Domestic Release Schedule
| Release | Distributor | Scale |
|---|---|---|
| April 4, 1986 | ||
 P.O.W. the Escape
Action
Adventure
Drama
War
With: David Carradine, Charles Grant, Mako, Steve James 1 hr 30 min | Cannon Film Distributors | Limited |
| April 11, 1986 | ||
 Off Beat
Comedy
Crime
Romance
With: Judge Reinhold, Meg Tilly, Cleavant Derricks, Joe Mantegna 1 hr 32 min | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | Wide |
 Band of the Hand
Action
Crime
Drama
With: Stephen Lang, Michael Carmine, Lauren Holly, John Cameron Mitchell 1 hr 49 min | TriStar Pictures | Wide |
 Critters
Comedy
Horror
Sci-Fi
With: Dee Wallace, M. Emmet Walsh, Billy Green Bush, Scott Grimes 1 hr 26 min | New Line Cinema | Limited |
 Violets Are Blue...
Drama
Romance
With: Sissy Spacek, Kevin Kline, Bonnie Bedelia, John Kellogg 1 hr 28 min | Columbia Pictures | Limited |
 The Toxic Avenger
Action
Comedy
Horror
Sci-Fi
With: Andree Maranda, Mitch Cohen, Jennifer Babtist, Cindy Manion 1 hr 22 min | Troma | Limited |
| April 18, 1986 | ||
 Murphy's Law
Action
Crime
Drama
Mystery
Thriller
With: Charles Bronson, Kathleen Wilhoite, Carrie Snodgress, Robert F. Lyons 1 hr 40 min | Cannon Film Distributors | Wide |
 | Universal Pictures | Wide |
 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | Limited |
 Water
Adventure
Comedy
Drama
With: Michael Caine, Valerie Perrine, Brenda Vaccaro, Leonard Rossiter 1 hr 55 min | Atlantic Releasing Corporation | Limited |
 At Close Range
Crime
Drama
With: Sean Penn, Christopher Walken, Mary Stuart Masterson, Chris Penn 1 hr 51 min | Orion Pictures | Limited |
 Absolute Beginners
Drama
Musical
Romance
With: Patsy Kensit, Eddie O'Connell, David Bowie, James Fox 1 hr 48 min | Orion Pictures | Limited |
 Desert Bloom
Drama
Family
Romance
With: Jon Voight, JoBeth Williams, Annabeth Gish, Ellen Barkin 1 hr 45 min | Columbia Pictures | Limited |
| April 25, 1986 | ||
 8 Million Ways to Die
Action
Crime
Drama
Thriller
With: Jeff Bridges, Rosanna Arquette, Alexandra Paul, Randy Brooks 1 hr 55 min | TriStar Pictures | Limited |
Violets Are Blue...
Drama
Romance
With: Sissy Spacek, Kevin Kline, Bonnie Bedelia, John Kellogg 1 hr 28 min | Columbia Pictures | Wide |
 Crimewave
Comedy
Crime
Horror
With: Louise Lasser, Brion James, Paul L. Smith, Sheree J. Wilson 1 hr 26 min | Columbia Pictures | Limited |
 Three Men and a Cradle
Comedy
With: Roland Giraud, Michel Boujenah, André Dussollier, Philippine Leroy-Beaulieu 1 hr 46 min | The Samuel Goldwyn Company | Limited |
 Home of the Brave: A Film by Laurie Anderson
Documentary
Music
With: Laurie Anderson, Joy Askew, Adrian Belew, William S. Burroughs 1 hr 30 min | Cinecom Pictures | Limited |
| May 2, 1986 | ||
 Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling
Biography
Comedy
Drama
With: Richard Pryor, Debbie Allen, Art Evans, Fay Hauser 1 hr 37 min | Columbia Pictures | Wide |
 | Paramount Pictures | Wide |
 No Retreat, No Surrender
Action
Comedy
Crime
Drama
With: Kurt McKinney, Jean-Claude Van Damme, J.W. Fails, Kathie Sileno 1 hr 25 min | New World Pictures | Limited |
 | Orion Classics | Limited |
 Letter to Brezhnev
Comedy
Drama
Romance
With: Peter Firth, Alfred Molina, Tracy Marshak-Nash, Alexandra Pigg 1 hr 34 min | Circle Films | Limited |
| May 9, 1986 | ||
 Short Circuit
Comedy
Family
Sci-Fi
With: Ally Sheedy, Steve Guttenberg, Fisher Stevens, Austin Pendleton 1 hr 38 min | TriStar Pictures | Wide |
 Fire with Fire
Drama
Romance
With: Craig Sheffer, Virginia Madsen, Jon Polito, J.J. Cohen 1 hr 43 min | Paramount Pictures | Wide |
 Dangerously Close
Action
Crime
Thriller
With: John Stockwell, J. Eddie Peck, Carey Lowell, Bradford Bancroft 1 hr 35 min | Cannon Film Distributors | Wide |
Critters
Comedy
Horror
Sci-Fi
With: Dee Wallace, M. Emmet Walsh, Billy Green Bush, Scott Grimes 1 hr 26 min | New Line Cinema | Wide |
