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Domestic Box Office For Summer 1986
Summer 1986 is May 2-September 1.
Rank
Release
Genre
Budget
Running Time
Gross
Theaters
Total Gross
Release Date
Distributor
Estimated
1
Top Gun
-
-
-
$129,766,727
1,531
$176,781,728
May 16
Paramount Pictures
false
2
The Karate Kid Part II
-
-
-
$97,607,164
1,610
$115,103,979
Jun 20
Columbia Pictures
false
3
Back to School
-
-
-
$79,820,695
1,751
$91,258,000
Jun 13
Orion Pictures
false
4
Aliens
-
-
-
$65,277,823
1,454
$85,160,248
Jul 18
Twentieth Century Fox
false
5
Ferris Bueller's Day Off
-
-
-
$60,372,812
1,330
$70,136,369
Jun 11
Paramount Pictures
false
6
Ruthless People
-
-
-
$58,293,381
1,114
$71,624,879
Jun 27
Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
false
7
Legal Eagles
-
-
-
$49,851,591
1,248
$49,851,591
Jun 20
Universal Pictures
false
8
Cobra
-
-
-
$49,042,224
2,131
$49,042,224
May 23
Warner Bros.
false
9
Poltergeist II: The Other Side
-
-
-
$40,996,665
1,599
$40,996,665
May 23
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
false
10
Short Circuit
-
-
-
$40,697,761
1,310
$40,697,761
May 9
TriStar Pictures
false
11
Running Scared
-
-
-
$38,500,726
1,376
$38,500,726
Jun 27
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
false
12
About Last Night
-
-
-
$32,023,214
887
$38,702,310
Jul 4
TriStar Pictures
false
13
Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives
-
-
-
$29,098,792
1,610
$19,472,057
Aug 1
Paramount Pictures
false
14
The Great Mouse Detective
-
-
-
$25,336,794
1,198
$25,336,794
Jul 4
Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
false
15
Heartburn
-
-
-
$25,314,189
850
$25,314,189
Jul 25
Paramount Pictures
false
16
The Fly
-
-
-
$21,256,465
1,201
$40,456,565
Aug 15
Twentieth Century Fox
false
17
Nothing in Common
-
-
-
$20,874,683
980
$32,324,557
Aug 1
TriStar Pictures
false
18
Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling
-
-
-
$18,034,150
1,203
$18,034,150
May 2
Columbia Pictures
false
19
Raw Deal
-
-
-
$16,209,459
1,733
$16,209,459
Jun 6
De Laurentiis Entertainment Group (DEG)
false
20
Flight of the Navigator
-
-
-
$15,261,922
1,024
$18,564,613
Jul 30
Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
false
21
Howard the Duck
-
-
-
$14,824,944
1,563
$16,295,774
Aug 1
Universal Pictures
false
22
Psycho III
-
-
-
$14,481,606
1,408
$14,481,606
Jul 4
Universal Pictures
false
23
Sweet Liberty
-
-
-
$14,205,021
1,238
$14,205,021
May 16
Universal Pictures
false
24
Labyrinth
-
-
-
$12,729,917
1,141
$12,729,917
Jun 27
TriStar Pictures
false
25
Club Paradise
-
-
-
$12,308,521
1,186
$12,308,521
Jul 11
Warner Bros.
false
26
Armed and Dangerous
-
-
-
$11,664,452
1,557
$15,945,534
Aug 15
Columbia Pictures
false
27
The Money Pit
-
-
-
$11,500,829
1,193
$37,499,651
Mar 28
Universal Pictures
false
28
One Crazy Summer
-
-
-
$11,303,435
984
$13,431,806
Aug 8
Warner Bros.
false
29
Big Trouble in Little China
-
-
-
$11,100,000
1,092
$11,100,000
Jul 4
Twentieth Century Fox
false
30
Stand by Me
-
-
-
$10,529,388
848
$52,287,414
Aug 8
Columbia Pictures
false
31
Under the Cherry Moon
-
-
-
$10,090,429
976
$10,090,429
Jul 4
Warner Bros.
false
32
SpaceCamp
-
-
-
$9,697,739
1,024
$9,697,739
Jun 6
Twentieth Century Fox
false
33
Manhunter
-
-
-
$8,620,929
779
$8,620,929
Aug 15
De Laurentiis Entertainment Group (DEG)
false
34
Haunted Honeymoon
-
-
-
$8,033,397
1,047
$8,033,397
Jul 25
Orion Pictures
false
35
Maximum Overdrive
-
-
-
$7,433,663
1,198
$7,433,663
Jul 25
De Laurentiis Entertainment Group (DEG)
false
36
Critters
-
-
-
$7,188,672
633
$13,167,232
Apr 11
New Line Cinema
false
37
She's Gotta Have It
-
-
-
$7,137,502
1
$7,137,502
Aug 8
Island Pictures
false
38
Blue City
-
-
-
$6,947,787
1,050
$6,947,787
May 2
Paramount Pictures
false
39
Police Academy 3: Back in Training
-
-
-
$6,643,685
1,788
$43,579,163
Mar 21
Warner Bros.
