Rank Release
Genre
Budget
Running Time
Gross Theaters Total Gross Release Date Distributor
Estimated
1 Top Gun - - - $176,781,728 1,531 $176,781,728 May 16 Paramount Pictures
false 2 Crocodile Dundee - - - $116,849,307 1,495 $174,803,506 Sep 26 Paramount Pictures
false 3 The Karate Kid Part II - - - $115,103,979 1,610 $115,103,979 Jun 20 Columbia Pictures
false 4 Back to School - - - $91,258,000 1,751 $91,258,000 Jun 13 Orion Pictures
false 5 Aliens - - - $85,160,248 1,454 $85,160,248 Jul 18 Twentieth Century Fox
false 6 The Color Purple - - - $83,993,103 1,109 $94,175,854 Dec 20 Warner Bros.
false 7 Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home - - - $72,742,016 1,956 $109,713,132 Nov 26 Paramount Pictures
false 8 Ruthless People - - - $70,788,212 1,114 $71,624,879 Jun 27 Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
false 9 Out of Africa - - - $70,365,426 1,102 $87,071,205 Dec 20 Universal Pictures
false 10 Ferris Bueller's Day Off - - - $70,136,369 1,330 $70,136,369 Jun 11 Paramount Pictures
false 11 Down and Out in Beverly Hills - - - $58,093,661 1,084 $62,134,225 Jan 31 Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
false 12 The Color of Money - - - $52,293,982 1,205 $52,293,982 Oct 17 Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
false 13 Stand by Me - - - $52,287,414 848 $52,287,414 Aug 8 Columbia Pictures
false 14 Legal Eagles - - - $49,851,591 1,248 $49,851,591 Jun 20 Universal Pictures
false 15 Cobra - - - $49,042,224 2,131 $49,042,224 May 23 Warner Bros.
false 16 The Jewel of the Nile - - - $46,166,472 1,490 $75,973,200 Dec 13 Twentieth Century Fox
false 17 Police Academy 3: Back in Training - - - $43,579,163 1,788 $43,579,163 Mar 21 Warner Bros.
false 18 The Golden Child - - - $43,144,576 1,714 $79,817,937 Dec 12 Paramount Pictures
false 19 Peggy Sue Got Married - - - $41,382,841 1,107 $41,382,841 Oct 10 TriStar Pictures
false 20 Poltergeist II: The Other Side - - - $40,996,665 1,599 $40,996,665 May 23 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
false 21 Short Circuit - - - $40,697,761 1,310 $40,697,761 May 9 TriStar Pictures
false 22 Pretty in Pink - - - $40,471,663 1,117 $40,471,663 Feb 28 Paramount Pictures
false 23 The Fly - - - $40,456,565 1,201 $40,456,565 Aug 15 Twentieth Century Fox
false 24 Rocky IV - - - $38,771,063 2,254 $127,873,716 Nov 27 United Artists
false 25 About Last Night - - - $38,702,310 887 $38,702,310 Jul 4 TriStar Pictures
false 26 Running Scared - - - $38,500,726 1,376 $38,500,726 Jun 27 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
false 27 The Money Pit - - - $37,499,651 1,193 $37,499,651 Mar 28 Universal Pictures
false 28 Gung Ho - - - $36,611,610 1,175 $36,611,610 Mar 14 Paramount Pictures
false 29 Hannah and Her Sisters - - - $35,392,203 761 $35,392,203 Feb 7 Orion Pictures
false 30 An American Tail - - - $33,590,606 1,249 $47,483,002 Nov 21 Universal Pictures
false 31 Nothing in Common - - - $32,324,557 980 $32,324,557 Aug 1 TriStar Pictures
false 32 Heartbreak Ridge - - - $30,457,580 1,647 $42,724,017 Dec 5 Warner Bros.
false 33 Jumpin' Jack Flash - - - $29,844,101 1,085 $29,844,101 Oct 10 Twentieth Century Fox
false 34 Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives - - - $29,098,792 1,610 $19,472,057 Aug 1 Paramount Pictures
false 35 Murphy's Romance - - - $28,738,755 1,046 $30,867,525 Dec 27 Columbia Pictures
false 36 Soul Man - - - $27,820,000 1,320 $27,820,000 Oct 24 New World Pictures
false 37 Wildcats - - - $26,285,544 1,062 $26,285,544 Feb 14 Warner Bros.
false 38 The Great Mouse Detective - - - $25,336,794 1,198 $25,336,794 Jul 4 Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
false 39 Heartburn - - - $25,314,189 850 $25,314,189 Jul 25 Paramount Pictures
false 40 Spies Like Us - - - $24,796,519 1,700 $60,088,980 Dec 6 Warner Bros.
