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

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 No. 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 No. 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, 1986^{4-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	Pretty in Pink	$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 No. 1 in its third weekend of release.	[16]
16	April 20, 1986	Legend	$4,261,154		[17]
17	April 27, 1986	Legend	$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, 1986^{4-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	Cobra	$7,511,542		[23]
23	June 8, 1986	Top Gun	$8,231,279	Top Gun reclaimed #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 Supergirl's record ($5.73 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	The Fly	$4,725,970		[35]
35	September 1, 1986^{4-day weekend}	Stand by Me	$5,037,343	Stand by Me reached No. 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 #1 in nineteenth week of release.	[39]
39	September 28, 1986	Crocodile Dundee	$8,038,855	Set the record for highest-grossing weekend in September.	[40][41]
40	October 5, 1986		$8,207,503		[42]
41	October 13, 1986^{4-day weekend}		$10,560,827		[43]
42	October 19, 1986		$7,434,202		[44]
43	October 26, 1986		$6,745,249		[45]
44	November 2, 1986		$5,716,215		[46]
45	November 9, 1986		$6,392,661		[47]
46	November 16, 1986		$5,521,551		[48]
47	November 23, 1986		$5,537,875		[49]
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.	[50]
49	December 7, 1986	Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home	$8,833,818		[51]
50	December 14, 1986	The Golden Child	$11,549,711		[52]
51	December 21, 1986		$7,877,899		[53]
52	December 28, 1986		$10,118,277		[54]

Highest-grossing films

Calendar Gross

Highest-grossing films of 1986 by Calendar Gross[55]

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	Paramount Pictures	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 and Noriyuki "Pat" Morita	John G. Avildsen	$115,103,979
4.	Back to School	Orion Pictures	Rodney Dangerfield, Sally Kellerman, Burt Young, Keith Gordon, Adrienne Barbeau, Robert Downey Jr., Sam Kinison and Ned Beatty	Alan Metter	$91,258,000
5.	Aliens	20th Century Fox	Sigourney Weaver, Carrie Henn, Michael Biehn, Lance Henriksen, Paul Reiser and Bill Paxton	James Cameron	$85,160,248
6.	The Color Purple	Warner Bros. Pictures	Whoopi Goldberg, Danny Glover, Adolph Caesar, Margaret Avery, Rae Dawn Chong 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	Walt Disney Studios	Danny DeVito, Bette Midler, Judge Reinhold, Helen Slater, 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, Alan Ruck, Mia Sara, Jennifer Grey and Jeffrey Jones	John Hughes	$70,136,369

In-Year Release

Highest-grossing films of 1986 by In-year release[56]
Rank	Title	Distributor	Domestic gross
1.	Top Gun	Paramount	$176,781,728
2.	Crocodile Dundee	Paramount	$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	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

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

Number-one films

Highest-grossing films

Calendar Gross

In-Year Release

References

See also