Domestic Release Schedule for 1986

This chart lists all movies that had a release in theaters in the United States and/or Canada in 1986.

See also: Top 1986 Worldwide - Most Popular 1986

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January, 1986
During 1986 Duet for One (Wide) $9,000  
Half Moon Street (Wide) $1,131,399  
Hardbodies 2 (Wide) $78,000  
Matador (Wide) $206,952  
Nanou (Wide)    
 
January 3 Head Office (Wide) Sony/TriStar $3,393,807  
 
January 10 Black Moon Rising (Wide) New World $6,637,565  
 
January 15 Sharma and Beyond (Wide) Cinecom $3,125  
 
January 16 Comic Magazine (Limited) Cinecom $26,488  
 
January 17 The Adventures of Mark Twain (Wide) Atlantic $646,803  
The Adventures of the American Rabbit (Wide) Atlantic $1,023,042  
The Boy in Blue (Wide) 20th Century Fox $275,000  
The Clan of the Cave Bear (Wide) Warner Bros. $1,953,732  
Heathcliff: The Movie (Wide) Atlantic $2,091,504  
Iron Eagle (Wide) Sony/TriStar $24,159,872  
The Longshot (Wide) Orion Pictures $256,301  
Troll (Wide) Empire Pictures $4,542,346  
Hey There, It's Yogi Bear (Limited, re-release) Atlantic $1,940,903  
 
January 22 Those Glory, Glory Days (Wide) Cinecom $2,968  
 
January 24 The Imagemaker (Wide) Castle Hill Productions $24,562  
My Chauffeur (Wide) Crown $4,676,892  
 
January 31 A.K.: The Making of Ran (Wide) Orion Classics    
The Best of Times (Wide) Universal $7,790,931  
Down and Out in Beverly Hills (Wide) Walt Disney $62,134,225  
Eliminators (Wide) Empire Pictures $4,601,256  
Forever Young (1986) (Wide)    
Power (Wide) 20th Century Fox $3,800,000  
Stripper (Wide) 20th Century Fox $39,065  
Uphill all the Way (Wide) New World    
Youngblood (Wide) MGM $15,448,400  
February, 1986
February 5 Arthur's Hallowed Ground (Wide) Cinecom $1,726  
 
February 7 F/X (Wide) Orion Pictures $20,603,715  
Hannah and Her Sisters (Wide) Orion Pictures $40,084,041  
Lady Jane (Wide) Paramount Pictures $277,646  
 
February 14 La cage aux folles 3 - 'Elles' se marient (Wide) United Artists $345,280  
The Delta Force (Wide) Cannon $17,005,599  
Kaos (Wide) MGM/UA Classics $11,412  
Knights of the City (Wide) New World $601,451  
Quicksilver (Wide) Sony Pictures $7,634,909  
TerrorVision (Wide) Empire Pictures $320,256  
Turtle Diary (Wide) Goldwyn Entertainment $2,156,772  
The Vindicator (Wide) TLC Films    
Wildcats (Wide) Warner Bros. $26,285,544  
Winter Flight (Wide) Cinecom $1,621  
 
February 19 Parting Glances (Wide) Cinecom $537,681  
 
February 21 Bliss (Wide) New World $6,998  
Dream Lover (Wide) MGM $316,809  
The Frog Prince (Wide) Warner Bros. $14,845  
The Hitcher (Wide) Sony/TriStar $5,844,868  
Nine 1/2 Weeks (Wide) MGM $6,734,844  
The Mystery of Picasso (Limited, re-release) Goldwyn Entertainment $50,253  
 
February 28 House (Wide) New World $19,444,631  
Pretty in Pink (Wide) Paramount Pictures $40,471,663  
March, 1986
March 5 Antonio Gaudí (Limited) Kino International    
 
March 7 Care Bears Movie II: A New Generation (Wide) Sony Pictures $8,540,346  
Desert Hearts (Wide) Samuel Goldwyn Films $2,492,088  
Highlander (Wide) 20th Century Fox $5,900,000  
The Naked Cage (Wide) Cannon $897,589  
Nomads (Wide) Atlantic $2,278,264  
A Room with a View (Wide) Cinecom $20,966,644  
 
