Movies Released in 1986
| Release Date | Movie | Genre | Production Budget | Domestic Box Office to Date | Trailer |
January, 1986 |
| January 1 |
Bullies |
Action |
|
$2,995,527 |
|
|
Duet for One |
|
|
$9,000 |
|
|
GoBots: War of the Rock Lords |
|
|
$1,338,264 |
|
|
Half Moon Street |
|
|
$1,131,399 |
|
|
Hardbodies 2 |
|
|
$78,000 |
|
|
Let's Get Harry |
|
|
$140,980 |
|
|
Link |
|
|
$1,720,450 |
|
|
Matador |
|
|
$206,952 |
|
|
Nanou |
|
|
$0 |
|
|
'Night Mother |
|
|
$441,863 |
|
|
Out of Bounds |
|
|
$5,099,316 |
|
|
Willy/Milly |
|
|
$235,262 |
|
| |
| January 3 |
Head Office |
Comedy |
|
$3,393,807 |
|
| |
| January 10 |
Black Moon Rising |
Action |
|
$6,637,565 |
|
| |
| January 15 |
Sharma and Beyond |
Drama |
|
$3,125 |
|
| |
| January 17 |
The Adventures of Mark Twain |
Adventure |
|
$646,803 |
|
|
The Adventures of the American Rabbit |
Adventure |
|
$1,023,042 |
|
|
The Boy in Blue |
Drama |
|
$275,000 |
|
|
The Clan of the Cave Bear |
Adventure |
$15,000,000 |
$1,953,732 |
|
|
Heathcliff: The Movie |
Comedy |
|
$2,091,504 |
|
|
Iron Eagle |
Action |
|
$24,159,872 |
|
|
The Longshot |
Comedy |
|
$256,301 |
|
|
Troll |
Horror |
|
$4,542,346 |
|
| |
| January 22 |
Those Glory, Glory Days |
Comedy |
|
$2,968 |
|
| |
| January 24 |
The Imagemaker |
Thriller/Suspense |
|
$24,562 |
|
|
My Chauffeur |
Comedy |
|
$4,676,892 |
|
| |
| January 31 |
A.K.: The Making of Ran |
Documentary |
|
$0 |
|
|
The Best of Times |
Comedy |
|
$7,790,931 |
|
|
Down and Out in Beverly Hills |
Comedy |
|
$62,134,225 |
|
|
Eliminators |
Action |
|
$4,601,256 |
|
|
Forever Young (1986) |
|
|
$0 |
|
|
Power |
Drama |
|
$3,800,000 |
|
|
Stripper |
Documentary |
|
$39,065 |
|
|
Uphill all the Way |
Western |
|
$0 |
|
|
Youngblood |
Drama |
|
$15,448,400 |
|
February, 1986 |
| February 5 |
Arthur's Hallowed Ground |
Comedy |
|
$1,726 |
|
| |
| February 7 |
F/X |
Action |
|
$20,603,715 |
|
|
Hannah and Her Sisters |
Romantic Comedy |
|
$40,084,041 |
|
|
Lady Jane |
Drama |
|
$277,646 |
|
| |
| February 14 |
La cage aux folles 3 - 'Elles' se marient |
Comedy |
|
$345,280 |
|
|
The Delta Force |
Action |
|
$17,005,599 |
|
|
Kaos |
Drama |
|
$11,412 |
|
|
Knights of the City |
Action |
|
$601,451 |
|
|
Quicksilver |
Drama |
|
$7,634,909 |
|
|
TerrorVision |
Horror |
|
$320,256 |
|
|
Turtle Diary |
Drama |
|
$2,053,364 |
|
|
The Vindicator |
Action |
|
$0 |
|
|
Wildcats |
Comedy |
|
$26,285,544 |
|
|
Winter Flight |
Drama |
|
$1,621 |
|
| |
| February 19 |
Parting Glances |
Drama |
|
$537,681 |
|
| |
| February 21 |
Bliss |
Comedy |
|
$6,998 |
|
|
Dream Lover |
Thriller/Suspense |
|
$296,219 |
|
|
The Frog Prince |
Comedy |
|
$14,845 |
|
|
The Hitcher |
Horror |
|
$5,844,868 |
|
|
