Domestic Release Schedule
| Release | Distributor | Scale |
|---|---|---|
| March 21, 1986 | ||
 Police Academy 3: Back in Training
Comedy
With: Steve Guttenberg, Bubba Smith, David Graf, Michael Winslow 1 hr 23 min | Warner Bros. | Wide |
 GoBots: Battle of the Rock Lords
Action
Adventure
Animation
Family
Sci-Fi
With: Margot Kidder, Roddy McDowall, Telly Savalas, Michael Bell 1 hr 15 min | Atlantic Releasing Corporation | Wide |
 Just Between Friends
Drama
With: Mary Tyler Moore, Ted Danson, Christine Lahti, Julie Payne 1 hr 50 min | Orion Pictures | Limited |
 | TriStar Pictures | Limited |
 Sleeping Beauty1986 Re-release
Adventure
Animation
Family
Fantasy
Musical
Romance
With: Mary Costa, Bill Shirley, Eleanor Audley, Verna Felton 1 hr 15 min | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | Wide |
 Care Bears Movie II: A New Generation
Adventure
Animation
Comedy
Family
Fantasy
Musical
With: Maxine Miller, Pam Hyatt, Hadley Kay, Chris Wiggins 1 hr 16 min | Columbia Pictures | Wide |
| March 28, 1986 | ||
 April Fool's Day
Horror
Mystery
With: Deborah Foreman, Griffin O'Neal, Clayton Rohner, Jay Baker 1 hr 29 min | Paramount Pictures | Wide |
 | Universal Pictures | Wide |
 Lucas
Comedy
Drama
Romance
With: Corey Haim, Kerri Green, Charlie Sheen, Courtney Thorne-Smith 1 hr 40 min | Twentieth Century Fox | Wide |
 Ginger & Fred
Comedy
Drama
With: Marcello Mastroianni, Giulietta Masina, Franco Fabrizi, Friedrich von Ledebur 2 hr 7 min | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | Limited |
| April 4, 1986 | ||
 P.O.W. the Escape
Action
Adventure
Drama
War
With: David Carradine, Charles Grant, Mako, Steve James 1 hr 30 min | Cannon Film Distributors | Limited |
| April 11, 1986 | ||
 Off Beat
Comedy
Crime
Romance
With: Judge Reinhold, Meg Tilly, Cleavant Derricks, Joe Mantegna 1 hr 32 min | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | Wide |
 Band of the Hand
Action
Crime
Drama
With: Stephen Lang, Michael Carmine, Lauren Holly, John Cameron Mitchell 1 hr 49 min | TriStar Pictures | Wide |
 Critters
Comedy
Horror
Sci-Fi
With: Dee Wallace, M. Emmet Walsh, Billy Green Bush, Scott Grimes 1 hr 26 min | New Line Cinema | Limited |
 Violets Are Blue...
Drama
Romance
With: Sissy Spacek, Kevin Kline, Bonnie Bedelia, John Kellogg 1 hr 28 min | Columbia Pictures | Limited |
 The Toxic Avenger
Action
Comedy
Horror
Sci-Fi
With: Andree Maranda, Mitch Cohen, Jennifer Babtist, Cindy Manion 1 hr 22 min | Troma | Limited |
| April 18, 1986 | ||
 Murphy's Law
Action
Crime
Drama
Mystery
Thriller
With: Charles Bronson, Kathleen Wilhoite, Carrie Snodgress, Robert F. Lyons 1 hr 40 min | Cannon Film Distributors | Wide |
 | Universal Pictures | Wide |
 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | Limited |
 Water
Adventure
Comedy
Drama
With: Michael Caine, Valerie Perrine, Brenda Vaccaro, Leonard Rossiter 1 hr 55 min | Atlantic Releasing Corporation | Limited |
 At Close Range
Crime
Drama
With: Sean Penn, Christopher Walken, Mary Stuart Masterson, Chris Penn 1 hr 51 min | Orion Pictures | Limited |
 Absolute Beginners
Drama
Musical
Romance
With: Patsy Kensit, Eddie O'Connell, David Bowie, James Fox 1 hr 48 min | Orion Pictures | Limited |
 Desert Bloom
Drama
Family
Romance
With: Jon Voight, JoBeth Williams, Annabeth Gish, Ellen Barkin 1 hr 45 min | Columbia Pictures | Limited |
| April 25, 1986 | ||
 8 Million Ways to Die
Action
Crime
Drama
Thriller
With: Jeff Bridges, Rosanna Arquette, Alexandra Paul, Randy Brooks 1 hr 55 min | TriStar Pictures | Limited |
Violets Are Blue...
Drama
Romance
With: Sissy Spacek, Kevin Kline, Bonnie Bedelia, John Kellogg 1 hr 28 min | Columbia Pictures | Wide |
 Crimewave
Comedy
Crime
Horror
With: Louise Lasser, Brion James, Paul L. Smith, Sheree J. Wilson 1 hr 26 min | Columbia Pictures | Limited |
 Three Men and a Cradle
Comedy
With: Roland Giraud, Michel Boujenah, André Dussollier, Philippine Leroy-Beaulieu 1 hr 46 min | The Samuel Goldwyn Company | Limited |
 Home of the Brave: A Film by Laurie Anderson
Documentary
Music
With: Laurie Anderson, Joy Askew, Adrian Belew, William S. Burroughs 1 hr 30 min | Cinecom Pictures | Limited |
