Box Office

Top Grossing Movies in 1985

Rank Title Language Genre(s) Domestic Worldwide
1 Back to the Future
English

UK

Adventure

Sci-Fi

Comedy

$214,553,307 $385,053,307
2 Rocky IV
English

UK

Drama

Sport

$127,873,716 $300,473,716
3 Rambo: First Blood Part II
English

UK

Action

Adventure

Thriller

$150,415,432 $300,400,432
4 Out of Africa
English

UK

Biography

Drama

Romance

$87,071,205 $227,514,205
5 The Color Purple
English

UK

Drama

$98,467,863 $98,468,102
6 The Jewel of the Nile
English

UK

Action

Adventure

Comedy

$75,973,200 $96,773,200
7 Cocoon
German

DE

Sci-Fi

$76,113,124 $85,313,124
8 Witness
English

UK

Drama

Thriller

Romance

$68,706,993 $68,706,993
9 The Goonies
English

UK

Adventure

Comedy

Family

$63,711,145 $64,535,652
10 Spies Like Us
English

UK

Adventure

Comedy

$60,106,536 $60,106,536
11 Fletch
English

UK

Mystery

Comedy

Crime

$50,612,888 $59,612,888
12 Commando
Hindi

IN

Action

Adventure

Thriller

$35,100,000 $57,491,000
13 Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment
English

UK

Comedy

$55,600,000 $55,600,000
14 The Breakfast Club
English

UK

Drama

$45,875,171 $51,525,171
15 A View to a Kill
English

UK

Action

Adventure

Thriller

$50,327,960 $50,337,730
16 National Lampoon's European Vacation
English

UK

Adventure

Comedy

$49,364,621 $49,364,621
17 Brewster's Millions
English

UK

Comedy

$40,833,132 $45,833,132
18 White Nights
English

UK

Drama

$42,160,849 $42,160,849
19 Pale Rider
English

UK

Western

$41,410,568 $41,410,568
20 Pee-wee's Big Adventure
English

UK

Adventure

Fantasy

Comedy

$41,047,344 $41,048,373
21 Jagged Edge
English

UK

Drama

Mystery

Thriller

$40,491,165 $40,491,165
22 St. Elmo's Fire
English

UK

Drama

Romance

$37,803,872 $37,803,872
23 Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome
English

UK

Action

Adventure

Thriller

$36,230,219 $36,231,434
24 The Killing Fields
English

UK

Drama

History

War

$34,700,291 $34,700,291
25 Teen Wolf
English

UK

Fantasy

Comedy

Romance

$33,086,611 $33,087,306
26 Silverado
English

UK

Action

Western

$32,192,570 $32,192,570
27 A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge
English

UK

Thriller

Horror

$29,999,213 $29,999,213
28 Desperately Seeking Susan
English

UK

Drama

Comedy

$27,398,584 $27,399,597
29 A Passage to India
English

UK

Adventure

Drama

History

$27,187,653 $27,201,487
30 Prizzi's Honor
English

UK

Drama

Comedy

Romance

$26,657,534 $26,657,534
31 The Last Dragon
English

UK

Action

Drama

Sport

$25,754,284 $25,755,277
32 Agnes of God
English

UK

Drama

Mystery

$25,627,836 $25,627,836
33 Fright Night
English

UK

Thriller

Horror

$24,922,237 $24,923,853
34 Summer Rental
English

UK

Comedy

$24,689,703 $24,689,703
35 The Care Bears Movie
English

UK

Adventure

Fantasy

Comedy

$22,934,622 $22,934,622
36 Friday the 13th: A New Beginning
English

UK

Mystery

Thriller

Horror

$21,930,418 $21,930,418
37 The Black Cauldron
English

UK

Action

Adventure

Fantasy

$21,288,692 $21,289,084
38 Porky's Revenge
English

UK

Comedy

$20,518,905 $20,518,905
39 Code of Silence
English

UK

Action

Drama

Thriller

$20,345,361 $20,345,361
40 Volunteers
English

UK

Comedy

$19,875,740 $19,875,740
41 Young Sherlock Holmes
english

UK

Adventure

Mystery

Thriller

$19,739,575 $19,739,575
42 Year of the Dragon
English

UK

Action

Drama

Thriller

$18,707,466 $18,707,466
43 Ladyhawke
english

UK

Adventure

Drama

Fantasy

$18,432,000 $18,432,000
44 The Sure Thing
English

UK

Drama

Comedy

Romance

$18,135,531 $18,135,531
45 Invasion U.S.A.
English

UK

Action

Thriller

$17,536,256 $17,536,256
46 To Live and Die in L.A.
English

UK

Action

Drama

Thriller

$17,307,019 $17,311,746
47 The Falcon and the Snowman
English

UK

Biography

Drama

Thriller

$17,130,087 $17,130,087
48 Death Wish 3
English

UK

Action

Drama

Thriller

$16,116,878 $16,116,878
49 King Solomon's Mines
English

UK

Action

Adventure

Comedy

$15,057,465 $15,057,465
50 Clue
English

UK

Mystery

Thriller

Comedy

$14,643,997 $14,646,188

© 2025 What's After the Movie?. All rights reserved.