Box Office Game — September 8, 2026 Answer

Here is the Box Office Game answer for Tuesday, September 8, 2026 (day #1650 of the game): the weekend of April 11, 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 #1650
The weekend to guessApril 11, 1986Friday — top 5 at the US box office
1
Poster of the #1 movie
The Money Pit
UniversalLast week #2Week 3 in release-27.8% vs last week
Weekend$3,646,200Total$18,786,405
2
Poster of the #2 movie
Police Academy 3: Back in Training
Warner Bros.Last week #1Week 4 in release-31.8% vs last week
Weekend$3,469,858Total$30,654,609
3
Poster of the #3 movie
Band of the Hand
TriStarNew this weekendWeek 1 in release
Weekend$2,235,720Total$2,235,720
4
Poster of the #4 movie
Gung Ho
ParamountLast week #3Week 5 in release-29.9% vs last week
Weekend$2,033,821Total$26,461,178
5
Poster of the #5 movie
Off Beat
TouchstoneNew this weekendWeek 1 in release
Weekend$2,011,192Total$2,011,192

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About the five films

The Money Pit poster

#1 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
Police Academy 3: Back in Training poster

#2 Police Academy 3: Back in Training IMDb →

“Run for cover!”

When police funding is cut, the Governor announces he must close one of the academies. To make it fair, the two police academies must compete against each other to stay in operation. Mauser persuades two officers in Lassard's academy to better his odds, but things don't quite turn out as expected...

Director: Jerry Paris · Starring: Steve Guttenberg, Bubba Smith, David Graf · Genre: Comedy, Crime · Budget: $12,000,000 · Worldwide: $107,600,000 · Domestic total: $43,579,163
Band of the Hand poster

#3 Band of the Hand IMDb →

“They're back on the mean streets. But this time, they're the good guys.”

An Indian Vietnam veteran trains five street punks in the Everglades to fight vice in Miami.

Director: Paul Michael Glaser · Starring: Stephen Lang, Laurence Fishburne, Lauren Holly · Genre: Crime, Thriller, Drama · Budget: $8,700,000 · Worldwide: $4,865,912 · Domestic total: $4,865,912
Gung Ho poster

#4 Gung Ho IMDb →

“When East meets West, the laughs shift into high gear!”

When a western Pennsylvania auto plant is acquired by a Japanese company, brokering auto worker Hunt Stevenson faces the tricky challenge of mediating the assimilation of two clashing corporate cultures. At one end is the Japanese plant manager and the sycophant who is angling for his position. At the other, a number of disgruntled long-time union members struggle with the new exigencies of Japanese quality control.

Director: Ron Howard · Starring: Michael Keaton, Gedde Watanabe, George Wendt · Genre: Comedy, Drama · Budget: $13,000,000 · Worldwide: $36,611,610 · Domestic total: $36,611,610
Off Beat poster

#5 Off Beat IMDb →

“The Real Life Adventures Of A Make-Believe Cop.”

Joe Gower's job is skating through library shelves, fetching books. A police officer/friend of his is chosen to participate in a charity dance performance. Gower agrees to take his place in the show by posing as a police officer. He falls for a female officer in the show and gets into various scrapes with fellow cops and also crooks. And he dances.

Director: Michael Dinner · Starring: Judge Reinhold, Meg Tilly, Cleavant Derricks · Genre: Comedy · Budget: $10,000,000 · Worldwide: $4,842,778 · Domestic total: $4,842,778

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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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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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