Week Domestic Box Office April 18, 1986
| Rank | Prev | Title | Gross | Weekly Change |
Theaters | Theater Average |
Total Gross | Days in Release | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | (new) | Legend | $5,657,264 | 1,187 | $4,766 | $5,657,264 | 7 | ||
| 2 | (new) | Murphy's Law | $4,446,414 | 1,260 | $3,529 | $4,446,414 | 7 | ||
| 3 | (1) | The Money Pit | $3,541,562 | -20% | 1,180 | $3,001 | $23,103,232 | 30 | |
| 4 | (2) | Police Academy 3: Back in Training | $3,089,468 | -29% | 1,490 | $2,073 | $34,626,805 | 35 | |
| 5 | (4) | Gung Ho | $2,012,372 | -23% | 1,009 | $1,994 | $29,043,956 | 42 | |
| 6 | (new) | Wise Guys | $1,846,471 | 338 | $5,463 | $1,846,471 | 7 | ||
| 7 | (5) | The Color Purple | $1,752,657 | -18% | 890 | $1,969 | $88,772,804 | 128 | |
| 8 | (7) | Pretty in Pink | $1,633,996 | -15% | 915 | $1,786 | $32,669,359 | 56 | |
| 9 | (6) | Critters | $1,429,476 | -31% | 493 | $2,900 | $3,505,325 | 14 | |
| Reporting movies: 9 | $25,409,680 | total box office | |||||||
| Rank | Title | Daily | Theaters | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Legend | $5,657,264 | 1,187 | $5,657,264 |
| 2 | Murphy's Law | $4,446,414 | 1,260 | $4,446,414 |
| 3 | The Money Pit | $3,541,562 | 1,180 | $23,103,232 |
| 4 | Police Academy 3: Back in Training | $3,089,468 | 1,490 | $34,626,805 |
| 5 | Gung Ho | $2,012,372 | 1,009 | $29,043,956 |
| 6 | Wise Guys | $1,846,471 | 338 | $1,846,471 |
| 7 | The Color Purple | $1,752,657 | 890 | $88,772,804 |
| 8 | Pretty in Pink | $1,633,996 | 915 | $32,669,359 |
| 9 | Critters | $1,429,476 | 493 | $3,505,325 |
| Reporting: 9 | $25,409,680 | total | ||