Nine 1/2 Weeks |
Drama |
$18,000,000 |
$6,734,844 |
|
| |
| February 28 |
House |
Horror |
|
$19,444,631 |
|
|
Pretty in Pink |
Comedy |
|
$40,471,663 |
|
March, 1986 |
| March 7 |
Care Bears Movie II: A New Generation |
Comedy |
|
$8,540,346 |
|
|
Desert Hearts |
Drama |
|
$2,492,088 |
|
|
Highlander |
Action |
$16,000,000 |
$5,900,000 |
|
|
The Naked Cage |
Action |
|
$897,589 |
|
|
Nomads |
Horror |
|
$2,278,264 |
|
|
A Room with a View |
Comedy |
|
$20,966,644 |
|
| |
| March 14 |
Crossroads |
Drama |
|
$5,839,031 |
|
|
Gung Ho |
Comedy |
|
$36,611,610 |
|
| |
| March 21 |
Just Between Friends |
Drama |
|
$6,408,791 |
|
|
Police Academy 3: Back in Training |
Comedy |
|
$43,579,163 |
|
|
Rad |
Drama |
|
$2,015,882 |
|
| |
| March 26 |
The Money Pit |
Comedy |
|
$37,499,651 |
|
| |
| March 27 |
April Fool's Day |
Horror |
$5,000,000 |
$12,947,763 |
|
| |
| March 28 |
Lucas |
Comedy |
|
$8,200,000 |
|
April, 1986 |
| April 1 |
My Beautiful Laundrette |
|
$400,000 |
$0 |
|
| |
| April 11 |
Band of the Hand |
Action |
|
$4,865,912 |
|
|
Critters |
Horror |
|
$13,167,232 |
|
|
Off Beat |
Comedy |
|
$4,842,778 |
|
|
Violets Are Blue... |
Drama |
|
$4,743,287 |
|
| |
| April 18 |
Absolute Beginners |
Musical |
|
$930,211 |
|
|
At Close Range |
Drama |
|
$2,347,000 |
|
|
Legend |
Adventure |
$25,000,000 |
$15,502,112 |
|
|
Murphy's Law |
Action |
|
$9,947,631 |
|
|
Wise Guys |
Comedy |
|
$8,475,466 |
|
| |
| April 23 |
Salvador |
Drama |
$4,500,000 |
$1,500,000 |
|
| |
| April 25 |
3 hommes et un couffin |
Comedy |
|
$1,634,489 |
|
|
Crimewave |
Comedy |
|
$5,101 |
|
May, 1986 |
| May 2 |
Blue City |
Action |
|
$6,947,000 |
|
|
Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life is Calling |
Drama |
|
$18,034,150 |
|
|
No Retreat, No Surrender |
Action |
|
$2,273,045 |
|
| |
| May 9 |
Dangerously Close |
Thriller/Suspense |
|
$2,026,765 |
|
|
Fire with Fire |
Drama |
|
$4,577,139 |
|
|
Short Circuit |
Comedy |
|
$40,697,761 |
|
| |
| May 14 |
Sweet Liberty |
Comedy |
|
$14,205,021 |
|
| |
| May 16 |
Top Gun |
Action |
$15,000,000 |
$179,800,601 |
Play |
| |
| May 23 |
Cobra |
Action |
|
$49,042,224 |
|
|
Poltergeist II: The Other Side |
Horror |
|
$40,996,665 |
|
| |
| May 30 |
Jake Speed |
Adventure |
|
$1,058,048 |
|
|
Thunder Run |
Action |
|
$145,975 |
|
June, 1986 |
| June 6 |
Invaders from Mars |
Horror |
$12,000,000 |
$4,884,663 |
|
|
My Little Pony: The Movie |
Adventure |
|
$5,958,456 |
|
|
Raw Deal |
Action |
|
$16,209,459 |
|
|
SpaceCamp |
Adventure |
|
$9,697,739 |
|
| |
| June 11 |
Ferris Bueller's Day Off |
Comedy |
|
$70,136,369 |
|
| |
| June 13 |
Back to School |
Comedy |
|
$91,258,000 |
|
|
Belizaire the Cajun |
Drama |
|
$1,444,618 |
|
|
