Week Domestic Box Office August 22, 1986
| Rank | Prev | Title | Daily Gross | Weekly Change |
Theaters | Theater Average |
Total Gross | Days in Release | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | (1) | The Fly | $7,136,844 | -35% | 1,201 | $5,942 | $18,092,047 | 14 | |
| 2 | (23) | Stand by Me | $6,022,475 | +1,206% | 745 | $8,084 | $6,894,884 | 21 | |
| 3 | (5) | Top Gun | $5,206,339 | -2% | 1,201 | $4,335 | $126,320,911 | 105 | |
| 4 | (2) | Aliens | $5,162,196 | -25% | 1,280 | $4,033 | $62,768,219 | 42 | |
| 5 | (4) | The Karate Kid, Part II | $4,325,479 | -20% | 1,549 | $2,792 | $95,171,704 | 70 | |
| 6 | (3) | Armed and Dangerous | $3,885,195 | -41% | 1,557 | $2,495 | $10,416,512 | 14 | |
| 7 | (new) | Extremities | $3,884,034 | 605 | $6,420 | $3,884,034 | 7 | ||
| 8 | (6) | Nothing in Common | $3,829,832 | -19% | 951 | $4,027 | $18,573,959 | 30 | |
| 9 | (7) | Ruthless People | $3,192,056 | -18% | 954 | $3,346 | $56,436,213 | 63 | |
| 10 | (26) | The Boy Who Could Fly | $273,122 | -21% | 40 | $6,828 | $617,776 | 14 | |
| 11 | (new) | Touch and Go | $186,691 | 51 | $3,661 | $186,691 | 7 | ||
| 12 | (28) | She's Gotta Have It | $172,106 | +82% | 5 | $34,421 | $323,605 | 21 | |
| 13 | (32) | Three Men and a Cradle | $68,018 | +22% | 24 | $2,834 | $1,658,195 | 126 | |
| Reporting movies: 13 | $43,344,387 | total box office | |||||||
| Rank | Title | Daily | Theaters | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Fly | $7,136,844 | 1,201 | $18,092,047 |
| 2 | Stand by Me | $6,022,475 | 745 | $6,894,884 |
| 3 | Top Gun | $5,206,339 | 1,201 | $126,320,911 |
| 4 | Aliens | $5,162,196 | 1,280 | $62,768,219 |
| 5 | The Karate Kid, Part II | $4,325,479 | 1,549 | $95,171,704 |
| 6 | Armed and Dangerous | $3,885,195 | 1,557 | $10,416,512 |
| 7 | Extremities | $3,884,034 | 605 | $3,884,034 |
| 8 | Nothing in Common | $3,829,832 | 951 | $18,573,959 |
| 9 | Ruthless People | $3,192,056 | 954 | $56,436,213 |
| 10 | The Boy Who Could Fly | $273,122 | 40 | $617,776 |
| 11 | Touch and Go | $186,691 | 51 | $186,691 |
| 12 | She's Gotta Have It | $172,106 | 5 | $323,605 |
| 13 | Three Men and a Cradle | $68,018 | 24 | $1,658,195 |
| Reporting: 13 | $43,344,387 | total | ||