Box Office
Domestic box office · 1986
The top-grossing releases of the year. Switch between worldwide, domestic, and international — every figure shown both as reported and adjusted for inflation, so films from any era are directly comparable.
| # | Title | Domestic | Adjusted for inflation |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Top Gun | $176.8M | $530.4M |
| 2 | Crocodile Dundee | $174.8M | $524.4M |
| 3 | Platoon | $138.5M | $415.6M |
| 4 | The Karate Kid Part II | $115.1M | $345.3M |
| 5 | Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home | $109.7M | $329.2M |
| 6 | Back to School | $91.3M | $273.8M |
| 7 | Aliens | $85.2M | $255.5M |
| 8 | The Golden Child | $79.8M | $239.5M |
| 9 | Ruthless People | $71.6M | $214.9M |
| 10 | Ferris Bueller's Day Off | $70.1M | $210.4M |
| 11 | Down and Out in Beverly Hills | $62.1M | $186.4M |
| 12 | The Color of Money | $52.3M | $156.9M |
| 13 | Stand by Me | $52.3M | $156.9M |
| 14 | Legal Eagles | $49.9M | $149.6M |
| 15 | Cobra | $49.0M | $147.1M |
| 16 | An American Tail | $47.5M | $142.5M |
| 17 | Police Academy 3: Back in Training | $43.6M | $130.7M |
| 18 | Heartbreak Ridge | $42.7M | $128.2M |
| 19 | Peggy Sue Got Married | $41.4M | $124.2M |
| 20 | Poltergeist II: The Other Side | $41.0M | $123.0M |
| 21 | Short Circuit | $40.7M | $122.1M |
| 22 | Pretty in Pink | $40.5M | $121.4M |
| 23 | The Fly | $40.5M | $121.4M |
| 24 | ¡Three Amigos! | $39.2M | $117.7M |
| 25 | Little Shop of Horrors | $38.7M | $116.3M |
| 26 | About Last Night | $38.7M | $116.1M |
| 27 | Running Scared | $38.5M | $115.5M |
| 28 | The Money Pit | $37.5M | $112.5M |
| 29 | Gung Ho | $36.6M | $109.8M |
| 30 | Hannah and Her Sisters | $35.4M | $106.2M |
| 31 | Nothing in Common | $32.3M | $97.0M |
| 32 | Children of a Lesser God | $31.9M | $95.6M |
| 33 | Lady and the Tramp 1986 Re-release | $31.1M | $93.4M |
| 34 | Jumpin' Jack Flash | $29.8M | $89.5M |
| 35 | Hoosiers | $28.6M | $85.8M |
| 36 | Soul Man | $27.8M | $83.5M |
| 37 | Wildcats | $26.3M | $78.9M |
| 38 | The Great Mouse Detective | $25.3M | $76.0M |
| 39 | Heartburn | $25.3M | $75.9M |
| 40 | The Morning After | $25.1M | $75.4M |
| 41 | Iron Eagle | $24.2M | $72.5M |
| 42 | Crimes of the Heart | $22.9M | $68.7M |
| 43 | Tough Guys | $21.5M | $64.4M |
| 44 | A Room with a View | $21.0M | $62.9M |
| 45 | F/X | $20.6M | $61.8M |
| 46 | Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives | $19.5M | $58.4M |
| 47 | House | $19.4M | $58.3M |
| 48 | Flight of the Navigator | $18.6M | $55.7M |
| 49 | Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling | $18.0M | $54.1M |
| 50 | The Delta Force | $17.8M | $53.3M |
| 51 | Song of the South 1986 Re-release | $17.7M | $53.0M |
| 52 | The Mission | $17.2M | $51.7M |
| 53 | Howard the Duck | $16.3M | $48.9M |
| 54 | Raw Deal | $16.2M | $48.6M |
| 55 | Armed and Dangerous | $15.9M | $47.8M |
| 56 | Legend | $15.5M | $46.5M |
| 57 | Youngblood | $15.4M | $46.3M |
| 58 | Sleeping Beauty 1986 Re-release | $15.1M | $45.4M |
| 59 | Psycho III | $14.5M | $43.4M |
| 60 | The Mosquito Coast | $14.3M | $42.9M |
| 61 | Sweet Liberty | $14.2M | $42.6M |
| 62 | One Crazy Summer | $13.4M | $40.3M |
| 63 | Extremities | $13.4M | $40.3M |
| 64 | Critters | $13.2M | $39.5M |
| 65 | April Fool's Day | $12.9M | $38.8M |
| 66 | Labyrinth | $12.7M | $38.2M |
| 67 | Club Paradise | $12.3M | $36.9M |
| 68 | No Mercy | $12.3M | $36.9M |
| 69 | Brighton Beach Memoirs | $12.0M | $35.9M |
| 70 | Firewalker | $11.9M | $35.9M |
| 71 | Big Trouble in Little China | $11.1M | $33.3M |
| 72 | Under the Cherry Moon | $10.1M | $30.3M |
| 73 | Murphy's Law | $9.9M | $29.8M |
| 74 | SpaceCamp | $9.7M | $29.1M |
| 75 | Deadly Friend | $9.0M | $27.0M |
| 76 | Manhunter | $8.6M | $25.9M |
| 77 | Blue Velvet | $8.6M | $25.7M |
| 78 | Care Bears Movie II: A New Generation | $8.5M | $25.6M |
| 79 | Wise Guys | $8.5M | $25.4M |
| 80 | Something Wild | $8.4M | $25.1M |
| 81 | Lucas | $8.2M | $24.6M |
| 82 | Haunted Honeymoon | $8.0M | $24.1M |
| 83 | The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 | $8.0M | $24.1M |
| 84 | The Best of Times | $7.8M | $23.4M |
| 85 | Quicksilver | $7.6M | $22.9M |
| 86 | Maximum Overdrive | $7.4M | $22.3M |
| 87 | Witchboard | $7.4M | $22.1M |
| 88 | The Boy Who Could Fly | $7.2M | $21.5M |
| 89 | The Name of the Rose | $7.2M | $21.5M |
| 90 | She's Gotta Have It | $7.1M | $21.4M |
| 91 | Blue City | $6.9M | $20.8M |
| 92 | Trick or Treat | $6.8M | $20.4M |
| 93 | 9½ Weeks | $6.7M | $20.2M |
| 94 | Black Moon Rising | $6.6M | $19.9M |
| 95 | Just Between Friends | $6.4M | $19.2M |
| 96 | A Fine Mess | $6.0M | $18.1M |
| 97 | My Little Pony: The Movie | $6.0M | $17.9M |
| 98 | Highlander | $5.9M | $17.7M |
| 99 | The Transformers: The Movie | $5.8M | $17.5M |
| 100 | The Hitcher | $5.8M | $17.5M |
“Adjusted for inflation” restates each gross in today’s dollars using US CPI-U annual averages. Domestic and international views are re-ranked from the year’s top releases; some early years report domestic-only figures.