Week Domestic Box Office May 2, 1986
| Rank | Prev | Title | Gross | Weekly Change |
Theaters | Theater Average |
Total Gross | Days in Release | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | (new) | Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life is Calling | $6,428,552 | 1,203 | $5,344 | $6,428,552 | 7 | ||
| 2 | (new) | Blue City | $3,519,815 | 1,050 | $3,352 | $3,519,815 | 7 | ||
| 3 | (1) | Legend | $2,270,330 | -34% | 1,160 | $1,957 | $11,362,995 | 21 | |
| 4 | (2) | The Money Pit | $2,262,985 | -22% | 1,105 | $2,048 | $28,261,807 | 44 | |
| 5 | (4) | Police Academy 3: Back in Training | $1,649,098 | -29% | 1,103 | $1,495 | $38,584,576 | 49 | |
| 6 | (7) | Critters | $1,453,970 | -7% | 595 | $2,444 | $6,524,383 | 28 | |
| 7 | (6) | Gung Ho | $1,364,277 | -20% | 872 | $1,565 | $32,105,706 | 56 | |
| 8 | (3) | Murphy's Law | $1,344,510 | -52% | 915 | $1,469 | $8,564,382 | 21 | |
| 9 | (8) | Pretty in Pink | $1,336,164 | -9% | 864 | $1,546 | $35,475,790 | 70 | |
| 10 | (9) | The Color Purple | $1,029,834 | -30% | 745 | $1,382 | $91,263,961 | 142 | |
| 11 | (new) | No Retreat, No Surrender | $923,915 | 241 | $3,834 | $923,915 | 7 | ||
| 12 | (11) | Three Men and a Cradle | $40,263 | +2% | 2 | $20,132 | $79,857 | 14 | |
| Reporting movies: 12 | $23,623,713 | total box office | |||||||
| Rank | Title | Daily | Theaters | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life is Calling | $6,428,552 | 1,203 | $6,428,552 |
| 2 | Blue City | $3,519,815 | 1,050 | $3,519,815 |
| 3 | Legend | $2,270,330 | 1,160 | $11,362,995 |
| 4 | The Money Pit | $2,262,985 | 1,105 | $28,261,807 |
| 5 | Police Academy 3: Back in Training | $1,649,098 | 1,103 | $38,584,576 |
| 6 | Critters | $1,453,970 | 595 | $6,524,383 |
| 7 | Gung Ho | $1,364,277 | 872 | $32,105,706 |
| 8 | Murphy's Law | $1,344,510 | 915 | $8,564,382 |
| 9 | Pretty in Pink | $1,336,164 | 864 | $35,475,790 |
| 10 | The Color Purple | $1,029,834 | 745 | $91,263,961 |
| 11 | No Retreat, No Surrender | $923,915 | 241 | $923,915 |
| 12 | Three Men and a Cradle | $40,263 | 2 | $79,857 |
| Reporting: 12 | $23,623,713 | total | ||