The Manhattan Project |
Comedy |
|
$3,900,000 |
|
|
Mona Lisa |
Thriller/Suspense |
|
$5,794,000 |
|
| |
| June 18 |
Legal Eagles |
Comedy |
$40,000,000 |
$49,851,591 |
|
| |
| June 20 |
The Karate Kid, Part II |
Action |
|
$115,103,979 |
|
| |
| June 27 |
American Anthem |
Drama |
|
$3,000,000 |
|
|
Labyrinth |
Adventure |
|
$12,729,917 |
|
|
Running Scared |
Comedy |
|
$38,500,726 |
|
|
Ruthless People |
Comedy |
|
$71,624,879 |
|
July, 1986 |
| July 1 |
About Last Night... |
Comedy |
|
$38,702,310 |
|
|
Big Trouble in Little China |
Action |
|
$11,100,000 |
|
|
Pirates |
|
$40,000,000 |
$1,641,825 |
|
| |
| July 2 |
The Great Mouse Detective |
Adventure |
|
$23,605,534 |
|
|
Psycho III |
Horror |
|
$14,481,606 |
|
|
Under the Cherry Moon |
Musical |
|
$10,090,429 |
|
| |
| July 9 |
The Girl in the Picture |
Romantic Comedy |
|
$76,350 |
|
| |
| July 11 |
Club Paradise |
Comedy |
|
$12,308,521 |
|
| |
| July 18 |
Aliens |
Action |
$17,000,000 |
$85,160,248 |
|
|
Signé Charlotte |
Drama |
|
$192,510 |
|
|
Vamp |
Comedy |
|
$4,000,000 |
|
| |
| July 25 |
Haunted Honeymoon |
Comedy |
|
$8,033,397 |
|
|
Heartburn |
Comedy |
|
$25,314,289 |
|
|
Maximum Overdrive |
Horror |
|
$7,433,663 |
|
| |
| July 30 |
Flight of the Navigator |
Adventure |
|
$18,564,613 |
|
|
Nothing in Common |
Comedy |
|
$32,324,000 |
|
August, 1986 |
| August 1 |
Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives |
Horror |
$3,000,000 |
$19,472,057 |
|
|
Howard the Duck |
Action |
$30,000,000 |
$16,295,774 |
|
| |
| August 8 |
A Fine Mess |
Comedy |
|
$6,029,824 |
|
|
One Crazy Summer |
Comedy |
|
$13,431,806 |
|
|
She's Gotta Have It |
Comedy |
$175,000 |
$7,137,502 |
|
|
Stand by Me |
Drama |
$8,000,000 |
$52,287,414 |
|
|
The Transformers: The Movie |
Adventure |
|
$5,849,647 |
|
|
Twist & Shout |
|
|
$0 |
|
| |
| August 15 |
Armed and Dangerous |
Comedy |
|
$15,945,534 |
|
|
The Boy Who Could Fly |
Drama |
|
$7,177,431 |
|
|
The Fly |
Horror |
|
$37,585,000 |
|
|
Un homme et une femme, 20 ans déjà |
Drama |
|
$56,821 |
|
|
Manhunter |
Thriller/Suspense |
|
$8,620,929 |
|
|
Opposing Force |
|
|
$0 |
|
|
The Whoopee Boys |
Comedy |
|
$240,464 |
|
| |
| August 22 |
Corleone |
|
|
$0 |
|
|
Dead End Drive-In |
|
|
$0 |
|
|
Extremities |
Thriller/Suspense |
|
$13,418,091 |
|
|
Night of the Creeps |
Horror |
|
$591,366 |
|
|
The Peanut Butter Solution |
|
|
$0 |
|
|
Reform School Girls |
|
|
$0 |
|
|
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 |
Horror |
$4,700,000 |
$8,025,872 |
|
|
Thrashin' |
|
|
$0 |
|
|
Touch and Go |
Comedy |
|
$1,300,000 |
|
| |
| August 29 |
Born American |
Action |
|
$3,401,376 |
|
|
Shanghai Surprise |
|
$17,000,000 |
$2,315,000 |
|
September, 1986 |
