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This is a list of films which have placed number one at the weekend box office in the United States during 1985 .[ 1]
Number-one films
#
Weekend end date
Film
Box office
Notes
Ref
1
January 6, 1985 Beverly Hills Cop $11,515,665
[ 2]
2
January 13, 1985 $9,616,239
[ 3]
3
January 20, 1985 $6,475,055
[ 4]
4
January 27, 1985 $8,216,877
[ 5]
5
February 3, 1985 $7,143,280
[ 6]
6
February 10, 1985 $6,026,722
[ 7]
7
February 18, 1985 4-day weekend $7,770,244
[ 8]
8
February 24, 1985 $5,857,274
[ 9]
9
March 3, 1985 $5,114,137
[ 10]
10
March 10, 1985 Witness $4,506,587
Witness reached #1 in its fifth weekend of release after being #2 for the past four weekends.[ 11]
11
March 17, 1985 Beverly Hills Cop $4,614,165
Beverly Hills Cop reclaimed #1 in fifteenth weekend of release.[ 12]
12
March 24, 1985 Friday the 13th: A New Beginning $8,032,883
[ 13]
13
March 31, 1985 Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment $10,675,896
Biggest opening in March ever.
[ 14]
14
April 7, 1985 $8,608,385
[ 15]
15
April 14, 1985 $5,406,970
[ 16]
16
April 21, 1985 $4,052,568
[ 17]
17
April 28, 1985 Stick $3,358,299
[ 18]
18
May 5, 1985 Code of Silence $5,512,461
[ 19]
19
May 12, 1985 $3,583,099
[ 20]
20
May 19, 1985 $2,803,483
[ 21]
21
May 27, 1985 4-day weekend Rambo: First Blood Part II $25,169,330
Rambo: First Blood Part II had the highest weekend debut of 1985 and broke Beverly Hills Cop ' s record ($15.2 million) for highest weekend debut for a R-rated film. It was TriStar Pictures ' first film to gross over $10 million in a weekend.[ 22]
22
June 2, 1985 $14,810,543
[ 23]
23
June 9, 1985 $10,228,608
[ 24]
24
June 16, 1985 $9,162,153
[ 25]
25
June 23, 1985 Cocoon $7,936,427
[ 26]
26
June 30, 1985 Pale Rider $9,119,111
[ 27]
27
July 7, 1985 Back to the Future $11,152,500
[ 28]
28
July 14, 1985 $10,555,133
[ 29]
29
July 21, 1985 $10,315,305
[ 30]
30
July 28, 1985 National Lampoon's European Vacation $12,329,627
[ 31]
31
August 4, 1985 Back to the Future $8,428,452
Back to the Future reclaimed #1 in its fifth weekend of release.[ 32]
32
August 11, 1985 $8,074,395
[ 33]
33
August 18, 1985 $7,252,140
[ 34]
34
August 25, 1985 $6,927,360
[ 35]
35
September 2, 1985 4-day weekend $9,049,668
[ 36]
36
September 8, 1985 $5,214,465
[ 37]
37
September 15, 1985 $4,134,257
[ 38]
38
September 22, 1985 $3,924,156
[ 39]
39
September 29, 1985 Invasion U.S.A. $6,891,609
[ 40]
40
October 6, 1985 Commando $7,700,015
[ 41]
41
October 14, 1985 4-day weekend $6,540,130
[ 42]
42
October 20, 1985 $4,171,033
[ 43]
43
October 27, 1985 Jagged Edge $3,216,053
Jagged Edge reached #1 in its fourth weekend of release.[ 44]
44
November 3, 1985 Death Wish 3 $5,319,116
[ 45]
45
November 10, 1985 $3,161,679
[ 46]
46
November 17, 1985 Once Bitten $4,025,657
[ 47]
47
November 24, 1985 King Solomon's Mines $5,005,788
[ 48]
48
December 1, 1985 Rocky IV $19,991,537
[ 49]
49
December 8, 1985 $11,189,102
[ 50]
50
December 15, 1985 $7,208,991
[ 51]
51
December 22, 1985 $8,445,197
[ 52]
52
December 29, 1985 $10,755,123
[ 53]
Highest-grossing films
Calendar Gross
Highest-grossing films of 1985 by Calendar Gross[ 54]
Rank
Title
Studio(s)
Actor(s)
Director(s)
Gross
1.
Back to the Future Universal Pictures
Michael J. Fox , Christopher Lloyd , Lea Thompson , Crispin Glover and Thomas F. Wilson
Robert Zemeckis
$190,581,407
2.
Beverly Hills Cop Paramount Pictures
Eddie Murphy , Judge Reinhold , John Ashton , Lisa Eilbacher , Steven Berkoff and Ronny Cox
Martin Brest
$157,304,980
3.
Rambo: First Blood Part II TriStar Pictures
Sylvester Stallone , Richard Crenna , Charles Napier , Julia Nickson and Steven Berkoff
George P. Cosmatos
$150,415,432
4.
Rocky IV MGM/UA Entertainment Company
Sylvester Stallone , Talia Shire , Burt Young , Carl Weathers , Brigitte Nielsen and Dolph Lundgren
Sylvester Stallone
$89,102,648
5.
Cocoon 20th Century Fox
Don Ameche , Wilford Brimley , Hume Cronyn , Brian Dennehy , Jack Gilford , Steve Guttenberg , Maureen Stapleton , Jessica Tandy , Gwen Verdon , Herta Ware and Tahnee Welch
Ron Howard
$76,113,124
6.
Witness Paramount Pictures
Harrison Ford , Kelly McGillis , Lukas Haas , Josef Sommer , Jan Rubes and Alexander Godunov
Peter Weir
$68,706,993
7.
The Goonies Warner Bros. Pictures
Sean Astin , Josh Brolin , Jeff Cohen , Corey Feldman , Kerri Green , Martha Plimpton and Ke Huy Quan
Richard Donner
$61,389,680
8.
Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment Bobcat Goldthwait , Steve Guttenberg , Bubba Smith , David Graf , Michael Winslow , Bruce Mahler , Colleen Camp , Art Metrano , Marion Ramsey , Howard Hesseman and George Gaynes
Jerry Paris
$55,600,000
9.
Fletch Universal Pictures
Chevy Chase , Joe Don Baker , Dana Wheeler-Nicholson , Richard Libertini , Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Tim Matheson
Michael Ritchie
$50,612,888
10.
A View to a Kill United Artists
Roger Moore , Tanya Roberts , Grace Jones , Patrick Macnee and Christopher Walken
John Glen
$50,327,960
In-Year Release
Highest-grossing films of 1985 by In-year release[ 55]
Rank
Title
Distributor
Domestic gross
1.
Back to the Future Universal $210,609,762
2.
Rambo: First Blood Part II Tristar $150,415,432
3.
Rocky IV United Artists $127,873,716
4.
The Color Purple Warner Bros. $94,175,854
5.
Out of Africa Universal
$87,071,205
6.
Cocoon Fox $76,113,124
7.
The Jewel of the Nile $75,973,200
8.
Witness Paramount
$68,706,993
9.
The Goonies Warner Bros.
$61,389,680
10.
Spies Like Us $60,088,980
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