March 14 The Boys Next Door (Wide) New World $5,000,000  
Crossroads (Wide) Sony Pictures $5,839,031  
Gung Ho (Wide) Paramount Pictures $36,611,610  
 
March 21 GoBots: Battle of the Rock Lords (Wide) $1,338,264  
Just Between Friends (Wide) Orion Pictures $6,408,791  
Police Academy 3: Back in Training (Wide) Warner Bros. $43,579,163  
Rad (Wide) Sony Pictures $2,523,882  
Sleeping Beauty (Limited, re-release) Walt Disney $9,464,608  
 
March 26 The Money Pit (Wide) Universal $37,499,651  
 
March 27 April Fool's Day (Wide) Paramount Pictures $12,947,763  
 
March 28 Lucas (Wide) 20th Century Fox $8,200,000  
April, 1986
April 1 My Beautiful Laundrette (Limited) Orion Classics    
 
April 11 Band of the Hand (Wide) Sony Pictures $4,865,912  
Critters (Wide) New Line $13,167,232  
Off Beat (Wide) Walt Disney $4,842,778  
Violets Are Blue... (Wide) Sony Pictures $4,743,287  
The Toxic Avenger (Limited)    
 
April 18 Absolute Beginners (Wide) Orion Pictures $930,211  
At Close Range (Wide) Orion Pictures $2,347,000  
Legend (Wide) Universal $15,502,112  
Murphy's Law (Wide) Cannon $9,947,631  
Wise Guys (Wide) MGM $8,475,466  
Desert Bloom (Limited) Columbia $343,127  
Water (Limited) Atlantic $510,136  
 
April 23 Salvador (Wide) Hemdale $1,500,000  
Fast Talking (Limited) Cinecom $1,488  
 
April 25 Three Men and a Cradle (Wide) Samuel Goldwyn Films $1,947,994  
8 Million Ways to Die (Wide) Sony Pictures $1,305,114  
Crimewave (Wide) Sony Pictures $5,101  
Low Blow (Limited) Crown International $63,860  
 
 
April TBD The Ladies Club (Limited) New Line    
Star Crystal (Limited) New World    
May, 1986
May 2 Blue City (Wide) Paramount Pictures $6,947,000  
Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life is Calling (Wide) Sony Pictures $18,034,150  
No Retreat, No Surrender (Wide) New World $2,273,045  
 
May 6 Cut and Run (Limited) New World    
 
May 9 Dangerously Close (Wide) Cannon $2,026,765  
Fire with Fire (Wide) Paramount Pictures $4,577,139  
Short Circuit (Wide) Sony/TriStar $40,697,761  
In the Shadow of Kilimanjaro (Limited) Scotti Brothers Pictures    
 
May 14 Sweet Liberty (Wide) Universal $14,205,021  
 
May 16 Top Gun (Wide) Paramount Pictures $180,470,489 Play
 
May 23 Cobra (Wide) Cannon $49,042,224  
Poltergeist II: The Other Side (Wide) MGM $40,996,665  
 
May 30 Jake Speed (Wide) New World $1,058,048  
Thunder Run (Wide) Cannon $145,975  
A Great Wall (Limited) Orion Classics    
June, 1986
June 6 Invaders from Mars (Wide) Cannon $4,884,663  
My Little Pony: The Movie (Wide) De Laurentiis Entertainment Group $5,958,456  
Raw Deal (Wide) De Laurentiis Entertainment Group $16,209,459  
SpaceCamp (Wide) 20th Century Fox $9,697,739  
 
June 11 Ferris Bueller’s Day Off (Wide) Paramount Pictures $70,136,369  
 
June 13 Back to School (Wide) Orion Pictures $91,258,000  
Belizaire the Cajun (Wide) Skouras $1,444,618  
The Manhattan Project (Wide) 20th Century Fox $3,900,000  
Mona Lisa (Wide) Island $5,794,000  
Never too Young to Die (Limited) Paul Entertainment $129,508  
 
June 18 Legal Eagles (Wide) Universal $49,851,591  
 
June 20 The Karate Kid, Part II (Wide) Sony Pictures $115,103,979  
 
June 27 American Anthem (Wide) Sony Pictures $3,571,624  
Labyrinth (Wide) Sony Pictures $12,729,917  
Running Scared (Wide) MGM $38,500,726  
Ruthless People (Wide) Walt Disney $71,624,879  
 
