Box Office

Top Grossing English Movies in 1985

Rank	Title	Genre(s)	Domestic	Worldwide
1	Back to the Future	Adventure Sci-Fi Comedy	$214,553,307	$385,053,307
2	Beverly Hills Cowgirl Blues	Action	$234,760,478	$316,360,478
3	Rocky IV	Drama Sport	$127,873,716	$300,473,716
4	Rambo: First Blood Part II	Action Adventure Thriller	$150,415,432	$300,400,432
5	Out of Africa	Biography Drama Romance	$87,071,205	$227,514,205
6	The Color Purple	Drama	$98,467,863	$98,468,102
7	The Jewel of the Nile	Action Adventure Comedy	$75,973,200	$96,773,200
8	Witness	Drama Thriller Romance	$68,706,993	$68,707,459
9	The Goonies	Adventure Comedy Family	$63,711,145	$64,538,848
10	Spies Like Us	Adventure Comedy	$60,106,536	$60,106,536
11	Fletch	Mystery Comedy Crime	$50,612,888	$59,612,888
12	Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment	Comedy	$55,600,000	$55,600,000
13	The Breakfast Club	Drama	$45,875,171	$51,525,171
14	A View to a Kill	Action Adventure Thriller	$50,327,960	$50,337,730
15	National Lampoon's European Vacation	Adventure Comedy	$49,364,621	$49,364,621
16	Mask	Drama	$48,230,162	$48,230,162
17	Brewster's Millions	Comedy	$40,833,132	$45,833,132
18	White Nights	Drama	$42,160,849	$42,160,849
19	Pale Rider	Western	$41,410,568	$41,410,568
20	Pee-wee's Big Adventure	Adventure Fantasy Comedy	$41,047,344	$41,048,630
21	Jagged Edge	Drama Mystery Thriller	$40,491,165	$40,491,165
22	Weird Science	Fantasy Comedy	$23,834,048	$38,934,048
23	St. Elmo's Fire	Drama Romance	$37,803,872	$37,803,872
24	Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome	Action Adventure Thriller	$36,230,219	$36,231,434
25	The Killing Fields	Drama History War	$34,700,291	$34,700,291
26	Teen Wolf	Fantasy Comedy Romance	$33,086,611	$33,087,306
27	A Passage to India	Adventure Drama History	$27,187,653	$33,006,105
28	Silverado	Action Western	$32,192,570	$32,192,570
29	Murphy’s Romance	Drama Comedy Romance	$30,867,525	$30,867,525
30	A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge	Thriller Horror	$29,999,213	$29,999,213
31	Desperately Seeking Susan	Drama Comedy	$27,398,584	$27,399,597
32	Prizzi's Honor	Drama Comedy Romance	$26,657,534	$26,657,534
33	The Last Dragon	Action Drama Sport	$25,754,284	$25,755,277
34	Agnes of God	Drama Mystery	$25,627,836	$25,627,836
35	Fright Night	Thriller Horror	$24,922,237	$24,923,853
36	Summer Rental	Comedy	$24,689,703	$24,689,703
37	The Emerald Forest	Action Adventure Drama	$24,468,550	$24,468,550
38	The Care Bears Movie	Adventure Fantasy Comedy	$22,934,622	$22,934,622
39	Friday the 13th: A New Beginning	Mystery Thriller Horror	$21,930,418	$21,930,418
40	The Black Cauldron	Action Adventure Fantasy	$21,288,692	$21,289,084
41	Porky's Revenge	Comedy	$20,518,905	$20,518,905
42	Code of Silence	Action Drama Thriller	$20,345,361	$20,345,361
43	Volunteers	Comedy	$19,875,740	$19,875,740
44	Young Sherlock Holmes	Adventure Mystery Thriller	$19,739,575	$19,739,575
45	Year of the Dragon	Action Drama Thriller	$18,707,466	$18,707,466
46	Ladyhawke	Adventure Drama Fantasy	$18,432,000	$18,432,000
47	The Sure Thing	Drama Comedy Romance	$18,135,531	$18,135,531
48	Invasion U.S.A.	Action Thriller	$17,536,256	$17,536,256
49	To Live and Die in L.A.	Action Drama Thriller	$17,307,019	$17,311,746
50	The Falcon and the Snowman	Biography Drama Thriller	$17,130,087	$17,130,087