false
40
Legend
-
-
-
$6,409,447
1,187
$15,502,112
Apr 18
Universal Pictures
false
41
Pretty in Pink
-
-
-
$6,332,037
1,117
$40,471,663
Feb 28
Paramount Pictures
false
42
A Fine Mess
-
-
-
$6,029,824
1,162
$6,029,824
Aug 8
Columbia Pictures
false
43
My Little Pony: The Movie
-
-
-
$5,958,456
1,003
$5,958,456
Jun 6
De Laurentiis Entertainment Group (DEG)
false
44
Gung Ho
-
-
-
$5,870,181
1,175
$36,611,610
Mar 14
Paramount Pictures
false
45
Extremities
-
-
-
$5,773,986
696
$13,418,091
Aug 22
Atlantic Releasing Corporation
false
46
The Transformers: The Movie
-
-
-
$5,400,533
990
$5,849,647
Aug 8
De Laurentiis Entertainment Group (DEG)
false
47
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2
-
-
-
$5,271,616
1,474
$8,025,872
Aug 22
Cannon Film Distributors
false
48
Out of Bounds
-
-
-
$5,099,316
1,207
$5,099,316
Jul 25
Columbia Pictures
false
49
Vamp
-
-
-
$4,941,117
1,104
$4,941,117
Jul 18
New World Pictures
false
50
Invaders from Mars
-
-
-
$4,884,663
1,212
$4,884,663
Jun 6
Cannon Film Distributors
false
51
American Anthem
-
-
-
$4,845,724
900
$4,845,724
Jun 27
Columbia Pictures
false
52
Fire with Fire
-
-
-
$4,636,169
1,000
$4,636,169
May 9
Paramount Pictures
false
53
Hannah and Her Sisters
-
-
-
$4,254,994
761
$35,392,203
Feb 7
Orion Pictures
false
54
No Retreat, No Surrender
-
-
-
$3,978,884
371
$4,662,137
May 2
New World Pictures
false
55
Wise Guys
-
-
-
$3,962,338
424
$8,475,466
Apr 18
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
false
56
The Manhattan Project
-
-
-
$3,900,000
834
$3,900,000
Jun 13
Twentieth Century Fox
false
57
Down and Out in Beverly Hills
-
-
-
$3,689,974
1,084
$62,134,225
Jan 31
Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
false
58
Murphy's Law
-
-
-
$2,727,759
1,260
$9,947,631
Apr 18
Cannon Film Distributors
false
59
Dangerously Close
-
-
-
$2,390,525
827
$2,390,525
May 9
Cannon Film Distributors
false
60
The Color Purple
-
-
-
$2,372,159
1,109
$94,175,854
Dec 20
Warner Bros.
false
61
Violets Are Blue...
-
-
-
$2,314,767
654
$4,743,287
Apr 11
Columbia Pictures
false
62
Turtle Diary
-
-
-
$2,108,021
40
$2,156,772
Feb 14
The Samuel Goldwyn Company
false
63
At Close Range
-
-
-
$2,091,296
83
$2,347,000
Apr 18
Orion Pictures
false
64
Three Men and a Cradle
-
-
-
$2,012,872
32
$2,052,466
Apr 25
The Samuel Goldwyn Company
false
65
Jake Speed
-
-
-
$1,943,751
795
$1,943,751
May 30
New World Pictures
false
66
Pirates
-
-
-
$1,641,825
1,108
$1,641,825
Jul 18
Cannon Film Distributors
false
67
Born American
-
-
-
$1,498,828
1,071
$3,388,020
Aug 29
-
false
68
Bullies
-
-
-
$1,067,064
1,005
$2,995,527
Aug 29
Universal Pictures
false
69
Night of the Creeps
-
-
-
$591,366
70
$591,366
Aug 22
TriStar Pictures
false
70
Shanghai Surprise
-
-
-
$498,004
401
$2,315,683
Aug 29
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
false
71
Desert Bloom
-
-
-
$380,032
15
$416,393
Apr 18
Columbia Pictures
false
72
The Boy Who Could Fly
-
-
-
$344,654
664
$7,177,431
Aug 15
Twentieth Century Fox
false
73
Touch and Go
-
-
-
$186,691
201
$1,254,040
Aug 22
TriStar Pictures
false
74
Mona Lisa
-
-
-
$156,595
162
$5,794,184
Jun 13
Island Pictures
false