false 41 Iron Eagle - - - $24,159,872 1,129 $24,159,872 Jan 17 TriStar Pictures
false 42 Three Amigos! - - - $23,314,612 1,466 $39,246,734 Dec 12 Orion Pictures
false 43 Tough Guys - - - $21,458,229 1,266 $21,458,229 Oct 3 Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
false 44 One Hundred and One Dalmatians 1985 Re-release
- - - $21,334,392 1,185 $33,049,729 Dec 20 Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
false 45 F/X - - - $20,603,715 914 $20,603,715 Feb 7 Orion Pictures
false 46 Children of a Lesser God - - - $20,225,105 544 $31,853,080 Oct 3 Paramount Pictures
false 47 Back to the Future - - - $20,028,355 1,550 $211,850,472 Jul 3 Universal Pictures
false 48 House - - - $19,444,631 1,440 $19,444,631 Feb 28 New World Pictures
false 49 Flight of the Navigator - - - $18,564,613 1,024 $18,564,613 Jul 30 Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
false 50 White Nights - - - $18,559,256 1,064 $42,160,849 Nov 22 Columbia Pictures
false 51 Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling - - - $18,034,150 1,203 $18,034,150 May 2 Columbia Pictures
false 52 The Delta Force - - - $17,768,900 1,720 $17,768,900 Feb 14 Cannon Film Distributors
false 53 Song of the South 1986 Re-release
- - - $17,659,346 1,529 $17,659,346 Nov 21 Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
false 54 Howard the Duck - - - $16,295,774 1,563 $16,295,774 Aug 1 Universal Pictures
false 55 Raw Deal - - - $16,209,459 1,733 $16,209,459 Jun 6 De Laurentiis Entertainment Group (DEG)
false 56 Armed and Dangerous - - - $15,945,534 1,557 $15,945,534 Aug 15 Columbia Pictures
false 57 Legend - - - $15,502,112 1,187 $15,502,112 Apr 18 Universal Pictures
false 58 Youngblood - - - $15,448,384 1,354 $15,448,384 Jan 31 United Artists
false 59 Lady and the Tramp 1986 Re-release
- - - $14,603,174 1,375 $31,129,082 Dec 19 Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
false 60 Sleeping Beauty 1986 Re-release
- - - $14,507,449 1,159 $15,120,195 Mar 7 Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
false 61 Psycho III - - - $14,481,606 1,408 $14,481,606 Jul 4 Universal Pictures
false 62 A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge - - - $14,361,040 614 $29,999,213 Nov 1 New Line Cinema
false 63 Little Shop of Horrors - - - $14,230,976 1,183 $38,748,395 Dec 19 Warner Bros.
false 64 Sweet Liberty - - - $14,205,021 1,238 $14,205,021 May 16 Universal Pictures
false 65 One Crazy Summer - - - $13,431,806 984 $13,431,806 Aug 8 Warner Bros.
false 66 Extremities - - - $13,418,091 696 $13,418,091 Aug 22 Atlantic Releasing Corporation
false 67 April Fool's Day - - - $12,947,763 1,202 $12,947,763 Mar 28 Paramount Pictures
false 68 Labyrinth - - - $12,729,917 1,141 $12,729,917 Jun 27 TriStar Pictures
false 69 Critters - - - $12,540,457 633 $13,167,232 Apr 11 New Line Cinema
false 70 Club Paradise - - - $12,308,521 1,186 $12,308,521 Jul 11 Warner Bros.
false 71 Firewalker - - - $11,949,484 1,120 $11,949,484 Nov 21 Cannon Film Distributors
false 72 Big Trouble in Little China - - - $11,100,000 1,092 $11,100,000 Jul 4 Twentieth Century Fox
false 73 Under the Cherry Moon - - - $10,090,429 976 $10,090,429 Jul 4 Warner Bros.
false 74 Murphy's Law - - - $9,947,631 1,260 $9,947,631 Apr 18 Cannon Film Distributors
false 75 Brazil - - - $9,842,217 173 $9,929,135 Dec 18 Universal Pictures
false 76 SpaceCamp - - - $9,697,739 1,024 $9,697,739 Jun 6 Twentieth Century Fox
false 77 Deadly Friend - - - $8,988,731 1,213 $8,988,731 Oct 10 Warner Bros.