 
June TBD Flight of the Spruce Goose (Limited)    
July, 1986
July 1 About Last Night... (Wide) Sony Pictures $38,702,310  
Big Trouble in Little China (Wide) 20th Century Fox $11,100,000  
Pirates (Wide) $1,641,825  
 
July 2 The Great Mouse Detective (Wide) Walt Disney $23,605,534  
Psycho III (Wide) Universal $14,481,606  
Under the Cherry Moon (Wide) Warner Bros. $10,090,429  
 
July 9 The Girl in the Picture (Wide) Samuel Goldwyn Films $76,350  
 
July 11 Club Paradise (Wide) Warner Bros. $12,308,521  
 
July 18 Aliens (Wide) 20th Century Fox $85,160,248  
Sincerely Charlotte (Wide) New Line $300,544  
Vamp (Wide) New World $4,000,000  
Malcolm (Limited) Vestron $7,064  
 
July 25 Haunted Honeymoon (Wide) Orion Pictures $8,033,397  
Heartburn (Wide) Paramount Pictures $25,314,289  
Maximum Overdrive (Wide) De Laurentiis Entertainment Group $7,433,663  
Out of Bounds (Limited) $5,099,316  
 
July 30 Flight of the Navigator (Wide) Walt Disney $18,564,613  
Nothing in Common (Wide) Sony/TriStar $32,324,000  
August, 1986
August 1 Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives (Wide) Paramount Pictures $19,472,057  
Howard the Duck (Wide) Universal $16,295,774  
 
August 8 A Fine Mess (Wide) Sony Pictures $6,029,824  
One Crazy Summer (Wide) Warner Bros. $13,431,806  
She's Gotta Have It (Wide) Island $7,137,502  
The Transformers: The Movie (Wide) De Laurentiis Entertainment Group $5,849,647  
Stand by Me (Limited) Sony Pictures $52,287,414  
 
August 15 Armed and Dangerous (Wide) Sony Pictures $15,945,534  
The Boy Who Could Fly (Wide) 20th Century Fox $7,177,431  
The Fly (Wide) 20th Century Fox $37,585,000  
Manhunter (Wide) De Laurentiis Entertainment Group $8,620,929  
Opposing Force (Wide)    
The Whoopee Boys (Wide) Paramount Pictures $240,464  
A Man and a Woman: 20 Years Later (Limited) Warner Bros. $56,821  
Vigil (Limited)    
 
August 22 Dead End Drive-In (Wide)    
Extremities (Wide) Atlantic $13,418,091  
Night of the Creeps (Wide) Sony/TriStar $591,366  
The Peanut Butter Solution (Wide)    
Reform School Girls (Wide)    
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 (Wide) Cannon $8,025,872  
Thrashin' (Wide)    
Touch and Go (Wide) Sony Pictures $1,300,000  
 
August 29 Born American (Wide) Cinema Guild $3,401,376  
Bullies (Wide) Universal $2,995,527  
Shanghai Surprise (Wide) MGM $2,315,000  
Caravaggio (Limited) Cinevista $3,151  
Summer (Limited) Orion Classics $42,606  
September, 1986
September 5 90 Days (Limited) Cinecom $5,620  
 
September 12 Avenging Force (Wide) Cannon $4,679,650  
'Night Mother (Limited) $441,863  
Otello (Limited) Cannon $189,042  
 
September 19 Blue Velvet (Wide) De Laurentiis Entertainment Group $8,551,228  
The Men's Club (Wide) Atlantic $2,556,361  
American Justice (Limited) MGM $89,352  
Link (Limited) $1,720,450  
Radioactive Dreams (Limited) De Laurentiis Entertainment Group $210,212  
 
September 20 Shadow Play (Limited) New World    
 
September 24 The Name of the Rose (Wide) 20th Century Fox $7,153,000  
 
September 26 Crocodile Dundee (Wide) Paramount Pictures $174,803,506  
That's Life! (Wide) Sony Pictures $4,079,895  
Down by Law (Limited) Island/Alive $1,436,000  
Weekend Warriors (Limited) Moviestore Entertainment $107,846  
Where the River Runs Black (Limited) MGM    
October, 1986
October 1 Ménage (Limited) Cinecom $843,906  
 
