Box Office Game — October 31, 2026 Answer

Here is the Box Office Game answer for Saturday, October 31, 2026 (day #1703 of the game): the weekend of May 9, 1986 — a 1986 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 #1703
The weekend to guessMay 9, 1986Friday — top 5 at the US box office
1
Poster of the #1 movie
Short Circuit
TriStarNew this weekendWeek 1 in release
Weekend$5,346,808Total$5,346,808
2
Poster of the #2 movie
Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling
Columbia PicturesLast week #1Week 2 in release-37.4% vs last week
Weekend$3,054,235Total$9,482,787
3
Poster of the #3 movie
Fire with Fire
ParamountNew this weekendWeek 1 in release
Weekend$1,770,043Total$1,770,043
4
Poster of the #4 movie
Blue City
ParamountLast week #2Week 2 in release-48.8% vs last week
Weekend$1,406,036Total$4,925,851
5
Poster of the #5 movie
The Money Pit
UniversalLast week #3Week 7 in release-27.0% vs last week
Weekend$1,354,540Total$29,616,347

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About the five films

Short Circuit poster

#1 Short Circuit IMDb →

“Something wonderful has happened... No. 5 is alive.”

After a lightning bolt zaps a robot named Number 5, the lovable machine starts to think he's human and escapes the lab. Hot on his trail is his designer, Newton, who hopes to get to Number 5 before the military does. In the meantime, a spunky animal lover mistakes the robot for an alien and takes him in, teaching her new guest about life on Earth.

Director: John Badham · Starring: Ally Sheedy, Steve Guttenberg, Fisher Stevens · Genre: Science Fiction, Comedy, Family · Budget: $10,000,000 · Worldwide: $40,697,761 · Domestic total: $40,697,761
Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling poster

#2 Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling IMDb →

“A comic with one eye on his audience and another eye on the truth.”

Although Jo Jo Dancer has achieved success as a stand-up comedian, he hasn't found happiness. After receiving severe burns in a narcotics-related incident, Jo Jo remains in a coma, and, while in this state, he looks back on his life. Drifting off into memories of his troubled childhood, Jo Jo revisits his youth, recalling his eventual rise to fame and the decadence that followed. As he considers his existence, he must decide if he wants to go on living or not.

Director: Richard Pryor · Starring: Richard Pryor, Debbie Allen, Art Evans · Genre: Drama, Comedy, Fantasy · Budget: $20,000,000 · Worldwide: $18,034,150 · Domestic total: $18,034,150
Fire with Fire poster

#3 Fire with Fire IMDb →

“Two lovers. One chance. No time.”

A tough, street-smart kid serving a sentence in a state youth reformatory meets a beautiful, innocent girl studying at a nearby convent. When forbidden love blossoms between them, they must fight the prison authorities, their parents and the law.

Director: Duncan Gibbins · Starring: Craig Sheffer, Virginia Madsen, Jon Polito · Genre: Drama, Romance · Budget: $0 · Worldwide: $4,636,869 · Domestic total: $4,636,169
Blue City poster

#4 Blue City IMDb →

“It's below Miami and above the law.”

Returning to the small Florida town where he grew up, Billy Turner learns that his father has been killed. With little help from the police, Billy will take matters into his own hands and go up against a ruthless local mob boss in a desperate search to find the killer.

Director: Michelle Manning · Starring: Judd Nelson, Ally Sheedy, David Caruso · Genre: Action, Thriller, Crime · Budget: $10,000,000 · Worldwide: $6,900,000 · Domestic total: $6,947,787
The Money Pit poster

#5 The Money Pit IMDb →

“For everyone who's ever been deeply in love or deeply in debt.”

After being evicted from their Manhattan apartment, a couple buy what looks like the home of their dreams—only to find themselves saddled with a bank-account-draining nightmare. Struggling to keep their relationship together as their rambling mansion falls to pieces around them, the two watch in hilarious horror as everything—including the kitchen sink—disappears into the Money Pit.

Director: Richard Benjamin · Starring: Tom Hanks, Shelley Long, Alexander Godunov · Genre: Comedy, Romance · Budget: $10,000,000 · Worldwide: $54,999,651 · Domestic total: $37,499,651

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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.

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