| Title | Weekend | Week | Total | % Change | Total Weeks |
| 1 (2) |  | Mona Lisa (1986) | £394,272 | £551,981 | £1,865,417 | -33% | 3 |
| 2 (new) |  | Top Gun (1986) | £373,000 | £373,000 | £373,000 | new | 1 |
| 3 (3) |  | Poltergeist II: The Other Side (1986) | £125,598 | £182,117 | £826,799 | -66% | 3 |
| 4 (5) |  | Sid & Nancy (1986) | £90,594 | £131,361 | £1,228,121 | -50% | 4 |
| 5 (1) |  | Aliens (1986) | £72,572 | £97,972 | £6,287,979 | -88% | 6 |
| 6 (4) |  | Day of the Dead (1985) | £44,527 | £60,111 | £693,259 | -76% | 4 |
| 7 (6) |  | Highlander (1986) | £26,682 | £34,687 | £3,985,731 | -60% | 6 |
| 8 (7) |  | Flight of the Navigator (1986) | £18,070 | £25,298 | £604,614 | -49% | 5 |
| 9 (8) | | Betty Blue (1986) | £9,196 | £12,415 | £460,298 | -52% | 5 |
| 10 (14) |  | Cobra (1986) | £7,194 | £9,352 | £2,216,511 | 54% | 10 |
| 11 (9) |  | She's Gotta Have It (1986) | £5,948 | £7,732 | £286,098 | -50% | 6 |
| 12 (10) | | Iron Eagle (1986) | £5,402 | £7,833 | £836,429 | -45% | 8 |
| 13 (11) |  | Raw Deal (1986) | £4,811 | £6,254 | £1,039,546 | -50% | 9 |
| 14 (13) |  | Ruthless People (1986) | £3,679 | £4,967 | £1,945,676 | -47% | 10 |
| 15 (12) |  | Caravaggio (1986) | £1,500 | £1,950 | £291,270 | -84% | 6 |