Weekly (Fri-Thu) Domestic Chart Starting on August 30, 1985

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  Movie TitleDistributorGross%LWTheatersTheaters
Change
Per
Theater
Total
Gross
Weeks In
Release
1 (1) Back to the Future Universal $9,563,053 -10% 1,550 +27 $6,170 $133,267,803 10
2 (2) Teen Wolf Atlantic $5,311,426 -45% 1,425 +9 $3,727 $14,993,965 2
3 (3) Pee Wee's Big Adventure Warner Bros. $4,711,380 -21% 894 +2 $5,270 $26,436,946 6
4 N American Ninja Cannon $3,972,657   672   $5,912 $3,972,657 1
5 N Compromising Positions Paramount Pi… $3,650,877   570   $6,405 $3,650,877 1
6 (4) Volunteers Sony/TriStar $3,484,941 -19% 1,123 -345 $3,103 $14,978,443 3
7 (5) Year of the Dragon MGM $3,151,939 -25% 834 -136 $3,779 $13,436,241 3
8 (-) Gremlins Warner Bros. $2,788,927   1,174   $2,376 $150,682,580 65
9 (7) Summer Rental Paramount Pi… $2,271,083 -34% 953 -278 $2,383 $20,543,141 4
10 (8) Cocoon 20th Century… $2,240,737 -26% 882 +108 $2,541 $69,645,784 11
11 (-) Ghostbusters Sony Pictures $2,129,119   888   $2,398 $222,348,464 65
12 (9) National Lampoon's European Vacation Warner Bros. $2,073,615 -18% 994 -88 $2,086 $46,780,286 6
13 (6) The Return of the Living Dead Orion Pictures $2,052,868 -48% 945 -555 $2,172 $12,474,168 3
14 (13) Rambo: First Blood Part II Sony/TriStar $1,442,952 -9% 672 +25 $2,147 $146,011,738 16
15 (14) Silverado Sony Pictures $1,371,696 -13% 594 -60 $2,309 $27,821,595 9
16 (19) Godzilla 1985 New World $1,309,188 +86% 386 +151 $3,392 $2,012,947 2
17 (10) Fright Night Sony Pictures $1,290,002 -37% 536 -292 $2,407 $22,395,406 5
18 (11) Real Genius Sony/TriStar $1,221,401 -27% 480 -129 $2,545 $10,289,085 5
19 (-) Day of the Dead United Film … $1,169,058   161   $7,261 $3,925,162 10
20 (12) Sesame Street Presents Follow That Bird Warner Bros. $983,868 -40% 830 -161 $1,185 $13,201,983 5
21 (23) The Emerald Forest Avco Embassy $909,336 +80% 331 +78 $2,747 $21,380,385 10
22 (17) St. Elmo’s Fire Sony Pictures $849,284 +2% 402 +12 $2,113 $33,600,994 10
23 (15) The Black Cauldron Walt Disney $724,386 -51% 574 -35 $1,262 $20,759,563 7
24 (20) Kiss of the Spider Woman Island/Alive $705,595 +18% 24 +3 $29,400 $2,143,796 6
25 (21) The Gods Must Be Crazy 20th Century… $444,774 -20% 123 +16 $3,616 $19,763,583 61
26 (16) Warning Sign 20th Century… $321,960 -71% 241 -180 $1,336 $1,420,754 2
27 (24) Prizzi's Honor 20th Century… $306,823 -37% 158 -6 $1,942 $24,754,351 12
28 (22) The Protector Warner Bros. $209,126 -59% 60 -29 $3,485 $714,684 2
29 (28) American Flyers Warner Bros. $176,206 -16% 17 -3 $10,365 $510,827 3
30 (27) My Science Project Walt Disney $130,416 -46% 81 -38 $1,610 $3,867,522 4
31 (31) Wetherby MGM/UA Classics $90,936 +27% 10 +4 $9,094 $328,385 7
32 (29) Better Off Dead... Warner Bros. $70,015 -8% 13 n/c $5,386 $146,213 2
33 (30) Key Exchange 20th Century… $55,958 -23% 9 n/c $6,218 $251,396 4
34 (32) A Private Function Island/Alive $46,046 -13% 15 n/c $3,070 $2,409,374 27
35 (33) The Hit Island/Alive $34,584 +102% 6 +2 $5,764 $862,810 26
           
35 $61,266,232
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