Weekend Domestic Box Office May 2, 1986
| Rank | Prev | Title | Daily Gross | Weekly Change |
Theaters | Theater Average |
Total Gross | Days in Release | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | (new) | Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life is Calling | $4,879,107 | 1,203 | $4,056 | $4,879,107 | 3 | ||
| 2 | (new) | Blue City | $2,748,096 | 1,050 | $2,617 | $2,748,096 | 3 | ||
| 3 | (2) | The Money Pit | $1,856,400 | -21% | 1,105 | $1,680 | $27,855,222 | 40 | |
| 4 | (1) | Legend | $1,764,900 | -32% | 1,160 | $1,521 | $10,857,565 | 17 | |
| 5 | (4) | Police Academy 3: Back in Training | $1,335,178 | -27% | 1,103 | $1,210 | $38,270,656 | 45 | |
| 6 | (7) | Critters | $1,161,099 | -4% | 595 | $1,951 | $6,231,512 | 24 | |
| 7 | (6) | Gung Ho | $1,092,299 | -17% | 872 | $1,253 | $31,833,728 | 52 | |
| 8 | (9) | Pretty in Pink | $1,041,813 | -7% | 864 | $1,206 | $35,181,439 | 66 | |
| 9 | (3) | Murphy's Law | $1,041,355 | -51% | 915 | $1,138 | $8,261,227 | 17 | |
| 10 | (5) | Violets Are Blue... | $877,790 | -38% | 654 | $1,342 | $3,306,310 | 24 | |
| 11 | (new) | No Retreat, No Surrender | $793,723 | 241 | $3,293 | $793,723 | 3 | ||
| 12 | (10) | The Color Purple | $728,794 | -28% | 745 | $978 | $90,962,921 | 138 | |
| 13 | (11) | Hannah and Her Sisters | $668,249 | -20% | 443 | $1,508 | $30,024,578 | 87 | |
| 14 | (13) | Lucas | $477,052 | -20% | 400 | $1,193 | $6,968,641 | 38 | |
| 15 | (12) | 8 Million Ways to Die | $436,000 | -29% | 215 | $2,028 | $1,305,114 | 10 | |
| 16 | (17) | Nine 1/2 Weeks | $217,452 | -19% | 198 | $1,098 | $5,072,422 | 73 | |
| 17 | (18) | F/X | $208,213 | +2% | 230 | $905 | $19,578,066 | 87 | |
| 18 | (16) | Just Between Friends | $190,958 | -35% | 316 | $604 | $5,946,674 | 45 | |
| 19 | (19) | Turtle Diary | $87,477 | +12% | 35 | $2,499 | $1,054,978 | 80 | |
| 20 | (20) | Absolute Beginners | $52,374 | -27% | 4 | $13,094 | $280,350 | 17 | |
| 21 | (23) | Three Men and a Cradle | $26,803 | +6% | 2 | $13,402 | $66,397 | 10 | |
| 22 | (22) | Desert Bloom | $16,719 | -36% | 2 | $8,360 | $89,484 | 17 | |
| Reporting movies: 22 | $21,701,851 | total box office | |||||||
| Rank | Title | Daily | Theaters | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life is Calling | $4,879,107 | 1,203 | $4,879,107 |
| 2 | Blue City | $2,748,096 | 1,050 | $2,748,096 |
| 3 | The Money Pit | $1,856,400 | 1,105 | $27,855,222 |
| 4 | Legend | $1,764,900 | 1,160 | $10,857,565 |
| 5 | Police Academy 3: Back in Training | $1,335,178 | 1,103 | $38,270,656 |
| 6 | Critters | $1,161,099 | 595 | $6,231,512 |
| 7 | Gung Ho | $1,092,299 | 872 | $31,833,728 |
| 8 | Pretty in Pink | $1,041,813 | 864 | $35,181,439 |
| 9 | Murphy's Law | $1,041,355 | 915 | $8,261,227 |
| 10 | Violets Are Blue... | $877,790 | 654 | $3,306,310 |
| 11 | No Retreat, No Surrender | $793,723 | 241 | $793,723 |
| 12 | The Color Purple | $728,794 | 745 | $90,962,921 |
| 13 | Hannah and Her Sisters | $668,249 | 443 | $30,024,578 |
| 14 | Lucas | $477,052 | 400 | $6,968,641 |
| 15 | 8 Million Ways to Die | $436,000 | 215 | $1,305,114 |
| 16 | Nine 1/2 Weeks | $217,452 | 198 | $5,072,422 |
| 17 | F/X | $208,213 | 230 | $19,578,066 |
| 18 | Just Between Friends | $190,958 | 316 | $5,946,674 |
| 19 | Turtle Diary | $87,477 | 35 | $1,054,978 |
| 20 | Absolute Beginners | $52,374 | 4 | $280,350 |
| 21 | Three Men and a Cradle | $26,803 | 2 | $66,397 |
| 22 | Desert Bloom | $16,719 | 2 | $89,484 |
| Reporting: 22 | $21,701,851 | total | ||