Week Domestic Box Office May 9, 1986
| Rank | Prev | Title | Gross | Weekly Change |
Theaters | Theater Average |
Total Gross | Days in Release | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | (new) | Short Circuit | $6,609,284 | 1,033 | $6,398 | $6,609,284 | 7 | ||
| 2 | (1) | Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life is Calling | $4,217,205 | -34% | 1,203 | $3,506 | $10,645,757 | 14 | |
| 3 | (new) | Fire with Fire | $2,275,809 | 1,000 | $2,276 | $2,275,809 | 7 | ||
| 4 | (2) | Blue City | $1,876,711 | -47% | 1,050 | $1,787 | $5,396,526 | 14 | |
| 5 | (4) | The Money Pit | $1,723,735 | -24% | 1,034 | $1,667 | $29,985,542 | 51 | |
| 6 | (new) | Dangerously Close | $1,552,505 | 827 | $1,877 | $1,552,505 | 7 | ||
| 7 | (-) | Wise Guys | $1,152,102 | 424 | $2,717 | $5,361,312 | 28 | ||
| 8 | (6) | Critters | $1,049,505 | -28% | 595 | $1,764 | $7,573,888 | 35 | |
| 9 | (7) | Gung Ho | $1,028,775 | -25% | 776 | $1,326 | $33,134,481 | 63 | |
| 10 | (5) | Police Academy 3: Back in Training | $1,025,203 | -38% | 859 | $1,193 | $39,609,779 | 56 | |
| 11 | (9) | Pretty in Pink | $938,732 | -30% | 697 | $1,347 | $36,414,522 | 77 | |
| 12 | (-) | Down and Out in Beverly Hills | $837,256 | 601 | $1,393 | $57,534,241 | 105 | ||
| 13 | (10) | The Color Purple | $773,789 | -25% | 586 | $1,320 | $92,037,750 | 149 | |
| 14 | (-) | Hannah and Her Sisters | $735,535 | 380 | $1,936 | $30,999,366 | 98 | ||
| 15 | (11) | No Retreat, No Surrender | $683,253 | -26% | 241 | $2,835 | $1,607,168 | 14 | |
| 16 | (8) | Murphy's Law | $657,989 | -51% | 602 | $1,093 | $9,222,371 | 28 | |
| 17 | (12) | Three Men and a Cradle | $76,121 | +89% | 6 | $12,687 | $155,978 | 21 | |
| Reporting movies: 17 | $27,213,509 | total box office | |||||||
| Rank | Title | Daily | Theaters | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Short Circuit | $6,609,284 | 1,033 | $6,609,284 |
| 2 | Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life is Calling | $4,217,205 | 1,203 | $10,645,757 |
| 3 | Fire with Fire | $2,275,809 | 1,000 | $2,275,809 |
| 4 | Blue City | $1,876,711 | 1,050 | $5,396,526 |
| 5 | The Money Pit | $1,723,735 | 1,034 | $29,985,542 |
| 6 | Dangerously Close | $1,552,505 | 827 | $1,552,505 |
| 7 | Wise Guys | $1,152,102 | 424 | $5,361,312 |
| 8 | Critters | $1,049,505 | 595 | $7,573,888 |
| 9 | Gung Ho | $1,028,775 | 776 | $33,134,481 |
| 10 | Police Academy 3: Back in Training | $1,025,203 | 859 | $39,609,779 |
| 11 | Pretty in Pink | $938,732 | 697 | $36,414,522 |
| 12 | Down and Out in Beverly Hills | $837,256 | 601 | $57,534,241 |
| 13 | The Color Purple | $773,789 | 586 | $92,037,750 |
| 14 | Hannah and Her Sisters | $735,535 | 380 | $30,999,366 |
| 15 | No Retreat, No Surrender | $683,253 | 241 | $1,607,168 |
| 16 | Murphy's Law | $657,989 | 602 | $9,222,371 |
| 17 | Three Men and a Cradle | $76,121 | 6 | $155,978 |
| Reporting: 17 | $27,213,509 | total | ||