The Top Movies, Weekend of August 22, 1986

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(1)	The Fly	20th Century Fox	Horror	$4,725,970	-32.49%	1,201	$3,935	$15,681,173	10
2	(24)	Stand by Me	Columbia	Drama	$3,812,093	+1,398.30%	745	$5,117	$4,684,502	17
3	(3)	Aliens	20th Century Fox	Action	$3,371,670	-21.65%	1,280	$2,634	$60,977,693	38
4	(6)	Top Gun	Paramount Pictures	Action	$3,326,355	+6.71%	1,201	$2,770	$124,440,927	101
5	(new)	The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2	Cannon	Horror	$2,822,439		1,474	$1,915	$2,822,439	3
6	(4)	The Karate Kid, Part II	Columbia	Action	$2,807,701	-15.98%	1,549	$1,813	$93,653,926	66
7	(2)	Armed and Dangerous	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$2,606,009	-40.07%	1,557	$1,674	$9,137,326	10
8	(5)	Nothing in Common	Sony/TriStar	Comedy	$2,575,832	-19.93%	951	$2,709	$17,319,959	26
9	(new)	Extremities	Atlantic	Thriller/Suspense	$2,429,075		605	$4,015	$2,429,075	3
10	(7)	Ruthless People	Buena Vista	Comedy	$2,128,889	-13.40%	954	$2,232	$55,373,046	59
11	(8)	Manhunter	De Laurentiis Entertainment Group	Thriller/Suspense	$1,281,768	-41.85%	767	$1,671	$4,671,253	10
12	(12)	About Last Night...	Columbia	Comedy	$1,228,558	-22.59%	787	$1,561	$30,442,282	55
13	(14)	Back to School	Orion Pictures	Comedy	$1,202,918	-19.58%	779	$1,544	$77,905,620	73
14	(9)	One Crazy Summer	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$1,128,787	-44.04%	792	$1,425	$10,040,808	17
15	(15)	Ferris Bueller's Day Off	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$1,118,404	-9.04%	685	$1,633	$58,778,922	75
16	(13)	Flight of the Navigator	Buena Vista	Adventure	$1,107,998	-27.81%	916	$1,210	$13,776,429	26
17	(10)	Heartburn	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$1,037,182	-36.79%	699	$1,484	$20,933,069	31
18	(19)	Running Scared	MGM	Comedy	$721,609	-16.31%	623	$1,158	$34,059,684	59
19	(11)	Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives	Paramount Pictures	Horror	$671,362	-58.90%	1,066	$630	$17,834,917	24
20	(20)	Legal Eagles	Universal	Comedy	$510,600	-32.39%	460	$1,110	$46,210,024	68
21	(18)	The Transformers: The Movie	De Laurentiis Entertainment Group	Adventure	$505,229	-45.40%	846	$597	$4,837,143	17
22	(21)	The Great Mouse Detective	Buena Vista	Adventure	$415,194	-9.15%	648	$641	$23,605,534	54
23	(17)	Howard the Duck	Universal	Action	$350,745	-65.86%	349	$1,005	$14,420,333	24
24	(22)	Mona Lisa	Island	Thriller/Suspense	$318,890	-11.44%	110	$2,899	$3,309,887	73
25	(23)	A Room with a View	Cinecom	Comedy	$295,477	-17.55%	92	$3,212	$9,579,800	171
26	(new)	Night of the Creeps	Sony/TriStar	Horror	$220,800		70	$3,154	$220,800	3
27	(27)	The Boy Who Could Fly	20th Century Fox	Drama	$175,057	-14.38%	40	$4,376	$519,711	10
28	(25)	Short Circuit	Sony/TriStar	Comedy	$136,800	-43.73%	150	$912	$40,697,761	108
29	(new)	Touch and Go	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$126,939		51	$2,489	$126,939	3
30	(26)	Haunted Honeymoon	Orion Pictures	Comedy	$116,534	-44.34%	176	$662	$7,348,798	31
31	(30)	She's Gotta Have It	Island	Comedy	$96,218	+90.53%	5	$19,244	$247,717	17
32	(31)	Belizaire the Cajun	Skouras	Drama	$56,012	+22.83%	24	$2,334	$469,892	73
33	(34)	Three Men and a Cradle	Samuel Goldwyn Films	Comedy	$44,212	+22.03%	24	$1,842	$1,634,389	122
34	(37)	Sincerely Charlotte	New Line	Drama	$41,507	+161.02%	8	$5,188	$192,510	38
35	(28)	The Whoopee Boys	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$39,425	-68.99%	45	$876	$240,464	10
36	(33)	Hannah and Her Sisters	Orion Pictures	Romantic Comedy	$19,985	-49.36%	15	$1,332	$35,335,745	199
37	(32)	Desert Hearts	Samuel Goldwyn Films	Drama	$19,071	-55.44%	19	$1,004	$2,185,245	171
38	(35)	A Man and a Woman: 20 Years Later	Warner Bros.	Drama	$16,123	-36.58%	1	$16,123	$56,821	10
39	(36)	Turtle Diary	Goldwyn Entertainment	Drama	$13,578	-25.19%	12	$1,132	$2,053,364	192
40	(38)	The Girl in the Picture	Samuel Goldwyn Films	Romantic Comedy	$5,500	-36.11%	4	$1,375	$76,350	47