The Top Movies, Weekend of January 17, 1986

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(new)	Iron Eagle	Sony/TriStar	Action	$6,104,754		1,080	$5,653	$6,104,754	3
2	(5)	The Color Purple	Warner Bros.	Drama	$5,742,903	+83.67%	561	$10,237	$26,148,105	33
3	(1)	Out of Africa	Universal	Drama	$5,191,875	+1.06%	923	$5,625	$41,378,120	33
4	(3)	The Jewel of the Nile	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$4,041,933	-6.33%	1,433	$2,821	$50,935,460	40
5	(2)	Rocky IV	MGM	Drama	$3,810,001	-23.97%	2,170	$1,756	$113,665,854	54
6	(4)	Spies Like Us	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$2,894,448	-19.84%	1,410	$2,053	$52,497,420	45
7	(16)	Runaway Train	Cannon	Action	$2,601,480	+331.78%	965	$2,696	$3,689,339	45
8	(new)	Troll	Empire Pictures	Horror	$2,595,054		959	$2,706	$2,595,054	3
9	(6)	White Nights	Columbia	Thriller/Suspense	$2,345,831	-15.99%	1,007	$2,330	$36,891,777	59
10	(8)	One Hundred and One Dalmatians	Buena Vista	Comedy	$1,896,929	-17.66%	1,039	$1,826	$25,655,505	9,126
11	(7)	Black Moon Rising	New World	Action	$1,573,217	-43.32%	907	$1,735	$5,445,159	10
12	(10)	Back to the Future	Universal	Adventure	$1,279,134	+2.27%	578	$2,213	$196,481,974	201
13	(9)	A Chorus Line	Columbia	Musical	$879,100	-31.93%	543	$1,619	$12,776,278	41
14	(11)	Young Sherlock Holmes	Paramount Pictures	Adventure	$797,597	-34.22%	545	$1,463	$18,106,539	47
15	(re-entry)	The Journey of Natty Gann	Buena Vista	Drama	$705,120		356	$1,981	$8,455,414	115
16	(15)	Twice in a Lifetime	Bud Yorkin Co.	Drama	$679,067	-16.00%	174	$3,903	$4,967,378	89
17	(13)	Enemy Mine	20th Century Fox	Drama	$573,797	-42.73%	468	$1,226	$10,743,727	31
18	(12)	Clue	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$540,608	-47.71%	540	$1,001	$13,377,261	38
19	(new)	Heathcliff: The Movie	Atlantic	Comedy	$508,305		309	$1,645	$508,305	3
20	(re-entry)	Hey There, It's Yogi Bear	Atlantic	Comedy	$414,552		276	$1,502	$414,552	7,901
21	(17)	Jagged Edge	Columbia	Thriller/Suspense	$351,426	-38.05%	317	$1,109	$40,125,674	108
22	(26)	Murphy's Romance	Columbia	Romantic Comedy	$299,719	+545.33%	20	$14,986	$572,189	26
23	(new)	The Adventures of the American Rabbit	Atlantic	Adventure	$291,126		242	$1,203	$291,126	3
24	(new)	The Longshot	Orion Pictures	Comedy	$256,301		124	$2,067	$256,301	3
25	(18)	Ran	Orion Classics	Drama	$242,152	-2.17%	18	$13,453	$1,560,982	31
26	(new)	The Adventures of Mark Twain	Atlantic	Adventure	$226,525		221	$1,025	$226,525	3
27	(23)	Brazil	Universal	Comedy	$202,721	+82.42%	10	$20,272	$717,653	33
28	(20)	The Gods Must Be Crazy	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$164,551	-2.67%	113	$1,456	$26,855,982	560
29	(21)	To Live and Die in L.A.	MGM	Action	$134,471	-13.50%	187	$719	$16,414,093	80
30	(22)	Kiss of the Spider Woman	Island/Alive	Drama	$116,550	+0.30%	50	$2,331	$12,589,451	178
31	(new)	The Boy in Blue	20th Century Fox	Drama	$94,261		44	$2,142	$94,261	3
32	(27)	Revolution	Warner Bros.	Drama	$68,776	+178.12%	30	$2,293	$295,288	26
33	(24)	Fool For Love	Cannon	Drama	$59,626	-13.97%	14	$4,259	$597,241	45
34	(new)	The Clan of the Cave Bear	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$25,428		1	$25,428	$25,428	3
35	(28)	Wetherby	MGM/UA Classics	Drama	$7,316	-36.42%	11	$665	$1,122,570	185
36	(new)	Sharma and Beyond	Cinecom	Drama	$2,489		1	$2,489	$3,125	5