Weekly (Fri-Thu) Domestic Chart Starting on December 27, 1985
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| Movie Title | Distributor | Gross | %LW | Theaters | Theaters Change | Per Theater | Total Gross | Weeks In Release | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | (1) | Rocky IV | MGM | $18,722,303 | +21% | 2,253 | +21 | $8,310 | $94,451,881 | 6 |
| 2 | (2) | The Jewel of the Nile | 20th Century… | $14,315,493 | +51% | 1,490 | +384 | $9,608 | $33,896,868 | 4 |
| 3 | (4) | Out of Africa | Universal | $12,666,927 | +67% | 922 | n/c | $13,739 | $20,324,901 | 3 |
| 4 | (3) | Spies Like Us | Warner Bros. | $12,241,326 | +44% | 1,700 | n/c | $7,201 | $38,789,981 | 4 |
| 5 | (7) | 101 Dalmatians | Walt Disney | $11,002,188 | +106% | 1,180 | +83 | $9,324 | $16,343,816 | 1,302 |
| 6 | (6) | White Nights | Sony Pictures | $8,510,216 | +49% | 1,057 | +10 | $8,051 | $26,033,083 | 6 |
| 7 | (8) | The Color Purple | Warner Bros. | $6,533,016 | +68% | 202 | +10 | $32,342 | $10,478,859 | 3 |
| 8 | (9) | A Chorus Line | Sony Pictures | $4,295,558 | +38% | 666 | +49 | $6,450 | $7,807,982 | 4 |
| 9 | (11) | Young Sherlock Holmes | Paramount Pi… | $4,211,807 | +40% | 1,502 | n/c | $2,804 | $13,301,236 | 5 |
| 10 | (12) | Clue | Paramount Pi… | $4,005,660 | +42% | 1,022 | n/c | $3,919 | $9,491,382 | 3 |
| 11 | (10) | Enemy Mine | 20th Century… | $3,702,132 | +22% | 713 | +10 | $5,192 | $6,725,788 | 2 |
| 12 | (13) | Back to the Future | Universal | $3,583,038 | +98% | 911 | +110 | $3,933 | $191,656,931 | 27 |
| 13 | (5) | Santa Claus | Sony/TriStar | $2,407,685 | -59% | 1,480 | -105 | $1,627 | $23,302,633 | 5 |
| 14 | (-) | Twice in a Lifetime | Bud Yorkin Co. | $1,639,157 | 176 | $9,313 | $1,895,939 | 11 | ||
| 15 | (15) | Jagged Edge | Sony Pictures | $1,032,459 | +77% | 442 | +25 | $2,336 | $38,214,352 | 13 |
| 16 | (16) | King Solomon's Mines | Cannon | $537,412 | +26% | 406 | -86 | $1,324 | $14,533,051 | 6 |
| 17 | (-) | Ran | Rialto Pictures | $447,939 | 17 | $26,349 | $614,791 | 2 | ||
| 18 | (18) | The Gods Must Be Crazy | 20th Century… | $329,420 | +105% | 85 | -3 | $3,876 | $26,211,624 | 78 |
| 19 | (17) | To Live and Die in L.A. | MGM | $285,650 | +58% | 185 | +18 | $1,544 | $15,782,692 | 9 |
| 20 | (19) | Kiss of the Spider Woman | Island/Alive | $246,960 | +87% | 60 | n/c | $4,116 | $12,083,451 | 23 |
| 21 | (20) | Once Bitten | Goldwyn Ente… | $204,056 | +102% | 102 | +17 | $2,001 | $9,791,834 | 7 |
| 22 | (22) | Fool For Love | Cannon | $142,529 | +88% | 11 | +5 | $12,957 | $348,955 | 4 |
| 23 | (21) | Brazil | Universal | $116,687 | +47% | 2 | +1 | $58,344 | $203,605 | 3 |
| 24 | (-) | Murphy's Romance | Sony Pictures | $100,314 | 2 | $50,157 | $121,769 | 2 | ||
| 25 | (-) | Revolution | Warner Bros. | $99,440 | 4 | $24,860 | $133,236 | 2 | ||
| 26 | (24) | Runaway Train | Cannon | $73,662 | +31% | 4 | n/c | $18,416 | $236,683 | 4 |
| 27 | (25) | Wetherby | MGM/UA Classics | $3,216 | +26% | 4 | n/c | $804 | $1,081,615 | 24 |
| 27 | $111,456,250 |