false 78 Manhunter - - - $8,620,929 779 $8,620,929 Aug 15 De Laurentiis Entertainment Group (DEG)
false 79 Crimes of the Heart - - - $8,610,264 685 $22,905,522 Dec 12 De Laurentiis Entertainment Group (DEG)
false 80 Blue Velvet - - - $8,551,228 188 $8,551,228 Sep 19 De Laurentiis Entertainment Group (DEG)
false 81 Something Wild - - - $8,362,969 916 $8,362,969 Nov 7 Orion Pictures
false 82 Lucas - - - $8,200,000 629 $8,200,000 Mar 28 Twentieth Century Fox
false 83 Kiss of the Spider Woman - - - $8,196,596 204 $17,005,229 Jul 26 Island Alive
false 84 Care Bears Movie II: A New Generation - - - $8,085,592 1,476 $8,540,346 Mar 7 Columbia Pictures
false 85 The Morning After - - - $8,072,232 955 $25,147,055 Dec 26 Twentieth Century Fox
false 86 Haunted Honeymoon - - - $8,033,397 1,047 $8,033,397 Jul 25 Orion Pictures
false 87 The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 - - - $8,025,872 1,474 $8,025,872 Aug 22 Cannon Film Distributors
false 88 The Best of Times - - - $7,790,931 872 $7,790,931 Jan 31 Universal Pictures
false 89 Quicksilver - - - $7,634,909 1,253 $7,634,909 Feb 14 Columbia Pictures
false 90 Young Sherlock Holmes - - - $7,634,569 1,502 $19,739,575 Dec 6 Paramount Pictures
false 91 A Chorus Line - - - $7,622,219 680 $14,202,899 Dec 13 Columbia Pictures
false 92 Maximum Overdrive - - - $7,433,663 1,198 $7,433,663 Jul 25 De Laurentiis Entertainment Group (DEG)
false 93 Wise Guys - - - $7,327,956 424 $8,475,466 Apr 18 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
false 94 The Name of the Rose - - - $7,153,487 176 $7,153,487 Sep 26 Twentieth Century Fox
false 95 She's Gotta Have It - - - $7,137,502 1 $7,137,502 Aug 8 Island Pictures
false 96 No Mercy - - - $7,017,477 1,206 $12,303,904 Dec 19 TriStar Pictures
false 97 Blue City - - - $6,947,787 1,050 $6,947,787 May 2 Paramount Pictures
false 98 Trick or Treat - - - $6,797,218 1,267 $6,797,218 Oct 24 De Laurentiis Entertainment Group (DEG)
false 99 9½ Weeks - - - $6,735,922 28 $6,735,922 Feb 21 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
false 100 Black Moon Rising - - - $6,637,565 902 $6,637,565 Jan 10 New World Pictures
false 101 Enemy Mine - - - $6,635,375 713 $12,303,411 Dec 20 Twentieth Century Fox
false 102 Runaway Train - - - $6,595,761 965 $7,683,620 Dec 6 Cannon Film Distributors
false 103 The Mosquito Coast - - - $6,548,846 451 $14,302,779 Nov 26 Warner Bros.
false 104 Just Between Friends - - - $6,408,791 352 $6,408,791 Mar 21 Orion Pictures
false 105 Clue - - - $6,297,089 1,022 $14,643,997 Dec 13 Paramount Pictures
false 106 The Boy Who Could Fly - - - $6,042,993 664 $7,177,431 Aug 15 Twentieth Century Fox
false 107 A Fine Mess - - - $6,029,824 1,162 $6,029,824 Aug 8 Columbia Pictures
false 108 My Little Pony: The Movie - - - $5,958,456 1,003 $5,958,456 Jun 6 De Laurentiis Entertainment Group (DEG)
false 109 Highlander - - - $5,900,000 1,040 $5,900,000 Mar 7 Twentieth Century Fox
false 110 The Transformers: The Movie - - - $5,849,647 990 $5,849,647 Aug 8 De Laurentiis Entertainment Group (DEG)
false 111 The Hitcher - - - $5,844,868 794 $5,844,868 Feb 21 TriStar Pictures
false 112 Crossroads - - - $5,839,031 982 $5,839,031 Mar 14 Columbia Pictures
false 113 Mona Lisa - - - $5,794,184 162 $5,794,184 Jun 13 Island Pictures
false 114 Troll - - - $5,450,815 959 $5,450,815 Jan 17 Empire Pictures
