Weekly box office · Friday to Thursday
Aug 22–28, 1986
All 21 films
$61,298,675#1
The Fly| # | Film | Studio | Week | Theaters | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Fly | Fox | $7,126,158 | 1,201 | $18,081,361 |
| 2 | Stand by Me | Col. | $6,022,475 | 745 | $6,894,884 |
| 3 | Top Gun | Par. | $5,206,339 | 1,201 | $126,320,911 |
| 4 | Aliens | Fox | $5,162,196 | 1,280 | $62,768,219 |
| 5 | The Karate Kid Part II | Col. | $4,325,479 | 1,549 | $95,171,704 |
| 6 | The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 | Can. | $3,973,024 | 1,474 | $3,973,024 |
| 7 | Armed and Dangerous | Col. | $3,885,195 | 1,557 | $10,416,512 |
| 8 | Extremities | Atl | $3,884,034 | 605 | $3,884,034 |
| 9 | Nothing in Common | TriS | $3,829,832 | 951 | $18,573,959 |
| 10 | Ruthless People | BV | $3,192,056 | 954 | $56,436,213 |
| 11 | Manhunter | DEG | $1,971,392 | 767 | $5,360,877 |
| 12 | Back to School | Orion | $1,936,285 | 779 | $78,638,987 |
| 13 | Flight of the Navigator | BV | $1,834,679 | 916 | $14,503,110 |
| 14 | One Crazy Summer | WB | $1,826,158 | 792 | $10,738,179 |
| 15 | Ferris Bueller's Day Off | Par. | $1,814,654 | 685 | $59,475,172 |
| 16 | About Last Night... | TriS | $1,799,558 | 787 | $31,013,282 |
| 17 | Heartburn | Par. | $1,617,657 | 699 | $21,513,544 |
| 18 | Transformers: The Movie | DEG | $831,731 | 846 | $5,163,645 |
| 19 | Howard the Duck | Uni. | $569,100 | 349 | $14,638,688 |
| 20 | Night of the Creeps | TriS | $303,982 | 70 | $303,982 |
| 21 | Touch and Go | TriS | $186,691 | 51 | $186,691 |
Figures as published by Box Office Mojo, read from the Internet Archive's copies of the site. About the sources.