| September 12 |
Avenging Force |
Action |
|
$4,679,650 |
|
| |
| September 19 |
Blue Velvet |
Thriller/Suspense |
|
$8,551,228 |
|
|
The Men's Club |
Drama |
|
$2,444,076 |
|
| |
| September 24 |
The Name of the Rose |
|
|
$7,153,000 |
|
| |
| September 26 |
Crocodile Dundee |
Comedy |
$5,000,000 |
$174,803,506 |
|
|
That's Life! |
Comedy |
|
$4,079,895 |
|
October, 1986 |
| October 1 |
8 Million Ways to Die |
Action |
|
$1,305,114 |
|
|
Down by Law |
|
|
$1,436,000 |
|
| |
| October 3 |
Children of a Lesser God |
Drama |
|
$31,853,080 |
|
|
Playing for Keeps |
Romantic Comedy |
|
$2,000,000 |
|
|
Tough Guys |
Comedy |
|
$21,458,229 |
|
| |
| October 10 |
Clockwise |
|
|
$1,476,356 |
|
|
Deadly Friend |
Horror |
|
$8,988,731 |
|
|
Jumpin' Jack Flash |
Comedy |
|
$25,587,804 |
|
|
Peggy Sue Got Married |
Comedy |
$18,000,000 |
$41,382,841 |
|
|
True Stories |
|
|
$2,545,142 |
|
| |
| October 17 |
The Color of Money |
Drama |
$10,000,000 |
$52,293,000 |
|
| |
| October 22 |
Something Wild |
Comedy |
|
$8,362,000 |
|
| |
| October 24 |
Soul Man |
Comedy |
|
$27,316,198 |
|
|
Trick or Treat |
Horror |
|
$6,000,000 |
|
| |
| October 31 |
The Mission |
Drama |
|
$17,218,000 |
|
|
Sky Bandits |
Action |
|
$1,468,500 |
|
November, 1986 |
| November 1 |
Nobody's Fool |
|
|
$563,358 |
|
| |
| November 7 |
37°2 le matin |
Drama |
|
$12,013 |
|
|
52 Pick-Up |
Action |
|
$5,186,646 |
|
|
Tai-Pan |
Adventure |
|
$4,000,000 |
|
| |
| November 14 |
Every Time We Say Goodbye |
Drama |
|
$278,623 |
|
|
Hoosiers |
Drama |
|
$28,607,524 |
|
|
Streets of Gold |
Drama |
|
$2,546,238 |
|
| |
| November 21 |
An American Tail |
Adventure |
|
$47,483,002 |
|
|
Firewalker |
Adventure |
|
$11,834,302 |
|
|
The Wraith |
Action |
|
$3,500,000 |
|
| |
| November 26 |
Solarbabies |
|
|
$1,579,260 |
|
|
Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home |
Adventure |
$24,000,000 |
$109,713,132 |
|
December, 1986 |
| December 1 |
The Mosquito Coast |
Drama |
|
$14,302,000 |
|
| |
| December 5 |
Heartbreak Ridge |
Action |
|
$42,724,017 |
|
| |
| December 12 |
Crimes of the Heart |
Comedy |
|
$22,905,000 |
|
|
The Golden Child |
Action |
$12,000,000 |
$79,817,937 |
|
|
Three Amigos |
Comedy |
|
$39,246,734 |
|
| |
| December 19 |
King Kong Lives |
Adventure |
|
$4,711,220 |
|
|
Little Shop of Horrors |
Musical |
$30,000,000 |
$38,747,385 |
|
|
No Mercy |
Action |
|
$12,303,904 |
|
|
Platoon |
Drama |
$6,000,000 |
$137,963,328 |
|
| |
| December 25 |
Brighton Beach Memoirs |
Comedy |
|
$11,957,943 |
|
|
The Morning After |
Thriller/Suspense |
|
$25,147,055 |
|
| |
| December 31 |
Inside Out |
Drama |
|
$0 |
|
|
Sid & Nancy |
Drama |
|
$0 |
|
|
Witchboard |
Horror |
$2,000,000 |
$7,369,373 |
|
|