List of 1986 box office number-one films in the United Kingdom

This is a list of films which have placed number one at the weekly box office in the United Kingdom during 1986.

Number one films[edit]

# Week ending Film Notes Ref
1 3 January 1986 Back to the Future [1]
2 10 January 1986 [2]
3 17 January 1986 [3]
4 24 January 1986 [4]
5 31 January 1986 Rocky IV Rocky IV grossed a record £1,780,894 in its first five days [5][6]
6 7 February 1986 [7]
7 14 February 1986 [8]
8 21 February 1986 [9]
9 28 February 1986 [10]
10 7 March 1986 [11]
11 14 March 1986 Out of Africa [12]
12 21 March 1986 [13]
13 28 March 1986 Clockwise Clockwise reached number one in its second week of release [14]
14 4 April 1986 Bambi (reissue) The reissue of Bambi reached number one in its second week of release [15]
15 11 April 1986 TBD
16 18 April 1986 Out of Africa [16]
17 25 April 1986 [17]
18 2 May 1986 TBD
19 9 May 1986 Out of Africa [18]
20 16 May 1986 Jagged Edge Jagged Edge reached number one in its tenth week of release [19]
21 23 May 1986 The Jewel of the Nile The Jewel of the Nile reached number one in its third week of release [20]
22 30 May 1986 [21]
23 6 June 1986 [22]
24 13 June 1986 [23]
25 20 June 1986 TBD
26 27 June 1986 Down and Out in Beverly Hills [24]
27 4 July 1986 [25]
28 11 July 1986 [26]
29 18 July 1986 Police Academy 3: Back in Training [27]
30 25 July 1986 [28]
31 1 August 1986 The Karate Kid Part II [29]
32 8 August 1986 Cobra [30]
33 15 August 1986 The Karate Kid Part II The Karate Kid Part II returned to number one in its third week of release [31]
34 22 August 1986 Hannah and Her Sisters Hannah and Her Sisters reached number one in its fifth week of release [32]
35 29 August 1986 [33]
36 5 September 1986 Highlander [34]
37 12 September 1986 [35]
38 19 September 1986 Aliens Aliens reached number one in its third week of release [36]
39 26 September 1986 [37]
40 3 October 1986 [38]
41 10 October 1986 Mona Lisa Mona Lisa reached number one in its sixth week of release [39]
42 17 October 1986 [40]
43 24 October 1986 [41]
44 31 October 1986 Cinderella (reissue) Cinderella reached number one in its second week of release [42]
45 7 November 1986 Top Gun Top Gun reached number one in its fifth week of release [43]
46 14 November 1986 [44]
47 21 November 1986 [45]
48 28 November 1986 [46]
49 5 December 1986 [47]
50 12 December 1986 Labyrinth [48]
51 19 December 1986 TBD
52 26 December 1986 TBD

Highest-grossing films[edit]

Highest-grossing films in the U.K. between 1 December 1985 and 30 November 1986

Rank[49] Title
1. Back to the Future
2. Rocky IV
3. Out of Africa
4. Top Gun
5. Santa Claus: The Movie
6. Aliens
7. Police Academy 3: Back in Training
8. Clockwise
9. Teen Wolf
10. The Jewel of the Nile

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Top Films". The Times. Screen International. 10 January 1986. p. 26.
  2. ^ "Top Films". The Times. Screen International. 17 January 1986. p. 32.
  3. ^ "Top Films". The Times. Screen International. 24 January 1986. p. 28.
  4. ^ "Top Films". The Times. Screen International. 31 January 1986. p. 32.
  5. ^ "Top Films". The Times. Screen International. 7 February 1986. p. 32.
  6. ^ Newport, David (3 January 1987). "That Was The Year That Was". Screen International. pp. 8–9.
  7. ^ "Top Films". The Times. Screen International. 14 February 1986. p. 40.
  8. ^ "Top Films". The Times. Screen International. 21 February 1986. p. 32.
  9. ^ "Top Films". The Times. Screen International. 28 February 1986. p. 40.
  10. ^ "Top Films". The Times. Screen International. 7 March 1986. p. 32.
  11. ^ "Top Films". The Times. Screen International. 14 March 1986. p. 32.
  12. ^ "Top Films". The Times. Screen International. 21 March 1986. p. 16.
  13. ^ "Top Films". The Times. Screen International. 1 April 1986. p. 16.
  14. ^ "Top Films". The Times. Screen International. 4 April 1986. p. 16.
  15. ^ "Top Films". The Times. Screen International. 11 April 1986. p. 16.
  16. ^ "Top Films". The Times. Screen International. 25 April 1986. p. 16.
  17. ^ "Top Films". The Times. Screen International. 2 May 1986. p. 16.
  18. ^ "Top Films". The Times. Screen International. 16 May 1986. p. 16.
  19. ^ "Top Films". The Times. Screen International. 23 May 1986. p. 16.
  20. ^ "Top Films". The Times. Screen International. 30 May 1986. p. 16.
  21. ^ "Top Films". The Times. Screen International. 6 June 1986. p. 16.
  22. ^ "Top Films". The Times. Screen International. 13 June 1986. p. 20.
  23. ^ "Top Films". The Times. Screen International. 20 June 1986. p. 16.
  24. ^ "Top Films". The Times. Screen International. 4 July 1986. p. 16.
  25. ^ "Top Films". The Times. Screen International. 11 July 1986. p. 20.
  26. ^ "Top Films". The Times. Screen International. 18 July 1986. p. 20.
  27. ^ "Top Films". The Times. Screen International. 25 July 1986. p. 16.
  28. ^ "Top Films". The Times. Screen International. 1 August 1986. p. 16.
  29. ^ "Top Films". The Times. Screen International. 8 August 1986. p. 16.
  30. ^ "Top Films". The Times. Screen International. 15 August 1986. p. 14.
  31. ^ "Top Films". The Times. Screen International. 22 August 1986. p. 16.
  32. ^ "Top Films". The Times. Screen International. 29 August 1986. p. 16.
  33. ^ "Top Films". The Times. Screen International. 5 September 1986. p. 20.
  34. ^ "Top Films". The Times. Screen International. 12 September 1986. p. 16.
  35. ^ "Top Films". The Times. Screen International. 19 September 1986. p. 20.
  36. ^ "Top Films". The Times. Screen International. 26 September 1986. p. 16.
  37. ^ "Top Films". The Times. Screen International. 3 October 1986. p. 20.
  38. ^ "Top Films". The Times. Screen International. 10 October 1986. p. 26.
  39. ^ "Top Films". The Times. Screen International. 17 October 1986. p. 20.
  40. ^ "Top Films". The Times. Screen International. 24 October 1986. p. 20.
  41. ^ "Top Films". The Times. Screen International. 31 October 1986. p. 26.
  42. ^ "Top Films". The Times. Screen International. 7 November 1986. p. 20.
  43. ^ "Top Films". The Times. Screen International. 14 November 1986. p. 24.
  44. ^ "Top Films". The Times. Screen International. 21 November 1986. p. 24.
  45. ^ "Top Films". The Times. Screen International. 28 November 1986. p. 20.
  46. ^ "Top Films". The Times. Screen International. 5 December 1986. p. 24.
  47. ^ "Top Films". The Times. Screen International. 12 December 1986. p. 22.
  48. ^ "Top Films". The Times. Screen International. 19 December 1986. p. 20.
  49. ^ Swern, Phil (1995). The Guinness book of Box Office Hits. Guinness Publishing. p. 326. ISBN 0-85112-670-7.

Chronology[edit]

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