Domestic 1986 Week 1
January 3-9, 1986
Key:New This Week
| Rank | LW | Release | Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Rocky IV | $9,081,352 | -51.5% | 2,254 | +1 | $4,028 | $103,533,233 | 7 | United Artists |
| 2 | 3 | Out of Africa | $8,787,016 | -30.6% | 928 | +6 | $9,468 | $29,111,917 | 3 | Universal Pictures |
| 3 | 6 | One Hundred and One Dalmatians 1985 Re-release | $8,245,121 | +11.4% | 1,185 | +5 | $6,957 | $20,988,937 | 3 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 4 | 2 | The Jewel of the Nile | $7,498,934 | -47.6% | 1,486 | -4 | $5,046 | $41,395,802 | 4 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 5 | 4 | Spies Like Us | $6,275,345 | -48.7% | 1,700 | - | $3,691 | $45,065,326 | 5 | Warner Bros. |
| 6 | 7 | The Color Purple | $5,205,120 | -20.3% | 209 | +7 | $24,904 | $15,683,979 | 3 | Warner Bros. |
| 7 | 5 | White Nights | $4,919,547 | -42.2% | 1,064 | +7 | $4,623 | $30,952,630 | 7 | Columbia Pictures |
| 8 | 9 | Young Sherlock Holmes | $2,451,907 | -41.9% | 1,312 | -190 | $1,868 | $15,763,143 | 5 | Paramount Pictures |
| 9 | 8 | A Chorus Line | $2,420,083 | -43.7% | 680 | +14 | $3,558 | $10,228,065 | 4 | Columbia Pictures |
| 10 | - | Head Office | $2,415,046 | - | 907 | - | $2,662 | $2,415,046 | 1 | TriStar Pictures |
| 11 | 11 | Enemy Mine | $2,096,429 | -43.4% | 700 | -13 | $2,994 | $8,822,217 | 3 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 12 | 10 | Clue | $2,046,497 | -48.9% | 1,012 | -10 | $2,022 | $11,537,879 | 4 | Paramount Pictures |
| 13 | 12 | Back to the Future | $1,936,939 | -45.9% | 737 | -174 | $2,628 | $193,407,206 | 28 | Universal Pictures |