October 3 Children of a Lesser God (Wide) Paramount Pictures $31,853,080  
Playing for Keeps (Wide) Universal $2,000,000  
‘Round Midnight (Wide) Warner Bros. $2,391,211  
Tough Guys (Wide) Walt Disney $21,458,229  
 
October 10 Clockwise (Wide) Universal $1,476,356  
Deadly Friend (Wide) Warner Bros. $8,988,731  
Jumpin' Jack Flash (Wide) 20th Century Fox $25,587,804  
Peggy Sue Got Married (Wide) Sony/TriStar $41,382,841  
True Stories (Wide) $2,545,142  
 
October 17 The Color of Money (Wide) Walt Disney $52,293,000  
 
October 22 Something Wild (Wide) Orion Pictures $8,362,000  
 
October 24 Soul Man (Wide) New World $27,316,198  
Trick or Treat (Wide) De Laurentiis Entertainment Group $6,000,000  
From Beyond (Limited) Empire Pictures $1,070,053  
 
October 26 Omega Syndrome (Limited) New World    
 
October 31 The Mission (Wide) Warner Bros. $17,218,000  
Sky Bandits (Wide) Galaxy International Releasing $1,468,500  
Let's Get Harry (Limited) $140,980  
November, 1986
November 1 Nobody's Fool (Wide) $563,568  
 
November 7 52 Pick-Up (Wide) Cannon $5,186,646  
Tai-Pan (Wide) De Laurentiis Entertainment Group $4,000,000  
Betty Blue (Limited) Cinema Libre $179,391  
Marlene (Limited) Alive Films    
Sid & Nancy (Limited) Samuel Goldwyn Films $2,167,291  
 
November 14 Every Time We Say Goodbye (Wide) Sony/TriStar $278,623  
Hoosiers (Wide) Orion Pictures $28,607,524  
Streets of Gold (Wide) 20th Century Fox $2,546,238  
The Decline of the American Empire (Limited) Self Distributed $874,649  
Slaughter High (Limited) Vestron    
Welcome to 18 (Limited) Green Griffin $97,446  
Willy/Milly (Limited) $277,405  
 
November 21 An American Tail (Wide) Universal $47,483,002  
Defence of the Realm (Wide) $750,000  
Firewalker (Wide) Cannon $11,834,302  
Song of the South (Wide, re-release) Walt Disney $65,000,000  
The Wraith (Wide) New Century Vista Film Company $3,500,000  
Body Slam (Limited) De Laurentiis Entertainment Group $14,926  
 
November 26 Solarbabies (Wide) MGM $1,579,260  
Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (Wide) Paramount Pictures $109,713,132  
 
November 28 Deadtime Stories (Limited) Palisades $1,752,982  
Eye of the Tiger (Limited) Scotti Brothers Pictures    
 
 
November TBD Kamikaze Hearts (Limited) Facets $6,669  
December, 1986
December 1 The Mosquito Coast (Wide) Warner Bros. $14,302,000  
 
December 5 Heartbreak Ridge (Wide) Warner Bros. $42,724,017  
 
December 6 Sharp Edges (Limited) Self Distributed    
 
December 12 Crimes of the Heart (Wide) De Laurentiis Entertainment Group $22,905,000  
The Golden Child (Wide) Paramount Pictures $79,817,937  
Three Amigos (Wide) Orion Pictures $39,246,734  
Native Son (Limited) Cinecom $929,770  
Typhoon Club (Limited)    
 
December 19 King Kong Lives (Wide) De Laurentiis Entertainment Group $4,711,220  
Lady and the Tramp (Wide, re-release) Walt Disney $93,600,000  
Little Shop of Horrors (Wide) Warner Bros. $38,747,385  
No Mercy (Wide) Sony Pictures $12,303,904  
Platoon (Wide) Orion Pictures $137,963,328  
Miss Mary (Limited) New World $49,432  
 
December 25 Brighton Beach Memoirs (Wide) Universal $11,957,943  
The Morning After (Wide) 20th Century Fox $25,147,055  
Windrider (Limited) United Artists    
 
December 31 Wisdom (Wide) 20th Century Fox $5,715,174  
Witchboard (Wide) Cinema Guild $7,369,373  
 
During 1986 Revenge (Limited) Self Distributed