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.

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

Highest-grossing films

Calendar Gross Highest-grossing films of 1985 by Calendar Gross 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, Ronny Cox, Paul Reiser and Jonathan Banks 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 GooniesWarner 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 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 20th Century 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

+ Highest-grossing films by MPAA rating of 1985 G 101 Dalmatians (1985 Re-issue) PG Back to the Future PG-13 The Color Purple R Rambo: First Blood Part II

See also List of American films — American films by year Lists of box office number-one films

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