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Top 1985 Movies at the Domestic Box Office
See also: Top 1985 International - Top 1985 Worldwide
Other Domestic Cumulative records: All Time Domestic - All Time Domestic (Inf. Adj.) - All Time Animated Domestic - All Time Sequel Domestic - All Time Non-Sequel Domestic - Top 2023 Domestic - Top 2024 Domestic
This chart contains the total domestic box office for movies released in 1985.
See Top Grossing Movies of 1985 for a list of movies that earned most at the domestic box office during 1985, including films released in 1984 and earlier.
| ←Top 1984 Domestic | Top 1986 Domestic→ |
| Rank | Movie | Distributor | Domestic Box Office |
Opening Weekend Box Office |
Max Theater Count |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Back to the Future | Universal | $215,136,452 | $11,332,134 | 1,815 |
| 2 | Rambo: First Blood Part II | Sony/TriStar | $150,415,432 | $25,520,843 | 2,074 |
| 3 | Rocky IV | MGM | $127,873,716 | $19,991,537 | 2,254 |
| 4 | The Color Purple | Warner Bros. | $94,029,472 | $1,710,333 | 1,109 |
| 5 | Out of Africa | Universal | $79,096,868 | $3,637,290 | 1,102 |
| 6 | Cocoon | 20th Cent… | $76,257,348 | $7,936,427 | 1,163 |
| 7 | The Dream is Alive | IMAX Films | $70,000,000 | ||
| 8 | The Jewel of the Nile | 20th Cent… | $68,275,764 | $6,645,455 | 1,490 |
| 9 | Witness | Paramount… | $65,532,576 | $4,539,990 | 1,169 |
| 10 | The Goonies | Warner Bros. | $62,947,466 | $9,105,913 | 1,705 |
| 11 | Spies Like Us | Warner Bros. | $60,083,467 | $8,614,039 | 1,700 |
| 12 | Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment | Warner Bros. | $55,337,042 | $10,675,896 | 1,613 |
| 13 | A View to a Kill | MGM | $50,327,960 | $13,294,435 | 1,583 |
| 14 | National Lampoon's European Vacation | Warner Bros. | $49,400,000 | $12,329,627 | 1,547 |
| 15 | Fletch | Universal | $46,700,000 | $7,022,970 | 1,303 |
| 16 | The Breakfast Club | Universal | $45,875,171 | $5,107,599 | 1,118 |
| 17 | Mask | Universal | $42,417,782 | $135,499 | 1,024 |
| 18 | White Nights | Sony Pict… | $42,160,849 | $477,539 | 1,064 |
| 19 | Pale Rider | Warner Bros. | $41,410,568 | $9,119,111 | 1,710 |
| 20 | Pee Wee's Big Adventure | Warner Bros. | $40,940,662 | $99,184 | 894 |
| 21 | Brewster's Millions | Universal | $40,800,000 | $9,858,905 | 1,521 |
| 22 | Jagged Edge | Sony Pict… | $40,491,165 | $4,094,091 | 1,139 |
| 23 | St. Elmo’s Fire | Sony Pict… | $37,800,000 | $6,128,157 | 1,207 |
| 24 | Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome | Warner Bros. | $36,230,219 | $7,283,714 | 1,475 |
| 25 | Commando | 20th Cent… | $35,073,978 | $7,700,015 | 1,504 |
| 26 | Silverado | Sony Pict… | $33,200,000 | $3,522,897 | 1,190 |
| 27 | Teen Wolf | Atlantic | $33,086,611 | $6,120,348 | 1,425 |
| 28 | The Last Dragon | Sony Pict… | $33,000,000 | $5,254,359 | 1,039 |
| 29 | Murphy's Romance | Sony Pict… | $30,762,621 | $47,906 | 1,046 |
| 30 | Desperately Seeking Susan | Orion Pic… | $27,400,000 | $1,526,098 | 1,180 |
| 31 | Prizzi's Honor | 20th Cent… | $26,700,000 | $4,234,537 | 722 |
| 32 | Agnes of God | Sony Pict… | $25,627,836 | $220,642 | 646 |
| 33 | Fright Night | Sony Pict… | $24,922,237 | $6,118,543 | 1,545 |
| 34 | Summer Rental | Paramount… | $24,671,000 | $5,754,289 | 1,595 |
| 35 | The Emerald Forest | Avco Embassy | $24,468,550 | $4,345,150 | 1,115 |
| 36 | Santa Claus | Sony/TriStar | $23,717,291 | $5,647,160 | 1,585 |
