Box Office Game — August 10, 2026 Answer

Here is the Box Office Game answer for Monday, August 10, 2026 (day #1621 of the game): the weekend of November 8, 1985 — a 1985 box office chart. The clues the game gives you (distributor, last week’s rank, weeks in release and the grosses) are shown for all five films; the titles and posters stay blurred until you tap reveal.

Top 5 answer · Day #1621
The weekend to guessNovember 8, 1985Friday — top 5 at the US box office
1
Poster of the #1 movie
Death Wish 3
CannonLast week #1Week 2 in release-41% vs last week
Weekend$3,161,679Total$10,166,764
2
Poster of the #2 movie
Target
Warner Bros.New this weekendWeek 1 in release
Weekend$2,670,522Total$2,670,522
3
Poster of the #3 movie
Jagged Edge
Columbia PicturesLast week #3Week 6 in release-17% vs last week
Weekend$2,578,353Total$25,788,557
4
Poster of the #4 movie
To Live and Die in L.A.
MGMLast week #2Week 2 in release-29% vs last week
Weekend$2,533,091Total$7,408,930
5
Poster of the #5 movie
Transylvania 6-5000
New WorldNew this weekendWeek 1 in release
Weekend$2,507,542Total$2,507,542

No spoilers — titles and posters stay blurred until you tap.

About the five films

Death Wish 3 poster

#1 Death Wish 3 IMDb →

“He's back in New York bringing justice to the streets...”

Architect/vigilante Paul Kersey arrives back in New York City and is forcibly recruited by a crooked police chief to fight street crime caused by a large gang terrorizing the neighborhoods.

Director: Michael Winner · Starring: Charles Bronson, Deborah Raffin, Ed Lauter · Genre: Action, Crime, Drama · Budget: $9,000,000 · Worldwide: $16,116,878 · Domestic total: $16,116,878
Target poster

#2 Target IMDb →

“The threat. The search. The truth.”

A Texan with a secret past searches Europe with his son after the KGB kidnaps his wife.

Director: Arthur Penn · Starring: Gene Hackman, Matt Dillon, Gayle Hunnicutt · Genre: Action, Thriller · Budget: $0 · Worldwide: $9,023,199 · Domestic total: $9,023,199
Jagged Edge poster

#3 Jagged Edge IMDb →

“When a murder case is this shocking, which do you trust? Your emotions or your evidence?”

After a wealthy heiress is murdered in her beach house, her devastated husband becomes the prime suspect. He hires a lawyer who hasn’t taken a criminal case in years, and as they work together, a complicated romance develops amidst the trial.

Director: Richard Marquand · Starring: Glenn Close, Jeff Bridges, Peter Coyote · Genre: Thriller · Budget: $15,000,000 · Worldwide: $40,491,165 · Domestic total: $40,491,165
To Live and Die in L.A. poster

#4 To Live and Die in L.A. IMDb →

“A federal agent is dead. A killer is loose. And the City of Angels is about to explode.”

When his longtime partner on the force is killed, reckless U.S. Secret Service agent Richard Chance vows revenge, setting out to nab dangerous counterfeit artist Eric Masters.

Director: William Friedkin · Starring: William Petersen, Willem Dafoe, John Pankow · Genre: Crime, Thriller, Action · Budget: $6,000,000 · Worldwide: $17,307,019 · Domestic total: $17,307,019
Transylvania 6-5000 poster

#5 Transylvania 6-5000 IMDb →

“WANTED: Two thrill-seeking reporters, brains optional, looking to dig up the story of the century. For information call...”

Two reporters travel to a strange castle in Transylvania to investigate the apparent reappearance of Frankenstein, and encounter the sensitive Wolfman, the Vampiress Odette and a whole cast of other weirdos.

Director: Rudy De Luca · Starring: Jeff Goldblum, Joseph Bologna, Ed Begley Jr. · Genre: Comedy, Horror, Fantasy · Budget: $3,000,000 · Worldwide: $7,200,000 · Domestic total: $7,196,872

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Box Office Game (boxofficega.me) hands you one weekend from box office history and asks you to name the five highest-grossing films from that weekend, in order. You start with only the weekend date and each film’s weekend gross; every clue you buy (distributor, last week’s rank, total gross, budget, director, cast and so on) costs points off your score. The page above lists exactly those clues for each slot so you can match your own guesses before revealing. This page is part of our complete daily archive, updated every morning.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is Box Office Game?
Box Office Game is a free daily movie trivia game at boxofficega.me, based on an idea from the Blank Check podcast. Each day it picks one weekend from box office history and you have to name that weekend’s top five films, using as few clues as possible.
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