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MOVIES

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Grosses

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Highest Grossing Films of 1986

This list features movies that have earned the highest box-office revenue during the year 1986.

RANK

FILMS

WORLDWIDE GROSS

1

Top Gun

$357,463,748

2

Crocodile Dundee

$328,203,506

3

Aliens

$183,291,893

4

Platoon

$137,978,395

5

Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home

$133,000,000

6

The Karate Kid, Part II

$115,103,979

7

Back to School

$91,258,000

8

The Golden Child

$79,817,937

9

Ruthless People

$71,624,879

10

Ferris Bueller’s Day Off

$70,178,260

11

Down and Out in Beverly Hills

$62,134,225

12

The Color of Money

$52,293,000

13

Stand by Me

$52,288,650

14

Legal Eagles

$49,851,591

15

Cobra

$49,042,224

16

An American Tail

$47,483,002

17

Police Academy 3: Back in Training

$43,579,163

18

Heartbreak Ridge

$42,724,017

19

Peggy Sue Got Married

$41,382,841

20

Poltergeist II: The Other Side

$40,996,665

21

Short Circuit

$40,697,761

22

Pretty in Pink

$40,476,156

23

Hannah and Her Sisters

$40,084,041

24

Three Amigos

$39,246,734

25

Little Shop of Horrors

$38,747,385

26

About Last Night...

$38,702,310

27

Running Scared

$38,500,726

28

The Fly

$37,585,694

29

The Money Pit

$37,499,651

30

Gung Ho

$36,611,610


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References

The Numbers (2025). Top Grossing Movies of 1986. Available at: https://www.the-numbers.com/market/1986/top-grossing-movies [Accessed 1 December 2025]. Wikipedia (2025). 1986 in Film. Available at: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1986_in_film [Accessed 1 December 2025].
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