Domestic 1986 Weekend 1
January 3-5, 1986
Key:New This Week
| Rank | LW | Release | Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Rocky IV | $7,147,074 | -33.5% | 2,254 | +1 | $3,170 | $101,598,955 | 6 | United Artists |
| 2 | 4 | Out of Africa | $6,360,296 | -2.2% | 928 | +6 | $6,853 | $26,685,197 | 3 | Universal Pictures |
| 3 | 2 | The Jewel of the Nile | $5,891,527 | -26.5% | 1,486 | -4 | $3,964 | $39,788,395 | 4 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 4 | 3 | Spies Like Us | $4,964,229 | -29.3% | 1,700 | - | $2,920 | $43,754,210 | 5 | Warner Bros. |
| 5 | 5 | One Hundred and One Dalmatians 1985 Re-release | $4,001,743 | -30% | 1,185 | +5 | $3,376 | $16,745,559 | 3 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 6 | 6 | White Nights | $3,834,834 | -20.3% | 1,064 | +7 | $3,604 | $29,867,917 | 7 | Columbia Pictures |
| 7 | 7 | The Color Purple | $3,438,463 | +8.7% | 209 | +7 | $16,451 | $13,917,322 | 3 | Warner Bros. |
| 8 | - | Head Office | $1,937,934 | - | 907 | - | $2,136 | $1,937,934 | 1 | TriStar Pictures |
| 9 | 8 | A Chorus Line | $1,877,225 | -23.6% | 680 | +14 | $2,760 | $9,685,207 | 4 | Columbia Pictures |
| 10 | 9 | Young Sherlock Holmes | $1,877,060 | -17.1% | 1,312 | -190 | $1,430 | $15,188,296 | 5 | Paramount Pictures |
| 11 | 10 | Clue | $1,640,575 | -23.3% | 1,012 | -10 | $1,621 | $11,131,957 | 4 | Paramount Pictures |
| 12 | 11 | Enemy Mine | $1,571,939 | -20.2% | 700 | -13 | $2,245 | $8,297,727 | 3 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 13 | 12 | Back to the Future | $1,487,514 | -20% | 722 | -189 | $2,060 | $192,957,781 | 27 | Universal Pictures |
| 14 | - | Twice in a Lifetime | $1,036,429 | - | 189 | - | $5,483 | - | 11 | - |
