Weekend Domestic Box Office December 26, 1986
| Rank | Prev | Title | Daily Gross | Weekly Change |
Theaters | Theater Average |
Total Gross | Days in Release | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | (1) | The Golden Child | $10,118,277 | +28% | 1,714 | $5,903 | $38,543,773 | 17 | |
| 2 | (2) | Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home | $9,157,161 | +58% | 1,956 | $4,682 | $67,931,249 | 33 | |
| 3 | (7) | Crocodile Dundee | $5,860,797 | +157% | 1,423 | $4,119 | $114,343,128 | 94 | |
| 4 | (3) | Three Amigos | $5,499,680 | +28% | 1,466 | $3,751 | $20,308,890 | 17 | |
| 5 | (new) | The Morning After | $5,069,926 | 955 | $5,309 | $6,021,088 | 4 | ||
| 6 | (5) | Heartbreak Ridge | $5,046,431 | +44% | 1,647 | $3,064 | $28,241,275 | 24 | |
| 7 | (4) | Little Shop of Horrors | $5,042,682 | +38% | 866 | $5,823 | $11,412,248 | 10 | |
| 8 | (6) | Lady and the Tramp | $5,030,706 | +79% | 1,375 | $3,659 | $10,359,932 | 11,513 | |
| 9 | (9) | An American Tail | $3,008,200 | +56% | 1,157 | $2,600 | $31,161,522 | 38 | |
| 10 | (new) | Brighton Beach Memoirs | $2,580,750 | 775 | $3,330 | $3,107,750 | 4 | ||
| 11 | (12) | King Kong Lives | $1,152,507 | -2% | 1,105 | $1,043 | $3,055,491 | 10 | |
| 12 | (13) | Top Gun | $761,929 | +90% | 455 | $1,675 | $170,126,856 | 227 | |
| 13 | (14) | Platoon | $352,464 | +46% | 19 | $18,551 | $801,150 | 10 | |
| 14 | (15) | Soul Man | $295,266 | +29% | 304 | $971 | $27,316,198 | 66 | |
| 15 | (16) | Children of a Lesser God | $272,944 | +32% | 398 | $686 | $20,103,694 | 87 | |
| 16 | (-) | Native Son | $141,863 | 20 | $7,093 | $141,863 | 17 | ||
| 17 | (18) | ‘Round Midnight | $66,209 | +41% | 21 | $3,153 | $1,883,268 | 87 | |
| 18 | (17) | She's Gotta Have It | $51,911 | +3% | 23 | $2,257 | $6,708,622 | 143 | |
| 19 | (19) | True Stories | $40,805 | +39% | 17 | $2,400 | $2,199,658 | 80 | |
| 20 | (23) | Miss Mary | $34,367 | +240% | 10 | $3,437 | $49,432 | 10 | |
| 21 | (new) | El amor brujo (Love, The Magician) | $12,330 | 1 | $12,330 | $12,330 | 6 | ||
| 22 | (22) | Defence of the Realm | $10,133 | -3% | 3 | $3,378 | $119,151 | 727 | |
| Reporting movies: 22 | $59,607,338 | total box office | |||||||
| Rank | Title | Daily | Theaters | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Golden Child | $10,118,277 | 1,714 | $38,543,773 |
| 2 | Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home | $9,157,161 | 1,956 | $67,931,249 |
| 3 | Crocodile Dundee | $5,860,797 | 1,423 | $114,343,128 |
| 4 | Three Amigos | $5,499,680 | 1,466 | $20,308,890 |
| 5 | The Morning After | $5,069,926 | 955 | $6,021,088 |
| 6 | Heartbreak Ridge | $5,046,431 | 1,647 | $28,241,275 |
| 7 | Little Shop of Horrors | $5,042,682 | 866 | $11,412,248 |
| 8 | Lady and the Tramp | $5,030,706 | 1,375 | $10,359,932 |
| 9 | An American Tail | $3,008,200 | 1,157 | $31,161,522 |
| 10 | Brighton Beach Memoirs | $2,580,750 | 775 | $3,107,750 |
| 11 | King Kong Lives | $1,152,507 | 1,105 | $3,055,491 |
| 12 | Top Gun | $761,929 | 455 | $170,126,856 |
| 13 | Platoon | $352,464 | 19 | $801,150 |
| 14 | Soul Man | $295,266 | 304 | $27,316,198 |
| 15 | Children of a Lesser God | $272,944 | 398 | $20,103,694 |
| 16 | Native Son | $141,863 | 20 | $141,863 |
| 17 | ‘Round Midnight | $66,209 | 21 | $1,883,268 |
| 18 | She's Gotta Have It | $51,911 | 23 | $6,708,622 |
| 19 | True Stories | $40,805 | 17 | $2,199,658 |
| 20 | Miss Mary | $34,367 | 10 | $49,432 |
| 21 | El amor brujo (Love, The Magician) | $12,330 | 1 | $12,330 |
| 22 | Defence of the Realm | $10,133 | 3 | $119,151 |
| Reporting: 22 | $59,607,338 | total | ||