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Top 1986 Movies at the Domestic Box Office


See also: Top 1986 International - Top 1986 Worldwide

Other Domestic Cumulative records: All Time Domestic - All Time Domestic (Inf. Adj.) - All Time Animated Domestic - All Time Sequel Domestic - All Time Non-Sequel Domestic - Top 2023 Domestic - Top 2024 Domestic

This chart contains the total domestic box office for movies released in 1986.

See Top Grossing Movies of 1986 for a list of movies that earned most at the domestic box office during 1986, including films released in 1985 and earlier.

Top 1985 Domestic Top 1987 Domestic
Rank Movie Distributor Domestic
Box
Office
Opening
Weekend
Box Office
Max
Theater
Count
1 Top Gun Paramount… $180,470,489 $8,193,052 1,531
2 Crocodile Dundee Paramount… $174,803,506 $8,038,855 1,495
3 Platoon Orion Pic… $137,963,328 $241,080 1,560
4 The Karate Kid, Part II Sony Pict… $115,103,979 $12,652,336 1,610
5 Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home Paramount… $109,713,132 $16,881,888 1,956
6 Back to School Orion Pic… $91,258,000 $8,881,035 1,751
7 Aliens 20th Cent… $85,160,248 $10,052,042 1,454
8 The Golden Child Paramount… $79,817,937 $11,549,711 1,714
9 Ruthless People Walt Disney $71,624,879 $5,274,306 1,114
10 Ferris Bueller’s Day Off Paramount… $70,136,369 $6,275,647 1,330
11 Down and Out in Beverly Hills Walt Disney $62,134,225 $5,726,495 1,082
12 The Color of Money Walt Disney $52,293,000 $6,357,877 1,205
13 Stand by Me Sony Pict… $52,287,414 $251,628 848
14 Legal Eagles Universal $49,851,591 $8,132,378 1,248
15 Cobra Cannon $49,042,224 $15,652,147 2,131
16 An American Tail Universal $47,483,002 $5,234,446 1,249
17 Police Academy 3: Back in Training Warner Bros. $43,579,163 $9,049,568 1,788
18 Heartbreak Ridge Warner Bros. $42,724,017 $8,100,840 1,647
19 Peggy Sue Got Married Sony/TriStar $41,382,841 $6,942,408 1,107
20 Poltergeist II: The Other Side MGM $40,996,665 $12,357,190 1,599
21 Short Circuit Sony/TriStar $40,697,761 $5,346,808 1,310
22 Pretty in Pink Paramount… $40,471,663 $6,065,870 1,117
23 Hannah and Her Sisters Orion Pic… $40,084,041 $1,265,826 761
24 Three Amigos Orion Pic… $39,246,734 $5,939,000 1,466
25 Little Shop of Horrors Warner Bros. $38,747,385 $3,659,884 1,183
26 About Last Night... Sony Pict… $38,702,310 $3,152,469 887
27 Running Scared MGM $38,500,726 $5,227,757 1,376
28 The Fly 20th Cent… $37,585,000 $7,000,423 1,201
29 The Money Pit Universal $37,499,651 $5,344,555 1,193
30 Gung Ho Paramount… $36,611,610 $7,170,830 1,175
31 Nothing in Common Sony/TriStar $32,324,000 $3,279,650 980
32 Children of a Lesser God Paramount… $31,853,080 $1,909,084 544
33 Hoosiers Orion Pic… $28,607,524 1,048
34 Soul Man New World $27,316,198 $4,422,179 1,320
35 Wildcats Warner Bros. $26,285,544 $5,472,905 1,062
36 Jumpin' Jack Flash 20th Cent… $25,587,804 $6,006,610 1,085
37 Heartburn Paramount… $25,314,289 $5,783,079 850
38 The Morning After 20th Cent… $25,147,055 $5,069,926 955
39 Iron Eagle Sony/TriStar $24,159,872 $6,104,754 1,129
40 The Great Mouse Detective Walt Disney $23,605,534 $3,220,225 1,420
41 Crimes of the Heart De Lauren… $22,905,000 $1,402,921 685
42 Tough Guys Walt Disney $21,458,229 $4,565,342 1,266
43 A Room with a View Cinecom $20,966,644 100
44 F/X Orion Pic… $20,603,715 $3,240,695 914
45 Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives Paramount… $19,472,057 $6,750,837 1,610
46 House New World $19,444,631 $6,423,972 1,440
47 Flight of the Navigator Walt Disney $18,564,613 $3,115,097 1,024
48 Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life is Calling Sony Pict… $18,034,150 $4,879,107 1,203
49 The Mission Warner Bros. $17,218,000 730
50 The Delta Force Cannon $17,005,599 $5,959,505 1,720
51 Howard the Duck Universal $16,295,774 $5,070,136 1,563
52 Raw Deal De Lauren… $16,209,459 $5,438,978 1,733
53 Armed and Dangerous Sony Pict… $15,945,534 $4,348,276 1,615
54 Legend Universal $15,502,112 $4,261,154 1,187
55 Youngblood MGM $15,448,400 $4,183,292 1,354
56 Psycho III Universal $14,481,606 $3,238,401 1,408
57 The Mosquito Coast Warner Bros. $14,302,000 451
58 Sweet Liberty Universal $14,205,021 $3,160,891 1,238
59 One Crazy Summer Warner Bros. $13,431,806 $3,433,952 984
60 Extremities Atlantic $13,418,091 $2,429,075 696
61 Critters New Line $13,167,232 $1,618,800 633
62 April Fool's Day Paramount… $12,947,763 $3,373,779 1,202
63 Labyrinth Sony Pict… $12,729,917 $3,549,243 1,141
64 Club Paradise Warner Bros. $12,308,521 $4,152,296 1,186
65 No Mercy Sony Pict… $12,303,904 $2,198,069 1,206
66 Brighton Beach Memoirs Universal $11,957,943 $2,580,750 775
67 Firewalker Cannon $11,834,302 $4,130,323 1,120
68 Big Trouble in Little China 20th Cent… $11,100,000 $2,723,211 1,092
69 Under the Cherry Moon Warner Bros. $10,090,429 $3,150,924 976

The Domestic Market is defined as the North American movie territory (consisting of the United States, Canada, Puerto Rico and Guam).

This table is updated daily to reflect the latest studio reports.

Note: This chart is not adjusted for inflation.