List of 1985 box office number-one films in the United States

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
1January 6, 1985Beverly Hills Cop$11,515,665[2]
2January 13, 1985$9,616,239[3]
3January 20, 1985$6,475,055[4]
4January 27, 1985$8,216,877[5]
5February 3, 1985$7,143,280[6]
6February 10, 1985$6,026,722[7]
7February 18, 19854-day weekend$7,770,244[8]
8February 24, 1985$5,857,274[9]
9March 3, 1985$5,114,137[10]
10March 10, 1985Witness$4,506,587Witness reached #1 in its fifth weekend of release after being #2 for the past four weekends.[11]
11March 17, 1985Beverly Hills Cop$4,614,165Beverly Hills Cop reclaimed #1 in fifteenth weekend of release.[12]
12March 24, 1985Friday the 13th: A New Beginning$8,032,883[13]
13March 31, 1985Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment$10,675,896Police Academy 2 had the biggest opening in March ever.[14][15]
14April 7, 1985$8,608,385[16]
15April 14, 1985$5,406,970[17]
16April 21, 1985$4,052,568[18]
17April 28, 1985Stick$3,358,299[19]
18May 5, 1985Code of Silence$5,512,461[20]
19May 12, 1985$3,583,099[21]
20May 19, 1985$2,803,483[22]
21May 27, 19854-day weekendRambo: First Blood Part II$25,169,330Rambo: 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.[23]
22June 2, 1985$14,810,543[24]
23June 9, 1985$10,228,608[25]
24June 16, 1985$9,162,153[26]
25June 23, 1985Cocoon$7,936,427[27]
26June 30, 1985Pale Rider$9,119,111[28]
27July 7, 1985Back to the Future$11,152,500[29]
28July 14, 1985$10,555,133[30]
29July 21, 1985$10,315,305[31]
30July 28, 1985National Lampoon's European Vacation$12,329,627[32]
31August 4, 1985Back to the Future$8,428,452Back to the Future reclaimed #1 in its fifth weekend of release.[33]
32August 11, 1985$8,074,395[34]
33August 18, 1985$7,252,140[35]
34August 25, 1985$6,927,360[36]
35September 2, 19854-day weekend$9,049,668[37]
36September 8, 1985$5,214,465[38]
37September 15, 1985$4,134,257[39]
38September 22, 1985$3,924,156[40]
39September 29, 1985Invasion U.S.A.$6,891,609[41]
40October 6, 1985Commando$7,700,015[42]
41October 14, 19854-day weekend$6,540,130[43]
42October 20, 1985$4,171,033[44]
43October 27, 1985Jagged Edge$3,216,053Jagged Edge reached #1 in its fourth weekend of release.[45]
44November 3, 1985Death Wish 3$5,319,116[46]
45November 10, 1985$3,161,679[47]
46November 17, 1985Once Bitten$4,025,657[48]
47November 24, 1985King Solomon's Mines$5,005,788[49]
48December 1, 1985Rocky IV$19,991,537Rocky IV set the record opening for a three-day weekend beating Star Trek III: The Search for Spock's $16.7 million and also recorded the biggest Thanksgiving opening[50][51]
49December 8, 1985$11,189,102[52]
50December 15, 1985$7,208,991[53]
51December 22, 1985$8,445,197[54]
52December 29, 1985$10,755,123[55]

Highest-grossing films

Calendar Gross

Highest-grossing films of 1985 by Calendar Gross[56]

RankTitleStudio(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[57]
Rank Title Distributor Domestic gross
1.Back to the FutureUniversal$210,609,762
2.Rambo: First Blood Part IITristar$150,415,432
3.Rocky IVUnited Artists$127,873,716
4.The Color PurpleWarner Bros.$94,175,854
5.Out of AfricaUniversal$87,071,205
6.Cocoon20th Century Fox$76,113,124
7.The Jewel of the Nile$75,973,200
8.WitnessParamount$68,706,993
9.The GooniesWarner Bros.$61,389,680
10.Spies Like Us$60,088,980


Highest-grossing films by MPAA rating of 1985
G101 Dalmatians (1985 Re-issue)
PGBack to the Future
PG-13The Color Purple
RRambo: First Blood Part II

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See also
Preceded by
1984		 1985 Succeeded by
1986
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