Week Domestic Box Office October 17, 1986
| Rank | Prev | Title | Daily Gross | Weekly Change |
Theaters | Theater Average |
Total Gross | Days in Release | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | (1) | Crocodile Dundee | $9,867,742 | -24% | 1,378 | $7,161 | $45,101,450 | 28 | |
| 2 | (new) | The Color of Money | $8,485,401 | 635 | $13,363 | $8,485,401 | 7 | ||
| 3 | (3) | Jumpin' Jack Flash | $5,524,794 | -24% | 1,085 | $5,092 | $12,752,992 | 14 | |
| 4 | (2) | Peggy Sue Got Married | $5,265,201 | -35% | 865 | $6,087 | $13,365,278 | 14 | |
| 5 | (5) | Tough Guys | $3,063,935 | -25% | 1,266 | $2,420 | $13,054,007 | 21 | |
| 6 | (8) | Children of a Lesser God | $2,782,539 | +17% | 480 | $5,797 | $7,735,330 | 21 | |
| 7 | (6) | Top Gun | $2,472,047 | -24% | 1,292 | $1,913 | $157,146,001 | 161 | |
| 8 | (7) | Stand by Me | $1,795,806 | -24% | 844 | $2,128 | $35,762,152 | 77 | |
| 9 | (10) | The Boy Who Could Fly | $432,155 | -39% | 516 | $838 | $6,095,278 | 70 | |
| 10 | (12) | Avenging Force | $178,760 | -34% | 204 | $876 | $4,383,524 | 42 | |
| 11 | (13) | Clockwise | $131,768 | -32% | 22 | $5,989 | $325,798 | 14 | |
| 12 | (11) | Link | $114,401 | -62% | 102 | $1,122 | $1,230,964 | 35 | |
| 13 | (15) | Otello | $17,519 | -28% | 2 | $8,760 | $177,765 | 42 | |
| Reporting movies: 13 | $40,132,068 | total box office | |||||||
| Rank | Title | Daily | Theaters | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Crocodile Dundee | $9,867,742 | 1,378 | $45,101,450 |
| 2 | The Color of Money | $8,485,401 | 635 | $8,485,401 |
| 3 | Jumpin' Jack Flash | $5,524,794 | 1,085 | $12,752,992 |
| 4 | Peggy Sue Got Married | $5,265,201 | 865 | $13,365,278 |
| 5 | Tough Guys | $3,063,935 | 1,266 | $13,054,007 |
| 6 | Children of a Lesser God | $2,782,539 | 480 | $7,735,330 |
| 7 | Top Gun | $2,472,047 | 1,292 | $157,146,001 |
| 8 | Stand by Me | $1,795,806 | 844 | $35,762,152 |
| 9 | The Boy Who Could Fly | $432,155 | 516 | $6,095,278 |
| 10 | Avenging Force | $178,760 | 204 | $4,383,524 |
| 11 | Clockwise | $131,768 | 22 | $325,798 |
| 12 | Link | $114,401 | 102 | $1,230,964 |
| 13 | Otello | $17,519 | 2 | $177,765 |
| Reporting: 13 | $40,132,068 | total | ||