Weekly box office · Friday to Thursday
Apr 18–24, 1986
All 16 films
$30,460,416#1
Legend| # | Film | Studio | Week | Theaters | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Legend | Uni. | $5,657,264 | 1,187 | $5,657,264 |
| 2 | Murphy's Law | Can. | $4,446,414 | 1,260 | $4,446,414 |
| 3 | The Money Pit | Uni. | $3,541,562 | 1,137 | $23,103,232 |
| 4 | Police Academy 3: Back in Training | WB | $3,089,468 | 1,490 | $34,626,805 |
| 5 | Gung Ho | Par. | $2,012,372 | 1,009 | $29,043,956 |
| 6 | Wise Guys | MGM | $1,846,471 | 338 | $1,846,471 |
| 7 | The Color Purple | WB | $1,752,657 | 890 | $88,771,904 |
| 8 | Pretty in Pink | Par. | $1,633,996 | 915 | $32,669,359 |
| 9 | Critters | NL | $1,429,476 | 493 | $3,786,697 |
| 10 | Band of the Hand | TriS | $1,332,976 | 928 | $4,393,696 |
| 11 | Off Beat | BV | $1,287,766 | 1,113 | $3,794,456 |
| 12 | Hannah and Her Sisters | Orion | $1,196,013 | 0 | $28,224,196 |
| 13 | Water | Atl | $728,766 | 248 | $728,766 |
| 14 | At Close Range | Orion | $255,704 | 39 | $255,704 |
| 15 | Violets Are Blue | Col. | $213,150 | 0 | $549,169 |
| 16 | Desert Bloom | Col. | $36,361 | 2 | $36,361 |
Figures as published by Box Office Mojo, read from the Internet Archive's copies of the site. About the sources.