,115 [7]
7 4-day weekend $7,023,743 [8]
8 $5,042,912 [9]
9 Pretty in Pink $6,065,870 [10]
10 $4,919,668 [11]
11 Gung Ho $7,170,830 [12]
12 $9,049,586 [13]
13 $5,750,986 [14]
14 $5,089,751 [15]
15 The Money Pit $3,646,200 The Money Pit reached number 1 in its third weekend of release. [16]
16 Legend $4,261,154 [17]
17 $2,591,751 [18]
18 Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling $4,879,107 [19]
19 Short Circuit $5,346,808 Independent sources suggested that the film only grossed between $4.5 to $4.725 million. [20]
20 Top Gun $8,193,052 [21]
21 4-day weekend Cobra $15,652,147 Cobra broke Superman IIs record ($14.1 million) for highest weekend debut for a Warner Bros. film. [22]
22 $7,511,542 [23]
23 Top Gun $8,231,279 Top Gun reclaimed number 1 in fourth weekend of release. [24]
24 Back to School $8,881,035 [25]
25 The Karate Kid Part II $12,652,336 [26]
26 $8,870,625 [27]
27 $6,284,953 [28]
28 $6,667,787 [29]
29 Aliens $10,052,042 Aliens broke Halloween IIs record ($7.67 million) for highest weekend debut for a film featuring a female protagonist. [30]
30 $8,640,292 [31]
31 $7,060,101 Initial estimates had ahead of Aliens. [32]
32 $5,779,352 [33]
33 The Fly $7,007,423 [34]
34 $4,725,970 [35]
35 4-day weekend Stand by Me $5,037,343 Stand by Me reached number 1 in its second weekend of release. [36]
36 $3,426,615[37]
37 $3,010,922[38]
38 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 Crocodile Dundee $8,038,855 Crocodile Dundee set the record for highest-grossing weekend in September. [41] [42]
40 $8,207,503 [43]
41 4-day weekend $10,560,827 [44]
42 $7,434,202 [45]
43 $6,745,249 [46]
44 $5,716,215 [47]
45 $6,392,661 [48]
46 $5,521,551 [49]
47 $5,537,875 In second place, An American Tails opening ($5.2 million) broke The Fox and the Hounds record ($4.2 million) for the highest weekend debut for an animated film and The Care Bears Movies record ($3.7 million) for the highest weekend debut for a non-Disney animated film. [50]
48 $16,881,888 Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home had the highest weekend debut of 1986. [51]
49 $8,833,818 [52]
50 The Golden Child $11,549,711 [53]
51 $7,877,899 [54]
52 $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 GunParamount PicturesTom Cruise, Kelly McGillis, Val Kilmer, Anthony Edwards, and Tom SkerrittTony Scott$176,781,728
2.Crocodile DundeePaul Hogan, Linda Kozlowski, Mark Blum, David Gulpilil, Michael Lombard, and John MeillonPeter Faiman$116,849,307
3.The Karate Kid Part IIColumbia PicturesRalph Macchio, Pat Morita, Tamlyn Tomita, and Yuji OkumotoJohn G. Avildsen$115,103,979
4.Back to SchoolOrion PicturesRodney Dangerfield, Sally Kellerman, Keith Gordon, Burt Young, Terry Farrell, Robert Downey Jr., Paxton Whitehead, M. Emmet Walsh, and Adrienne BarbeauAlan Metter$91,258,000
5.Aliens20th Century FoxSigourney Weaver, Michael Biehn, Paul Reiser, Carrie Henn, Bill Paxton, Jenette Goldstein, and Lance HenriksenJames Cameron$85,160,248
6.The Color PurpleWarner Bros.Danny Glover, Adolph Caesar, Margaret Avery, Rae Dawn Chong, Whoopi Goldberg, and Oprah WinfreySteven Spielberg$83,993,103
7.Paramount PicturesWilliam Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley, James Doohan, George Takei, Walter Koenig, Nichelle Nichols, and Catherine HicksLeonard Nimoy$72,742,016
8.Ruthless PeopleBuena Vista DistributionDanny DeVito, Judge Reinhold, Helen Slater, Bette Midler, Anita Morris, and Bill PullmanJim Abrahams, David Zucker, and Jerry Zucker$70,788,212
9.Out of AfricaUniversal PicturesRobert Redford, Meryl Streep, and Klaus Maria BrandauerSydney Pollack$70,365,426
10.Ferris Bueller's Day OffParamount PicturesMatthew Broderick, Mia Sara, and Alan RuckJohn Hughes$70,136,369

In-Year Release

Highest-grossing films of 1986 by In-year release[57]
RankTitleDistributorDomestic gross
1. Top Gun $176,781,728
2. Crocodile Dundee $174,803,506
3. Platoon $138,530,565
4. The Karate Kid Part II $115,103,979
5. $109,713,132
6. Back to School $91,258,000
7. Aliens $85,160,248
8. The Golden Child $79,817,937
9. Ruthless People $71,624,879
10. Ferris Bueller's Day Off $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

