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Data as of May 28, 2:01 PDT
Rank
Release
Genre
Budget
Running Time
Gross
Max Theaters
Total Gross
% of Total
Release Date
Distributor
1
Top Gun
-
-
-
$20,730,721
1,531
$176,781,728
11.7%
May 16, 1986
Paramount Pictures
2
Short Circuit
-
-
-
$16,512,990
1,310
$40,697,761
40.6%
May 9, 1986
TriStar Pictures
3
Cobra
-
-
-
$15,652,147
2,131
$49,042,224
31.9%
May 23, 1986
Warner Bros.
4
Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling
-
-
-
$14,876,969
1,203
$18,034,150
82.5%
May 2, 1986
Columbia Pictures
5
The Money Pit
-
-
-
$11,500,829
1,193
$37,499,651
30.7%
Mar 28, 1986
Universal Pictures
6
Poltergeist II: The Other Side
-
-
-
$10,399,780
1,599
$40,996,665
25.4%
May 23, 1986
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
7
Sweet Liberty
-
-
-
$6,948,855
1,238
$14,205,021
48.9%
May 16, 1986
Universal Pictures
8
Blue City
-
-
-
$6,947,787
1,050
$6,947,787
100%
May 2, 1986
Paramount Pictures
9
Legend
-
-
-
$6,900,218
1,187
$15,502,112
44.5%
Apr 18, 1986
Universal Pictures
10
Police Academy 3: Back in Training
-
-
-
$4,810,345
1,788
$43,579,163
11%
Mar 21, 1986
Warner Bros.
11
Fire with Fire
-
-
-
$4,636,169
1,000
$4,636,169
100%
May 9, 1986
Paramount Pictures
12
No Retreat, No Surrender
-
-
-
$3,978,884
371
$4,662,137
85.3%
May 2, 1986
New World Pictures
13
Wise Guys
-
-
-
$3,962,338
424
$8,475,466
46.8%
Apr 18, 1986
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
14
Gung Ho
-
-
-
$3,913,399
1,175
$36,611,610
10.7%
Mar 14, 1986
Paramount Pictures
15
Pretty in Pink
-
-
-
$3,802,941
1,117
$40,471,663
9.4%
Feb 28, 1986
Paramount Pictures
16
Critters
-
-
-
$3,470,283
633
$13,167,232
26.4%
Apr 11, 1986
New Line Cinema
17
Murphy's Law
-
-
-
$3,123,967
1,260
$9,947,631
31.4%
Apr 18, 1986
Cannon Film Distributors
18
Hannah and Her Sisters
-
-
-
$2,978,104
761
$35,392,203
8.4%
Feb 7, 1986
Orion Pictures
19
Violets Are Blue...
-
-
-
$2,583,245
654
$4,743,287
54.5%
Apr 11, 1986
Columbia Pictures
20
Dangerously Close
-
-
-
$2,390,525
827
$2,390,525
100%
May 9, 1986
Cannon Film Distributors
21
The Color Purple
-
-
-
$1,238,594
1,109
$94,175,854
1.3%
Dec 20, 1985
Warner Bros.
22
Desert Bloom
-
-
-
$380,032
15
$416,393
91.3%
Apr 18, 1986
Columbia Pictures
23
Three Men and a Cradle
-
-
-
$5,656
32
$2,052,466
0.3%
Apr 25, 1986
The Samuel Goldwyn Company
24
Crimewave
-
-
-
$728
7
$5,101
14.3%
Apr 25, 1986
Columbia Pictures