| Rank | Release
| Genre
| Budget
| Running Time
| Gross | Theaters | Total Gross | Release Date | Distributor
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home | - | - | - | $75,070,006 | 1,956 | $109,713,132 | Nov 26 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 2 | Crocodile Dundee | - | - | - | $56,406,741 | 1,495 | $174,803,506 | Sep 26 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 3 | The Golden Child | - | - | - | $45,597,762 | 1,714 | $79,817,937 | Dec 12 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 4 | An American Tail | - | - | - | $34,496,821 | 1,249 | $47,483,002 | Nov 21 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 5 | Heartbreak Ridge | - | - | - | $31,668,038 | 1,647 | $42,724,017 | Dec 5 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 6 | The Color of Money | - | - | - | $29,706,441 | 1,205 | $52,293,982 | Oct 17 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 7 | Three Amigos! | - | - | - | $24,732,180 | 1,466 | $39,246,734 | Dec 12 | Orion Pictures | false |
| 8 | Peggy Sue Got Married | - | - | - | $18,841,609 | 1,107 | $41,382,841 | Oct 10 | TriStar Pictures | false |
| 9 | Song of the South 1986 Re-release | - | - | - | $17,659,346 | 1,529 | $17,659,346 | Nov 21 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 10 | Soul Man | - | - | - | $17,629,972 | 1,320 | $27,820,000 | Oct 24 | New World Pictures | false |
| 11 | Lady and the Tramp 1986 Re-release | - | - | - | $16,148,836 | 1,375 | $31,129,082 | Dec 19 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 12 | Top Gun | - | - | - | $15,987,019 | 1,531 | $176,781,728 | May 16 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 13 | Little Shop of Horrors | - | - | - | $15,541,211 | 1,183 | $38,748,395 | Dec 19 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 14 | Stand by Me | - | - | - | $13,271,020 | 848 | $52,287,414 | Aug 8 | Columbia Pictures | false |
| 15 | Firewalker | - | - | - | $11,949,484 | 1,120 | $11,949,484 | Nov 21 | Cannon Film Distributors | false |
| 16 | Jumpin' Jack Flash | - | - | - | $10,669,348 | 1,085 | $29,844,101 | Oct 10 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 17 | The Morning After | - | - | - | $9,417,607 | 955 | $25,147,055 | Dec 26 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 18 | Crimes of the Heart | - | - | - | $9,258,845 | 685 | $22,905,522 | Dec 12 | De Laurentiis Entertainment Group (DEG) | false |
| 19 | Something Wild | - | - | - | $8,362,969 | 916 | $8,362,969 | Nov 7 | Orion Pictures | false |
| 20 | Children of a Lesser God | - | - | - | $7,889,630 | 544 | $31,853,080 | Oct 3 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 21 | No Mercy | - | - | - | $7,597,875 | 1,206 | $12,303,904 | Dec 19 | TriStar Pictures | false |
| 22 | The Mosquito Coast | - | - | - | $7,125,827 | 451 | $14,302,779 | Nov 26 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 23 | 52 Pick-Up | - | - | - | $5,186,646 | 730 | $5,186,646 | Nov 7 | Cannon Film Distributors | false |
| 24 | Brighton Beach Memoirs | - | - | - | $5,098,994 | 778 | $11,957,943 | Dec 26 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 25 | Tough Guys | - | - | - | $4,380,614 | 1,266 | $21,458,229 | Oct 3 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 26 | Tai-Pan | - | - | - | $4,007,250 | 860 | $4,007,250 | Nov 7 | De Laurentiis Entertainment Group (DEG) | false |
| 27 | King Kong Lives | - | - | - | $3,821,975 | 1,105 | $4,711,220 | Dec 19 | De Laurentiis Entertainment Group (DEG) | false |
| 28 | The Wraith | - | - | - | $3,500,000 | 588 | $3,500,000 | Nov 21 | New Century | false |
| 29 | The Name of the Rose | - | - | - | $3,403,097 | 176 | $7,153,487 | Sep 26 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 30 | Blue Velvet | - | - | - | $3,320,338 | 188 | $8,551,228 | Sep 19 | De Laurentiis Entertainment Group (DEG) | false |
| 31 | 'Round Midnight | - | - | - | $3,233,949 | 50 | $3,272,593 | Oct 3 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 32 | Deadtime Stories | - | - | - | $2,750,741 | 255 | $2,750,741 | Nov 28 | - | false |
| 33 | Streets of Gold | - | - | - | $2,546,238 | 797 | $2,546,238 | Nov 14 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 34 | Platoon | - | - | - | $1,975,869 | 1,564 | $138,530,565 | Dec 19 | Orion Pictures | false |
| 35 | Quiet Cool | - | - | - | $1,900,000 | 470 | $1,900,000 | Nov 7 | New Line Cinema | false |
| 36 | Solarbabies | - | - | - | $1,579,260 | 692 | $1,579,260 | Nov 26 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false |
| 37 | The Mission | - | - | - | $1,272,087 | 730 | $17,218,023 | Oct 31 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 38 | Hoosiers | - | - | - | $1,137,230 | 1,048 | $28,607,524 | Nov 14 | Orion Pictures | false |
| 39 | Trick or Treat | - | - | - | $1,057,824 | 1,267 | $6,797,218 | Oct 24 | De Laurentiis Entertainment Group (DEG) | false |
| 40 | Nutcracker | - | - | - | $781,727 | 597 | $781,727 | Nov 26 | Atlantic Releasing Corporation | false |
| 41 | Nobody's Fool | - | - | - | $563,358 | 290 | $563,358 | Nov 7 | Island Pictures | false |
| 42 | Sky Bandits | - | - | - | $477,000 | 1,335 | $2,295,500 | Oct 31 | - | false |
| 43 | Every Time We Say Goodbye | - | - | - | $278,623 | 63 | $278,623 | Nov 14 | TriStar Pictures | false |
| 44 | Willy/Milly | - | - | - | $277,405 | 182 | $277,405 | Nov 14 | - | false |
| 45 | The Gospel According to Vic | - | - | - | $252,132 | 11 | $267,249 | Oct 17 | Skouras Pictures | false |
| 46 | From Beyond | - | - | - | $190,947 | 190 | $1,261,000 | Oct 24 | Empire Pictures | false |
| 47 | Witchboard | - | - | - | $53,786 | 1,068 | $7,369,373 | Dec 31 | - | false |
| 48 | Betty Blue | - | - | - | $48,972 | 20 | $2,003,822 | Nov 7 | Alive Films | false |
| 49 | Defense of the Realm | - | - | - | $27,770 | 15 | $750,000 | Nov 21 | Hemdale | false |
| 50 | Marlene | - | - | - | $21,262 | 6 | $852,676 | Nov 7 | Alive Films | false |
| 51 | Duet for One | - | - | - | $8,736 | 1 | $8,736 | Dec 25 | Cannon Film Distributors | false |
