Week Domestic Box Office January 10, 1986
| Rank | Prev | Title | Daily Gross | Weekly Change |
Theaters | Theater Average |
Total Gross | Days in Release | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | (2) | Out of Africa | $7,074,328 | -19% | 922 | $7,673 | $36,186,245 | 30 | |
| 2 | (1) | Rocky IV | $6,322,620 | -30% | 2,181 | $2,899 | $109,855,853 | 51 | |
| 3 | (3) | The Jewel of the Nile | $5,497,725 | -27% | 1,483 | $3,707 | $46,893,527 | 37 | |
| 4 | (5) | The Color Purple | $4,721,223 | -9% | 561 | $8,416 | $20,405,202 | 30 | |
| 5 | (4) | Spies Like Us | $4,537,646 | -28% | 1,630 | $2,784 | $49,602,972 | 42 | |
| 6 | (new) | Black Moon Rising | $3,871,942 | 907 | $4,269 | $3,871,942 | 7 | ||
| 7 | (6) | White Nights | $3,593,316 | -27% | 1,062 | $3,384 | $34,545,946 | 56 | |
| 8 | (7) | 101 Dalmatians | $2,769,639 | -40% | 1,138 | $2,434 | $23,758,576 | 9,123 | |
| 9 | (9) | A Chorus Line | $1,669,113 | -31% | 674 | $2,476 | $11,897,178 | 38 | |
| 10 | (13) | Back to the Future | $1,608,970 | -17% | 691 | $2,328 | $195,202,840 | 198 | |
| 11 | (8) | Young Sherlock Holmes | $1,545,799 | -37% | 831 | $1,860 | $17,308,942 | 44 | |
| 12 | (11) | Enemy Mine | $1,347,713 | -36% | 636 | $2,119 | $10,169,930 | 28 | |
| 13 | (12) | Clue | $1,298,774 | -37% | 779 | $1,667 | $12,836,653 | 35 | |
| 14 | (14) | Twice in a Lifetime | $1,051,749 | -22% | 194 | $5,421 | $4,288,311 | 86 | |
| 15 | (15) | Jagged Edge | $883,435 | +31% | 568 | $1,555 | $39,774,248 | 105 | |
| 16 | (25) | Runaway Train | $779,814 | +993% | 148 | $5,269 | $1,087,859 | 42 | |
| 17 | (16) | Ran | $335,963 | -9% | 18 | $18,665 | $1,318,830 | 28 | |
| 18 | (20) | The Gods Must Be Crazy | $235,657 | -3% | 128 | $1,841 | $26,691,431 | 557 | |
| 19 | (24) | Brazil | $228,069 | +174% | 5 | $45,614 | $514,932 | 30 | |
| 20 | (19) | To Live and Die in L.A. | $224,825 | -17% | 237 | $949 | $16,279,622 | 77 | |
| 21 | (21) | Kiss of the Spider Woman | $189,600 | -5% | 50 | $3,792 | $12,472,901 | 175 | |
| 22 | (22) | Fool For Love | $89,742 | -9% | 11 | $8,158 | $537,615 | 42 | |
| 23 | (23) | Murphy's Romance | $67,134 | -20% | 3 | $22,378 | $272,470 | 23 | |
| 24 | (26) | Revolution | $33,771 | -43% | 4 | $8,443 | $226,512 | 23 | |
| 25 | (27) | Wetherby | $16,790 | 0% | 11 | $1,526 | $1,115,254 | 182 | |
| Reporting movies: 25 | $49,995,357 | total box office | |||||||
| Rank | Title | Daily | Theaters | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Out of Africa | $7,074,328 | 922 | $36,186,245 |
| 2 | Rocky IV | $6,322,620 | 2,181 | $109,855,853 |
| 3 | The Jewel of the Nile | $5,497,725 | 1,483 | $46,893,527 |
| 4 | The Color Purple | $4,721,223 | 561 | $20,405,202 |
| 5 | Spies Like Us | $4,537,646 | 1,630 | $49,602,972 |
| 6 | Black Moon Rising | $3,871,942 | 907 | $3,871,942 |
| 7 | White Nights | $3,593,316 | 1,062 | $34,545,946 |
| 8 | 101 Dalmatians | $2,769,639 | 1,138 | $23,758,576 |
| 9 | A Chorus Line | $1,669,113 | 674 | $11,897,178 |
| 10 | Back to the Future | $1,608,970 | 691 | $195,202,840 |
| 11 | Young Sherlock Holmes | $1,545,799 | 831 | $17,308,942 |
| 12 | Enemy Mine | $1,347,713 | 636 | $10,169,930 |
| 13 | Clue | $1,298,774 | 779 | $12,836,653 |
| 14 | Twice in a Lifetime | $1,051,749 | 194 | $4,288,311 |
| 15 | Jagged Edge | $883,435 | 568 | $39,774,248 |
| 16 | Runaway Train | $779,814 | 148 | $1,087,859 |
| 17 | Ran | $335,963 | 18 | $1,318,830 |
| 18 | The Gods Must Be Crazy | $235,657 | 128 | $26,691,431 |
| 19 | Brazil | $228,069 | 5 | $514,932 |
| 20 | To Live and Die in L.A. | $224,825 | 237 | $16,279,622 |
| 21 | Kiss of the Spider Woman | $189,600 | 50 | $12,472,901 |
| 22 | Fool For Love | $89,742 | 11 | $537,615 |
| 23 | Murphy's Romance | $67,134 | 3 | $272,470 |
| 24 | Revolution | $33,771 | 4 | $226,512 |
| 25 | Wetherby | $16,790 | 11 | $1,115,254 |
| Reporting: 25 | $49,995,357 | total | ||