| Rank | Release
| Genre
| Budget
| Running Time
| Gross | Theaters | Total Gross | Release Date | Distributor
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home | - | - | - | $54,971,314 | 1,956 | $109,713,132 | Nov 26 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 2 | The Golden Child | - | - | - | $43,144,576 | 1,714 | $79,817,937 | Dec 12 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 3 | Heartbreak Ridge | - | - | - | $30,457,580 | 1,647 | $42,724,017 | Dec 5 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 4 | Crocodile Dundee | - | - | - | $26,130,201 | 1,495 | $174,803,506 | Sep 26 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 5 | Three Amigos! | - | - | - | $23,314,612 | 1,466 | $39,246,734 | Dec 12 | Orion Pictures | false |
| 6 | An American Tail | - | - | - | $22,330,813 | 1,249 | $47,483,002 | Nov 21 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 7 | Lady and the Tramp 1986 Re-release | - | - | - | $14,603,174 | 1,375 | $31,129,082 | Dec 19 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 8 | Little Shop of Horrors | - | - | - | $14,230,976 | 1,183 | $38,748,395 | Dec 19 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 9 | The Color of Money | - | - | - | $12,117,174 | 1,205 | $52,293,982 | Oct 17 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 10 | Top Gun | - | - | - | $10,476,324 | 1,531 | $176,781,728 | May 16 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 11 | Song of the South 1986 Re-release | - | - | - | $9,009,512 | 1,529 | $17,659,346 | Nov 21 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 12 | Crimes of the Heart | - | - | - | $8,610,264 | 685 | $22,905,522 | Dec 12 | De Laurentiis Entertainment Group (DEG) | false |
| 13 | The Morning After | - | - | - | $8,072,232 | 955 | $25,147,055 | Dec 26 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 14 | Peggy Sue Got Married | - | - | - | $7,506,727 | 1,107 | $41,382,841 | Oct 10 | TriStar Pictures | false |
| 15 | Stand by Me | - | - | - | $7,360,106 | 848 | $52,287,414 | Aug 8 | Columbia Pictures | false |
| 16 | No Mercy | - | - | - | $7,017,477 | 1,206 | $12,303,904 | Dec 19 | TriStar Pictures | false |
| 17 | The Mosquito Coast | - | - | - | $6,440,031 | 451 | $14,302,779 | Nov 26 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 18 | Soul Man | - | - | - | $4,977,355 | 1,320 | $27,820,000 | Oct 24 | New World Pictures | false |
| 19 | Firewalker | - | - | - | $4,686,513 | 1,120 | $11,949,484 | Nov 21 | Cannon Film Distributors | false |
| 20 | Jumpin' Jack Flash | - | - | - | $4,583,218 | 1,085 | $29,844,101 | Oct 10 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 21 | Brighton Beach Memoirs | - | - | - | $4,370,562 | 778 | $11,957,943 | Dec 26 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 22 | King Kong Lives | - | - | - | $3,547,830 | 1,105 | $4,711,220 | Dec 19 | De Laurentiis Entertainment Group (DEG) | false |
| 23 | Something Wild | - | - | - | $2,296,466 | 916 | $8,362,969 | Nov 7 | Orion Pictures | false |
| 24 | Deadtime Stories | - | - | - | $2,042,629 | 255 | $2,750,741 | Nov 28 | - | false |
| 25 | Platoon | - | - | - | $1,757,700 | 1,564 | $138,530,565 | Dec 19 | Orion Pictures | false |
| 26 | The Name of the Rose | - | - | - | $1,690,709 | 176 | $7,153,487 | Sep 26 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 27 | Children of a Lesser God | - | - | - | $1,665,196 | 544 | $31,853,080 | Oct 3 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 28 | The Wraith | - | - | - | $1,150,402 | 588 | $3,500,000 | Nov 21 | New Century | false |
| 29 | Solarbabies | - | - | - | $901,558 | 692 | $1,579,260 | Nov 26 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false |
| 30 | The Mission | - | - | - | $366,444 | 730 | $17,218,023 | Oct 31 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 31 | Hoosiers | - | - | - | $342,559 | 1,048 | $28,607,524 | Nov 14 | Orion Pictures | false |
| 32 | Nutcracker | - | - | - | $329,798 | 597 | $781,727 | Nov 26 | Atlantic Releasing Corporation | false |
| 33 | The Gospel According to Vic | - | - | - | $252,132 | 11 | $267,249 | Oct 17 | Skouras Pictures | false |
| 34 | Witchboard | - | - | - | $46,098 | 1,068 | $7,369,373 | Dec 31 | - | false |
| 35 | Duet for One | - | - | - | $7,713 | 1 | $8,736 | Dec 25 | Cannon Film Distributors | false |
