Domestic Release Schedule
| Release | Distributor | Scale |
|---|---|---|
| October 24, 1986 | ||
 Soul Man
Comedy
Romance
With: C. Thomas Howell, Rae Dawn Chong, Arye Gross, James Earl Jones 1 hr 44 min | New World Pictures | Wide |
 Trick or Treat
Comedy
Horror
Music
With: Marc Price, Tony Fields, Lisa Orgolini, Doug Savant 1 hr 38 min | De Laurentiis Entertainment Group (DEG) | Wide |
 | Empire Pictures | Limited |
| October 31, 1986 | ||
 Sky Bandits
Action
Adventure
War
Western
With: Scott McGinnis, Jeff Osterhage, Ronald Lacey, Miles Anderson 1 hr 45 min | - | Wide |
 The Mission
Adventure
Drama
History
With: Robert De Niro, Jeremy Irons, Ray McAnally, Aidan Quinn 2 hr 5 min | Warner Bros. | Limited |
 Let's Get Harry
Action
Adventure
With: Michael Schoeffling, Tom Wilson, Fidel Abrego, Jere Burns 1 hr 42 min | TriStar Pictures | Limited |
| November 7, 1986 | ||
 Something Wild
Comedy
Crime
Romance
Thriller
With: Jeff Daniels, Melanie Griffith, George 'Red' Schwartz, Leib Lensky 1 hr 54 min | Orion Pictures | Wide |
 | De Laurentiis Entertainment Group (DEG) | Wide |
 | Cannon Film Distributors | Wide |
 | New Line Cinema | Limited |
 Nobody's Fool
Comedy
Drama
Romance
With: Rosanna Arquette, Eric Roberts, Mare Winningham, Jim Youngs 1 hr 47 min | Island Pictures | Limited |
 Betty Blue
Drama
Romance
With: Jean-Hugues Anglade, Béatrice Dalle, Gérard Darmon, Consuelo De Haviland 1 hr 59 min | Alive Films | Limited |
 Marlene
Biography
Documentary
With: Marlene Dietrich, Maximilian Schell, Annie Albers, Bernhard Hall 1 hr 34 min | Alive Films | Limited |
 Modern Girls
Comedy
Drama
Romance
With: Daphne Zuniga, Virginia Madsen, Cynthia Gibb, Clayton Rohner 1 hr 24 min | Atlantic Releasing Corporation | Limited |
| November 14, 1986 | ||
 Streets of Gold
Drama
Sport
With: Klaus Maria Brandauer, Adrian Pasdar, Wesley Snipes, Ángela Molina 1 hr 35 min | Twentieth Century Fox | Wide |
 Willy/Milly
Comedy
Fantasy
With: Pamela Adlon, Patty Duke, Eric Gurry, Mary Tanner Bailey 1 hr 26 min | - | Limited |
 Every Time We Say Goodbye
Drama
Romance
War
With: Tom Hanks, Cristina Marsillach, Benedict Taylor, Anat Atzmon 1 hr 35 min | TriStar Pictures | Limited |
 | Orion Pictures | Limited |
 | Crown | Limited |
 The Decline of the American Empire
Comedy
Drama
With: Dominique Michel, Dorothée Berryman, Louise Portal, Pierre Curzi 1 hr 41 min | - | Limited |
| November 21, 1986 | ||
 Song of the South1986 Re-release
Animation
Comedy
Family
Fantasy
Musical
With: Ruth Warrick, Bobby Driscoll, James Baskett, Luana Patten 1 hr 34 min | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | Wide |
 An American Tail
Adventure
Animation
Comedy
Drama
Family
Musical
With: Dom DeLuise, Christopher Plummer, Erica Yohn, Nehemiah Persoff 1 hr 20 min | Universal Pictures | Wide |
 Firewalker
Action
Adventure
Comedy
With: Chuck Norris, Louis Gossett Jr., Melody Anderson, Will Sampson 1 hr 45 min | Cannon Film Distributors | Wide |
 The Wraith
Action
Horror
Romance
Sci-Fi
Thriller
With: Charlie Sheen, Nick Cassavetes, Sherilyn Fenn, Randy Quaid 1 hr 33 min | New Century | Limited |
 Defense of the Realm
Thriller
With: Gabriel Byrne, Greta Scacchi, Denholm Elliott, Ian Bannen 1 hr 36 min | Hemdale | Limited |
 Space Rage
Action
Sci-Fi
Western
With: Richard Farnsworth, Michael Paré, John Laughlin, Lee Purcell 1 hr 17 min | - | Limited |
| November 26, 1986 | ||
 Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home
Action
Adventure
Comedy
Sci-Fi
With: William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley, James Doohan 1 hr 59 min | Paramount Pictures | Wide |
 Solarbabies
Action
Adventure
Drama
Sci-Fi
With: Richard Jordan, Jami Gertz, Jason Patric, Lukas Haas 1 hr 34 min | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | Wide |
 Nutcracker
Family
Fantasy
Music
With: Hugh Duncan Bigney Mitchell, Vanessa Sharp, Patricia Barker, Wade Walthall 1 hr 29 min | Atlantic Releasing Corporation | Limited |
 The Mosquito Coast
Adventure
Drama
Thriller
With: Harrison Ford, Helen Mirren, River Phoenix, Jadrien Steele 1 hr 57 min | Warner Bros. | Limited |
| November 28, 1986 | ||
 Deadtime Stories
Comedy
Drama
Fantasy
Horror
Mystery
Thriller
With: Scott Valentine, Nicole Picard, Matt Mitler, Cathryn de Prume 1 hr 33 min | - | Limited |