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Domestic Box Office Weekends For 1986. .
  2. Web site: Domestic 1986 Weekend 1. Box Office Mojo.
  3. Web site: Domestic 1986 Weekend 2. Box Office Mojo.
  4. Web site: Domestic 1986 Weekend 3. Box Office Mojo.
  5. Web site: Domestic 1986 Weekend 4. Box Office Mojo.
  6. Web site: Domestic 1986 Weekend 5. Box Office Mojo.
  7. Web site: Domestic 1986 Weekend 6. Box Office Mojo.
  8. Web site: Domestic 1986 Weekend 7 (Presidents' Day weekend). Box Office Mojo.
  9. Web site: Domestic 1986 Weekend 8. Box Office Mojo.
  10. Web site: Domestic 1986 Weekend 9. Box Office Mojo.
  11. Web site: Domestic 1986 Weekend 10. Box Office Mojo.
  12. Web site: Domestic 1986 Weekend 11. Box Office Mojo.
  13. Web site: Domestic 1986 Weekend 12. Box Office Mojo.
  14. Web site: Domestic 1986 Weekend 13. Box Office Mojo.
  15. Web site: Domestic 1986 Weekend 14. Box Office Mojo.
  16. Web site: Domestic 1986 Weekend 15. Box Office Mojo.
  17. Web site: Domestic 1986 Weekend 16. Box Office Mojo.
  18. Web site: Domestic 1986 Weekend 17. Box Office Mojo.
  19. Web site: Domestic 1986 Weekend 18. Box Office Mojo.
  20. Web site: Domestic 1986 Weekend 19. Box Office Mojo.
  21. Web site: Domestic 1986 Weekend 20. Box Office Mojo.
  22. Web site: Domestic 1986 Weekend 21 (Memorial Day weekend). Box Office Mojo.
  23. Web site: Domestic 1986 Weekend 22. Box Office Mojo.
  24. Web site: Domestic 1986 Weekend 23. Box Office Mojo.
  25. Web site: Domestic 1986 Weekend 24. Box Office Mojo.
  26. Web site: Domestic 1986 Weekend 25. Box Office Mojo.
  27. Web site: Domestic 1986 Weekend 26. Box Office Mojo.
  28. Web site: Domestic 1986 Weekend 27. Box Office Mojo.
  29. Web site: Domestic 1986 Weekend 28. Box Office Mojo.
  30. Web site: Domestic 1986 Weekend 29. Box Office Mojo.
  31. Web site: Domestic 1986 Weekend 30. Box Office Mojo.
  32. Web site: Domestic 1986 Weekend 31. Box Office Mojo.
  33. Web site: Domestic 1986 Weekend 32. Box Office Mojo.
  34. Web site: Domestic 1986 Weekend 33. Box Office Mojo.
  35. Web site: Domestic 1986 Weekend 34. Box Office Mojo.
  36. Web site: Domestic 1986 Weekend 35 (Labor Day weekend). Box Office Mojo.
  37. Web site: Domestic 1986 Weekend 36. Box Office Mojo.
  38. Web site: Domestic 1986 Weekend 37. Box Office Mojo.
  39. Web site: Domestic 1986 Weekend 38. Box Office Mojo.
  40. Variety. April 19, 2004. 24. Nielsen EDI Box Office News.
  41. Web site: Domestic 1986 Weekend 39. Box Office Mojo.
  42. Daily Variety. September 20, 1994. 24. All-Time Top Opening Weekends of September.
  43. Web site: Domestic 1986 Weekend 40. Box Office Mojo.
  44. Web site: Domestic 1986 Weekend 41 (Indigenous Peoples' Day Weekend). Box Office Mojo.
  45. Web site: Domestic 1986 Weekend 42. Box Office Mojo.
  46. Web site: Domestic 1986 Weekend 43. Box Office Mojo.
  47. Web site: Domestic 1986 Weekend 44. Box Office Mojo.
  48. Web site: Domestic 1986 Weekend 45. Box Office Mojo.
  49. Web site: Domestic 1986 Weekend 46. Box Office Mojo.
  50. Web site: Domestic 1986 Weekend 47. Box Office Mojo.
  51. Web site: Domestic 1986 Weekend 48 (Thanksgiving 3-Day weekend). Box Office Mojo.
  52. Web site: Domestic 1986 Weekend 49 (Post-Thanksgiving). Box Office Mojo.
  53. Web site: Domestic 1986 Weekend 50. Box Office Mojo.
  54. Web site: Domestic 1986 Weekend 51. Box Office Mojo.
  55. Web site: Domestic 1986 Weekend 52. Box Office Mojo.
  56. Web site: Domestic Box Office For 1986. Box Office Mojo. February 14, 2020.
  57. Web site: Domestic Box Office For 1986 (In-year release). Box Office Mojo. February 14, 2020.

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