Week Domestic Box Office September 12, 1986
| Rank | Prev | Title | Daily Gross | Weekly Change |
Theaters | Theater Average |
Total Gross | Days in Release | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | (2) | Top Gun | $4,031,789 | -7% | 1,327 | $3,038 | $140,716,763 | 126 | |
| 2 | (1) | Stand by Me | $3,858,142 | -14% | 828 | $4,660 | $21,319,052 | 42 | |
| 3 | (3) | The Fly | $2,527,795 | -24% | 1,100 | $2,298 | $29,487,954 | 35 | |
| 4 | (5) | The Karate Kid, Part II | $2,322,417 | -15% | 1,430 | $1,624 | $104,485,720 | 91 | |
| 5 | (4) | Aliens | $2,206,426 | -23% | 1,063 | $2,076 | $72,220,766 | 63 | |
| 6 | (7) | Ruthless People | $1,986,326 | -17% | 1,012 | $1,963 | $64,052,981 | 84 | |
| 7 | (6) | Nothing in Common | $1,900,857 | -24% | 976 | $1,948 | $26,987,212 | 51 | |
| 8 | (9) | Back to School | $1,600,440 | -10% | 968 | $1,653 | $84,093,363 | 98 | |
| 9 | (-) | Ferris Bueller’s Day Off | $1,504,046 | 950 | $1,583 | $63,933,271 | 100 | ||
| 10 | (new) | Avenging Force | $1,448,621 | 500 | $2,897 | $1,448,621 | 7 | ||
| 11 | (8) | Extremities | $1,361,828 | -36% | 604 | $2,255 | $10,666,330 | 28 | |
| 12 | (11) | The Boy Who Could Fly | $177,830 | -27% | 75 | $2,371 | $1,479,092 | 35 | |
| 13 | (12) | Three Men and a Cradle | $61,208 | +3% | 30 | $2,040 | $1,861,232 | 147 | |
| 14 | (new) | Otello | $37,334 | 1 | $37,334 | $37,334 | 7 | ||
| Reporting movies: 14 | $25,025,059 | total box office | |||||||
| Rank | Title | Daily | Theaters | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Top Gun | $4,031,789 | 1,327 | $140,716,763 |
| 2 | Stand by Me | $3,858,142 | 828 | $21,319,052 |
| 3 | The Fly | $2,527,795 | 1,100 | $29,487,954 |
| 4 | The Karate Kid, Part II | $2,322,417 | 1,430 | $104,485,720 |
| 5 | Aliens | $2,206,426 | 1,063 | $72,220,766 |
| 6 | Ruthless People | $1,986,326 | 1,012 | $64,052,981 |
| 7 | Nothing in Common | $1,900,857 | 976 | $26,987,212 |
| 8 | Back to School | $1,600,440 | 968 | $84,093,363 |
| 9 | Ferris Bueller’s Day Off | $1,504,046 | 950 | $63,933,271 |
| 10 | Avenging Force | $1,448,621 | 500 | $1,448,621 |
| 11 | Extremities | $1,361,828 | 604 | $10,666,330 |
| 12 | The Boy Who Could Fly | $177,830 | 75 | $1,479,092 |
| 13 | Three Men and a Cradle | $61,208 | 30 | $1,861,232 |
| 14 | Otello | $37,334 | 1 | $37,334 |
| Reporting: 14 | $25,025,059 | total | ||