false 115 52 Pick-Up - - - $5,186,646 730 $5,186,646 Nov 7 Cannon Film Distributors
false 116 Out of Bounds - - - $5,099,316 1,207 $5,099,316 Jul 25 Columbia Pictures
false 117 Vamp - - - $4,941,117 1,104 $4,941,117 Jul 18 New World Pictures
false 118 Invaders from Mars - - - $4,884,663 1,212 $4,884,663 Jun 6 Cannon Film Distributors
false 119 Band of the Hand - - - $4,865,912 930 $4,865,912 Apr 11 TriStar Pictures
false 120 American Anthem - - - $4,845,724 900 $4,845,724 Jun 27 Columbia Pictures
false 121 Off Beat - - - $4,842,778 1,127 $4,842,778 Apr 11 Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
false 122 Violets Are Blue... - - - $4,743,287 654 $4,743,287 Apr 11 Columbia Pictures
false 123 Avenging Force - - - $4,679,650 500 $4,679,650 Sep 12 Cannon Film Distributors
false 124 Fire with Fire - - - $4,636,169 1,000 $4,636,169 May 9 Paramount Pictures
false 125 Eliminators - - - $4,601,256 993 $4,601,256 Jan 31 Empire Pictures
false 126 Brighton Beach Memoirs - - - $4,370,562 778 $11,957,943 Dec 26 Universal Pictures
false 127 Tai-Pan - - - $4,007,250 860 $4,007,250 Nov 7 De Laurentiis Entertainment Group (DEG)
false 128 My Chauffeur - - - $3,988,208 1,253 $4,781,448 Jan 24 Crown
false 129 No Retreat, No Surrender - - - $3,978,884 371 $4,662,137 May 2 New World Pictures
false 130 The Manhattan Project - - - $3,900,000 834 $3,900,000 Jun 13 Twentieth Century Fox
false 131 Power - - - $3,800,000 770 $3,800,000 Jan 31 Twentieth Century Fox
false 132 King Kong Lives - - - $3,547,830 1,105 $4,711,220 Dec 19 De Laurentiis Entertainment Group (DEG)
false 133 The Wraith - - - $3,500,000 588 $3,500,000 Nov 21 New Century
false 134 Head Office - - - $3,393,807 907 $3,393,807 Jan 3 TriStar Pictures
false 135 Born American - - - $3,388,020 1,071 $3,388,020 Aug 29 - false 136 'Round Midnight - - - $3,272,593 50 $3,272,593 Oct 3 Warner Bros.
false 137 That's Life! - - - $3,272,241 700 $4,079,895 Sep 26 Columbia Pictures
false 138 Twice in a Lifetime - - - $3,142,075 436 $8,402,424 Oct 25 - false 139 Bullies - - - $2,995,527 1,005 $2,995,527 Aug 29 Universal Pictures
false 140 Deadtime Stories - - - $2,750,741 255 $2,750,741 Nov 28 - false 141 Playing for Keeps - - - $2,669,366 1,148 $2,669,366 Oct 3 Universal Pictures
false 142 The Men's Club - - - $2,556,361 532 $2,556,361 Sep 19 Atlantic Releasing Corporation
false 143 Streets of Gold - - - $2,546,238 797 $2,546,238 Nov 14 Twentieth Century Fox
false 144 P.O.W. the Escape - - - $2,497,233 476 $2,497,233 Apr 4 Cannon Film Distributors
false 145 Hey There, It's Yogi Bear - - - $2,438,233 346 $2,438,233 Jan 17 Atlantic Releasing Corporation
false 146 Dangerously Close - - - $2,390,525 827 $2,390,525 May 9 Cannon Film Distributors
false 147 At Close Range - - - $2,347,000 83 $2,347,000 Apr 18 Orion Pictures
false 148 Shanghai Surprise - - - $2,315,683 401 $2,315,683 Aug 29 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
false 149 Sky Bandits - - - $2,295,500 1,335 $2,295,500 Oct 31 - false 150 Nomads - - - $2,278,264 496 $2,278,264 Mar 7 Atlantic Releasing Corporation
false 151 Turtle Diary - - - $2,156,772 40 $2,156,772 Feb 14 The Samuel Goldwyn Company
false 152 Three Men and a Cradle - - - $2,052,466 32 $2,052,466 Apr 25 The Samuel Goldwyn Company
false 153 Rad - - - $2,015,882 286 $2,015,882 Mar 21 TriStar Pictures
false 154 The Clan of the Cave Bear - - - $1,953,732 106 $1,953,732 Jan 17 Warner Bros.
