Weekly (Fri-Thu) Domestic Chart Starting on August 15, 1986
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| Movie Title | Distributor | Gross | %LW | Theaters | Theaters Change | Per Theater | Total Gross | Weeks In Release | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | N | The Fly | 20th Century… | $10,955,203 | 1,195 | $9,168 | $10,955,203 | 1 | ||
| 2 | (1) | Aliens | 20th Century… | $6,907,708 | -25% | 1,302 | -93 | $5,305 | $57,606,023 | 5 |
| 3 | N | Armed and Dangerous | Sony Pictures | $6,531,317 | 1,552 | $4,208 | $6,531,317 | 1 | ||
| 4 | (2) | The Karate Kid, Part II | Sony Pictures | $5,428,524 | -10% | 1,570 | -16 | $3,458 | $90,846,225 | 9 |
| 5 | (3) | Top Gun | Paramount Pi… | $5,318,414 | -6% | 1,216 | -65 | $4,374 | $121,114,572 | 14 |
| 6 | (8) | Nothing in Common | Sony/TriStar | $4,741,097 | +16% | 843 | +198 | $5,624 | $14,744,127 | 4 |
| 7 | (6) | Ruthless People | Walt Disney | $3,879,165 | -18% | 1,019 | -58 | $3,807 | $53,244,157 | 8 |
| 8 | N | Manhunter | De Laurentii… | $3,389,485 | 779 | $4,351 | $3,389,485 | 1 | ||
| 9 | (4) | One Crazy Summer | Warner Bros. | $3,377,906 | -39% | 984 | n/c | $3,433 | $8,912,021 | 2 |
| 10 | (9) | Flight of the Navigator | Walt Disney | $2,614,860 | -33% | 961 | -63 | $2,721 | $12,668,431 | 4 |
| 11 | (11) | Heartburn | Paramount Pi… | $2,501,665 | -34% | 802 | -48 | $3,119 | $19,895,887 | 4 |
| 12 | (12) | Back to School | Orion Pictures | $2,487,096 | -25% | 910 | -179 | $2,733 | $76,702,702 | 10 |
| 13 | (5) | Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives | Paramount Pi… | $2,395,524 | -53% | 1,174 | -436 | $2,040 | $17,163,555 | 3 |
| 14 | (13) | About Last Night... | Sony Pictures | $2,376,120 | -17% | 880 | -7 | $2,700 | $29,213,724 | 8 |
| 15 | (15) | Ferris Bueller’s Day Off | Paramount Pi… | $2,099,653 | -21% | 778 | -78 | $2,699 | $57,660,518 | 11 |
| 16 | (7) | Howard the Duck | Universal | $1,686,251 | -61% | 914 | -649 | $1,845 | $14,069,588 | 3 |
| 17 | (14) | The Transformers: The Movie | De Laurentii… | $1,514,796 | -46% | 990 | n/c | $1,530 | $4,331,914 | 2 |
| 18 | (16) | Running Scared | MGM | $1,355,788 | -20% | 682 | n/c | $1,988 | $33,338,075 | 8 |
| 19 | (17) | Legal Eagles | Universal | $1,207,833 | -24% | 547 | -93 | $2,208 | $45,699,424 | 10 |
| 20 | (18) | The Great Mouse Detective | Walt Disney | $800,074 | -26% | 677 | -159 | $1,182 | $23,190,340 | 8 |
| 21 | (23) | Mona Lisa | Island | $530,553 | +32% | 103 | +31 | $5,151 | $2,990,997 | 10 |
| 22 | (20) | A Room with a View | Cinecom | $511,930 | +24% | 100 | +20 | $5,119 | $9,284,323 | 24 |
| 23 | (21) | Stand by Me | Sony Pictures | $461,217 | +12% | 16 | n/c | $28,826 | $872,409 | 2 |
| 24 | (19) | Haunted Honeymoon | Orion Pictures | $354,238 | -55% | 314 | -301 | $1,128 | $7,232,264 | 4 |
| 25 | (22) | Short Circuit | Sony/TriStar | $347,122 | -15% | 257 | -12 | $1,351 | $40,560,961 | 15 |
| 26 | N | The Boy Who Could Fly | 20th Century… | $344,654 | 39 | $8,837 | $344,654 | 1 | ||
| 27 | N | The Whoopee Boys | Paramount Pi… | $201,039 | 82 | $2,452 | $201,039 | 1 | ||
| 28 | (29) | She's Gotta Have It | Island | $94,412 | +65% | 2 | +1 | $47,206 | $151,499 | 2 |
| 29 | (25) | Desert Hearts | Samuel Goldw… | $72,290 | -11% | 23 | n/c | $3,143 | $2,166,174 | 24 |
| 30 | (27) | Hannah and Her Sisters | Orion Pictures | $69,312 | +3% | 34 | +1 | $2,039 | $35,315,760 | 28 |
| 31 | (26) | Belizaire the Cajun | Skouras | $67,381 | -4% | 16 | +1 | $4,211 | $413,885 | 10 |
| 32 | (28) | Three Men and a Cradle | Samuel Goldw… | $55,646 | -15% | 20 | -1 | $2,782 | $1,590,177 | 17 |
| 33 | N | A Man and a Woman: 20 Years Later | Warner Bros. | $40,698 | 1 | $40,698 | $40,698 | 1 | ||
| 34 | (31) | Sincerely Charlotte | New Line | $28,984 | -11% | 5 | +2 | $5,797 | $151,003 | 5 |
| 35 | (30) | Turtle Diary | Goldwyn Ente… | $25,840 | -30% | 14 | -11 | $1,846 | $2,039,786 | 27 |
| 36 | (32) | The Girl in the Picture | Samuel Goldw… | $14,204 | -5% | 4 | -2 | $3,551 | $70,850 | 7 |
| 36 | $74,787,999 |