Domestic Box Office For December 1986
| Rank | Release | Gross | Max Th | Opening | % of Total | Open Th | Open | Close | Distributor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Platoon | $138,530,565 | 1,564 | $241,080 | 0.2% | 6 | Dec 19 | - | Orion Pictures |
| 2 | The Golden Child | $79,817,937 | 1,714 | $11,549,711 | 14.5% | 1,667 | Dec 12 | - | Paramount Pictures |
| 3 | Heartbreak Ridge | $42,724,017 | 1,647 | $8,100,840 | 19% | 1,470 | Dec 5 | - | Warner Bros. |
| 4 | Three Amigos! | $39,246,734 | 1,466 | $5,939,000 | 15.1% | 1,385 | Dec 12 | - | Orion Pictures |
| 5 | Little Shop of Horrors | $38,748,395 | 1,183 | $3,659,884 | 9.4% | 866 | Dec 19 | - | Warner Bros. |
| 6 | Lady and the Tramp 1986 Re-release | $31,129,082 | 1,375 | $2,804,272 | 9% | 1,355 | Dec 19 | - | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 7 | The Morning After | $25,147,055 | 955 | $5,069,926 | 20.2% | 955 | Dec 26 | - | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 8 | Crimes of the Heart | $22,905,522 | 685 | $1,402,921 | 6.1% | 246 | Dec 12 | - | De Laurentiis Entertainment Group (DEG) |
| 9 | No Mercy | $12,303,904 | 1,206 | $2,198,069 | 17.9% | 1,206 | Dec 19 | - | TriStar Pictures |
| 10 | Brighton Beach Memoirs | $11,957,943 | 778 | $2,580,750 | 21.6% | 775 | Dec 26 | - | Universal Pictures |
| 11 | Witchboard | $7,369,373 | 1,068 | $95,435 | 1.3% | 15 | Dec 31 | - | Palisades Pictures |
| 12 | King Kong Lives | $4,711,220 | 1,105 | $1,172,942 | 24.9% | 1,105 | Dec 19 | - | De Laurentiis Entertainment Group (DEG) |
| 13 | Native Son | $1,301,121 | - | - | - | - | Dec 12 | - | Cinecom Pictures |
| 14 | Duet for One | $8,736 | 1 | $7,149 | 81.8% | 1 | Dec 25 | - | Cannon Film Distributors |
