The Top Movies, Weekend of August 15, 1986

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(new)	The Fly	20th Century Fox	Horror	$7,000,423		1,195	$5,858	$7,000,423	3
2	(new)	Armed and Dangerous	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$4,348,276		1,552	$2,802	$4,348,276	3
3	(1)	Aliens	20th Century Fox	Action	$4,303,173	-25.54%	1,302	$3,305	$55,001,488	31
4	(2)	The Karate Kid, Part II	Columbia	Action	$3,341,527	-9.06%	1,570	$2,128	$88,759,228	59
5	(7)	Nothing in Common	Sony/TriStar	Comedy	$3,217,097	+16.34%	843	$3,816	$13,220,127	19
6	(5)	Top Gun	Paramount Pictures	Action	$3,117,183	-9.09%	1,216	$2,563	$118,913,341	94
7	(6)	Ruthless People	Buena Vista	Comedy	$2,458,257	-21.11%	1,019	$2,412	$51,823,249	52
8	(new)	Manhunter	De Laurentiis Entertainment Group	Thriller/Suspense	$2,204,400		779	$2,830	$2,204,400	3
9	(4)	One Crazy Summer	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$2,017,201	-41.26%	984	$2,050	$7,551,316	10
10	(10)	Heartburn	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$1,640,901	-35.01%	802	$2,046	$19,035,123	24
11	(3)	Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives	Paramount Pictures	Horror	$1,633,430	-53.67%	1,174	$1,391	$16,401,461	17
12	(13)	About Last Night...	Columbia	Comedy	$1,587,120	-15.41%	880	$1,804	$28,424,724	48
13	(11)	Flight of the Navigator	Buena Vista	Adventure	$1,534,753	-37.66%	961	$1,597	$11,588,324	19
14	(12)	Back to School	Orion Pictures	Comedy	$1,495,713	-27.21%	910	$1,644	$75,711,319	66
15	(15)	Ferris Bueller's Day Off	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$1,229,605	-21.11%	778	$1,580	$56,790,470	68
16	(9)	A Fine Mess	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$1,114,224	-57.48%	1,148	$971	$4,959,839	10
17	(8)	Howard the Duck	Universal	Action	$1,027,336	-62.23%	914	$1,124	$13,410,673	17
18	(14)	The Transformers: The Movie	De Laurentiis Entertainment Group	Adventure	$925,247	-48.01%	990	$935	$3,742,365	10
19	(16)	Running Scared	MGM	Comedy	$862,262	-20.20%	682	$1,264	$32,844,549	52
20	(17)	Legal Eagles	Universal	Comedy	$755,173	-24.84%	547	$1,381	$45,246,764	61
21	(18)	The Great Mouse Detective	Buena Vista	Adventure	$457,026	-26.16%	677	$675	$22,847,292	47
22	(24)	Mona Lisa	Island	Thriller/Suspense	$360,088	+38.23%	103	$3,496	$2,820,532	66
23	(21)	A Room with a View	Cinecom	Comedy	$358,351	+23.52%	100	$3,584	$9,130,744	164
24	(25)	Stand by Me	Columbia	Drama	$254,428	+1.11%	16	$15,902	$665,620	10
25	(23)	Short Circuit	Sony/TriStar	Comedy	$243,122	-8.80%	257	$946	$40,456,961	101
26	(19)	Haunted Honeymoon	Orion Pictures	Comedy	$209,367	-57.14%	314	$667	$7,087,393	24
27	(new)	The Boy Who Could Fly	20th Century Fox	Drama	$204,461		39	$5,243	$204,461	3
28	(new)	The Whoopee Boys	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$127,141		82	$1,551	$127,141	3
29	(27)	Labyrinth	Sony Pictures	Adventure	$115,692	-29.93%	186	$622	$12,729,917	52
30	(32)	She's Gotta Have It	Island	Comedy	$50,499	+77.36%	2	$25,250	$107,586	10
31	(29)	Belizaire the Cajun	Skouras	Drama	$45,601	-1.51%	16	$2,850	$392,100	66
32	(28)	Desert Hearts	Samuel Goldwyn Films	Drama	$42,801	-17.96%	23	$1,861	$2,136,685	164
33	(30)	Hannah and Her Sisters	Orion Pictures	Romantic Comedy	$39,462	-9.56%	34	$1,161	$35,285,910	192
34	(31)	Three Men and a Cradle	Samuel Goldwyn Films	Comedy	$36,231	-12.85%	20	$1,812	$1,570,762	115
35	(new)	A Man and a Woman: 20 Years Later	Warner Bros.	Drama	$25,423		1	$25,423	$25,423	3
36	(33)	Turtle Diary	Goldwyn Entertainment	Drama	$18,150	-35.10%	14	$1,296	$2,032,096	185
37	(34)	Sincerely Charlotte	New Line	Drama	$15,902	+5.97%	5	$3,180	$137,921	31
38	(35)	The Girl in the Picture	Samuel Goldwyn Films	Romantic Comedy	$8,608	-5.18%	4	$2,152	$65,254	40