Domestic Release Schedule
| Release | Distributor | Scale |
|---|---|---|
| October 3, 1986 | ||
 | Universal Pictures | Wide |
 Tough Guys
Comedy
Crime
With: Burt Lancaster, Kirk Douglas, Charles Durning, Alexis Smith 1 hr 44 min | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | Wide |
 | Cannon Film Distributors | Limited |
 Children of a Lesser God
Drama
Romance
With: William Hurt, Marlee Matlin, Piper Laurie, Philip Bosco 1 hr 59 min | Paramount Pictures | Limited |
 'Round Midnight
Drama
Music
With: Dexter Gordon, François Cluzet, Gabrielle Haker, Sandra Reaves-Phillips 2 hr 13 min | Warner Bros. | Limited |
| October 10, 1986 | ||
 Deadly Friend
Drama
Horror
Sci-Fi
Thriller
With: Matthew Labyorteaux, Kristy Swanson, Michael Sharrett, Anne Twomey 1 hr 31 min | Warner Bros. | Wide |
 Jumpin' Jack Flash
Comedy
Romance
Thriller
With: Whoopi Goldberg, Stephen Collins, John Wood, Carol Kane 1 hr 45 min | Twentieth Century Fox | Wide |
 Peggy Sue Got Married
Comedy
Drama
Fantasy
Romance
With: Kathleen Turner, Nicolas Cage, Barry Miller, Catherine Hicks 1 hr 43 min | TriStar Pictures | Wide |
 Clockwise
Comedy
Family
With: John Cleese, Penny Leatherbarrow, Howard Lloyd-Lewis, Jonathan Bowater 1 hr 36 min | Universal Pictures | Limited |
 True Stories
Comedy
Musical
With: David Byrne, John Goodman, Annie McEnroe, Jo Harvey Allen 1 hr 29 min | Warner Bros. | Limited |
 That's Life!
Comedy
Drama
With: Jack Lemmon, Julie Andrews, Sally Kellerman, Robert Loggia 1 hr 42 min | Columbia Pictures | Wide |
| October 17, 1986 | ||
 The Color of Money
Drama
Sport
With: Paul Newman, Tom Cruise, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Helen Shaver 1 hr 59 min | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | Wide |
 The Gospel According to Vic
Comedy
Drama
With: Tom Conti, Helen Mirren, David Hayman, Brian Pettifer 1 hr 32 min | Skouras Pictures | Limited |
 Sid and Nancy
Biography
Drama
Music
Romance
With: Gary Oldman, Chloe Webb, David Hayman, Debby Bishop 1 hr 52 min | The Samuel Goldwyn Company | Limited |
 The Night Stalker
Crime
Drama
Horror
Thriller
With: Charles Napier, Michelle Reese, Katherine Kelly Lang, Robert Viharo 1 hr 33 min | - | Limited |
| October 24, 1986 | ||
 Soul Man
Comedy
Romance
With: C. Thomas Howell, Rae Dawn Chong, Arye Gross, James Earl Jones 1 hr 44 min | New World Pictures | Wide |
 Trick or Treat
Comedy
Horror
Music
With: Marc Price, Tony Fields, Lisa Orgolini, Doug Savant 1 hr 38 min | De Laurentiis Entertainment Group (DEG) | Wide |
 | Empire Pictures | Limited |
| October 31, 1986 | ||
 Sky Bandits
Action
Adventure
War
Western
With: Scott McGinnis, Jeff Osterhage, Ronald Lacey, Miles Anderson 1 hr 45 min | - | Wide |
 The Mission
Adventure
Drama
History
With: Robert De Niro, Jeremy Irons, Ray McAnally, Aidan Quinn 2 hr 5 min | Warner Bros. | Limited |
 Let's Get Harry
Action
Adventure
With: Michael Schoeffling, Tom Wilson, Fidel Abrego, Jere Burns 1 hr 42 min | TriStar Pictures | Limited |
| November 7, 1986 | ||
 Something Wild
Comedy
Crime
Romance
Thriller
With: Jeff Daniels, Melanie Griffith, George 'Red' Schwartz, Leib Lensky 1 hr 54 min | Orion Pictures | Wide |
 | De Laurentiis Entertainment Group (DEG) | Wide |
 | Cannon Film Distributors | Wide |
 | New Line Cinema | Limited |
 Nobody's Fool
Comedy
Drama
Romance
With: Rosanna Arquette, Eric Roberts, Mare Winningham, Jim Youngs 1 hr 47 min | Island Pictures | Limited |
 Betty Blue
Drama
Romance
With: Jean-Hugues Anglade, Béatrice Dalle, Gérard Darmon, Consuelo De Haviland 1 hr 59 min | Alive Films | Limited |
 Marlene
Biography
Documentary
With: Marlene Dietrich, Maximilian Schell, Annie Albers, Bernhard Hall 1 hr 34 min | Alive Films | Limited |
 Modern Girls
Comedy
Drama
Romance
With: Daphne Zuniga, Virginia Madsen, Cynthia Gibb, Clayton Rohner 1 hr 24 min | Atlantic Releasing Corporation | Limited |