| 37 | The Care Bears Movie | Samuel Go… | $22,934,000 | $3,725,001 | 1,003 |
| 38 | Friday the 13th Part V: A New Beginning | Paramount… | $21,930,418 | $8,032,883 | 1,759 |
| 39 | The Black Cauldron | Walt Disney | $21,288,692 | $4,180,110 | 1,276 |
| 40 | A Nightmare on Elm Street Part 2: Freddy’s Reve… | New Line | $21,163,999 | $2,865,475 | 522 |
| 41 | Porky's Revenge | 20th Cent… | $20,518,000 | $6,207,507 | 1,423 |
| 42 | Code of Silence | Orion Pic… | $20,345,361 | $5,512,461 | 1,810 |
| 43 | Volunteers | Sony/TriStar | $19,875,740 | $5,184,360 | 1,560 |
| 44 | Young Sherlock Holmes | Paramount… | $19,739,000 | $2,528,234 | 1,502 |
| 45 | Year of the Dragon | MGM | $18,707,466 | $4,039,079 | 982 |
| 46 | Ladyhawke | Warner Bros. | $18,400,000 | $3,450,536 | 1,057 |
| 47 | The Sure Thing | Embassy | $18,136,000 | $3,124,782 | 1,115 |
| 48 | Invasion U.S.A. | Cannon | $17,536,256 | $6,891,609 | 1,735 |
| 49 | To Live and Die in L.A. | MGM | $17,307,019 | $3,551,761 | 1,130 |
| 50 | The Falcon and the Snowman | Orion Pic… | $17,130,087 | $2,358,846 | 914 |
| 51 | Weird Science | Universal | $16,316,258 | $4,895,421 | 1,172 |
| 52 | Death Wish 3 | Cannon | $16,116,878 | $5,319,116 | 1,460 |
| 53 | King Solomon's Mines | Cannon | $15,057,465 | $5,005,788 | 1,122 |
| 54 | Kiss of the Spider Woman | Island/Alive | $14,582,182 | $55,962 | 222 |
| 55 | Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins | Orion Pic… | $14,393,902 | $3,376,971 | 1,175 |
| 56 | Baby: Secret of the Lost Legend | Walt Disney | $14,276,095 | $4,035,147 | 1,277 |
| 57 | The Return of the Living Dead | Orion Pic… | $14,237,880 | $4,403,169 | 1,506 |
| 58 | A Chorus Line | Sony Pict… | $14,202,899 | $222,919 | 1,032 |
| 59 | Tomboy | $14,100,000 | |||
| 60 | Sesame Street Presents Follow That Bird | Warner Bros. | $13,961,370 | $2,415,626 | 1,129 |
| 61 | Clue | Paramount… | $13,377,261 | $2,014,166 | 1,022 |
| 62 | One Magic Christmas | Walt Disney | $13,229,514 | $2,662,241 | 827 |
| 63 | Vision Quest | Warner Bros. | $13,000,000 | $2,651,665 | 993 |
| 64 | Real Genius | Sony/TriStar | $12,952,019 | $2,557,180 | 990 |
| 65 | Perfect | Sony Pict… | $12,918,858 | $4,222,810 | 1,344 |
| 66 | Enemy Mine | 20th Cent… | $12,303,411 | $1,594,702 | 713 |
| 67 | Lifeforce | Sony/TriStar | $11,603,545 | $4,209,136 | 1,526 |
| 68 | Just One of the Guys | Sony Pict… | $11,377,655 | $3,307,171 | 1,215 |
| 69 | Krush Groove | Warner Bros. | $11,052,713 | $2,905,293 | 519 |
| 70 | Silver Bullet | Paramount… | $10,803,211 | $4,013,563 | 1,285 |
| 71 | Missing in Action 2: The Beginning | Cannon | $10,755,447 | $3,868,515 | 1,336 |
| 72 | The Purple Rose of Cairo | Orion Pic… | $10,631,333 | $114,095 | 463 |
| 73 | Return to Oz | Walt Disney | $10,618,813 | $2,844,895 | 1,238 |
| 74 | After Hours | Warner Bros. | $10,609,321 | $45,435 | 503 |
| 75 | Moving Violations | 20th Cent… | $10,600,000 | $3,469,488 | 1,325 |
| 76 | Compromising Positions | Paramount… | $10,600,000 | $3,014,756 | 574 |
| 77 | American Ninja | Cannon | $10,499,000 | $3,234,837 | 672 |
| 78 | Better Off Dead... | Warner Bros. | $10,297,601 | $56,371 | 650 |
| 79 | Lost in America | Warner Bros. | $10,079,206 | $53,982 | 316 |
The Domestic Market is defined as the North American movie territory (consisting of the United States, Canada, Puerto Rico and Guam).
This table is updated daily to reflect the latest studio reports.
Note: This chart is not adjusted for inflation.