false 155 Jake Speed - - - $1,943,751 795 $1,943,751 May 30 New World Pictures
false 156 Quiet Cool - - - $1,900,000 470 $1,900,000 Nov 7 New Line Cinema
false 157 Platoon - - - $1,757,700 1,564 $138,530,565 Dec 19 Orion Pictures
false 158 Link - - - $1,720,450 435 $1,720,450 Oct 3 Cannon Film Distributors
false 159 Pirates - - - $1,641,825 1,108 $1,641,825 Jul 18 Cannon Film Distributors
false 160 Solarbabies - - - $1,579,260 692 $1,579,260 Nov 26 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
false 161 Clockwise - - - $1,476,356 38 $1,476,356 Oct 10 Universal Pictures
false 162 Ran - - - $1,383,538 30 $3,607,393 Sep 27 Orion Classics
false 163 The Mission - - - $1,344,657 730 $17,218,023 Oct 31 Warner Bros.
false 164 GoBots: Battle of the Rock Lords - - - $1,338,264 1,045 $1,338,264 Mar 21 Atlantic Releasing Corporation
false 165 8 Million Ways to Die - - - $1,305,114 215 $1,305,114 Apr 25 TriStar Pictures
false 166 The Adventures of the American Rabbit - - - $1,268,443 242 $1,268,443 Jan 17 Atlantic Releasing Corporation
false 167 From Beyond - - - $1,261,000 190 $1,261,000 Oct 24 Empire Pictures
false 168 Water - - - $1,256,862 248 $1,256,862 Apr 18 Atlantic Releasing Corporation
false 169 Touch and Go - - - $1,254,040 201 $1,254,040 Aug 22 TriStar Pictures
false 170 Hoosiers - - - $1,137,230 1,048 $28,607,524 Nov 14 Orion Pictures
false 171 Santa Claus - - - $1,102,568 1,585 $23,717,291 Nov 27 TriStar Pictures
false 172 Absolute Beginners - - - $930,211 4 $930,211 Apr 18 Orion Pictures
false 173 The Adventures of Mark Twain - - - $849,915 221 $849,915 Jan 17 Atlantic Releasing Corporation
false 174 Ginger & Fred - - - $837,623 1 $837,623 Mar 28 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
false 175 La Cage aux Folles 3: The Wedding - - - $815,752 49 $345,280 Feb 14 TriStar Pictures
false 176 Nutcracker - - - $781,727 597 $781,727 Nov 26 Atlantic Releasing Corporation
false 177 Fool for Love - - - $755,061 57 $836,156 Dec 6 Cannon Film Distributors
false 178 Night of the Creeps - - - $591,366 70 $591,366 Aug 22 TriStar Pictures
false 179 Nobody's Fool - - - $563,358 290 $563,358 Nov 7 Island Pictures
false 180 Dream Lover - - - $502,237 171 $502,237 Feb 21 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
false 181 'night, Mother - - - $441,863 35 $441,863 Sep 12 Universal Pictures
false 182 Desert Bloom - - - $416,393 15 $416,393 Apr 18 Columbia Pictures
false 183 Weekend Warriors - - - $351,623 75 $351,623 Aug 29 - false 184 TerrorVision - - - $320,256 256 $320,256 Feb 14 Empire Pictures
false 185 Every Time We Say Goodbye - - - $278,623 63 $278,623 Nov 14 TriStar Pictures
false 186 Lady Jane - - - $277,646 14 $277,646 Feb 7 Paramount Pictures
false 187 Willy/Milly - - - $277,405 182 $277,405 Nov 14 - false 188 The Boy in Blue - - - $275,000 44 $275,000 Jan 17 Twentieth Century Fox
false 189 The Gospel According to Vic - - - $267,249 11 $267,249 Oct 17 Skouras Pictures
false 190 Revolution - - - $253,734 30 $358,574 Dec 25 Warner Bros.
false 191 Radioactive Dreams - - - $220,038 90 $220,038 Sep 19 De Laurentiis Entertainment Group (DEG)
false 192 Stripper - - - $90,000 1 $90,000 Jan 31 Twentieth Century Fox
false 193 Hardbodies 2 - - - $78,068 46 $78,068 Sep 12 Cinetel
false 194 Sid and Nancy - - - $75,604 43 $2,826,523 Oct 17 The Samuel Goldwyn Company
false 195 A Room with a View - - - $74,993 150 $20,966,644 Mar 7 Cinecom Pictures
false 196 Betty Blue - - - $48,972 20 $2,003,822 Nov 7 Alive Films
false 197 Witchboard - - - $46,098 1,068 $7,369,373 Dec 31 - false 198 Defense of the Realm - - - $27,770 15 $750,000 Nov 21 Hemdale
false 199 Marlene - - - $21,262 6 $852,676 Nov 7 Alive Films
false 200 Duet for One - - - $7,713 1 $8,736 Dec 25 Cannon Film Distributors
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