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MOVIES

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Grosses

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Highest Grossing Films of 1985

This list features movies that have earned the highest box-office revenue during the year 1985.

RANK

FILMS

WORLDWIDE GROSS

1

Back to the Future

$388,386,822

2

Rambo: First Blood Part II

$300,400,000

3

Rocky IV

$300,373,716

4

Out of Africa

$258,210,860

5

A View to a Kill

$152,627,960

6

The Color Purple

$94,029,472

7

Cocoon

$76,257,348

8

The Dream is Alive

$70,000,000

9

The Jewel of the Nile

$68,275,764

10

Witness

$65,532,576

11

The Goonies

$63,806,145

12

Spies Like Us

$60,083,467

13

Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment

$55,337,042

14

National Lampoon's European Vacation

$49,400,000

15

Fletch

$46,700,000

16

The Breakfast Club

$45,905,126

17

Brewster's Millions

$45,800,000

18

Mask

$42,417,782

19

White Nights

$42,160,849

20

Pale Rider

$41,410,568

21

Pee Wee's Big Adventure

$40,940,662

22

Jagged Edge

$40,491,165

23

St. Elmo’s Fire

$37,800,000

24

Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome

$36,230,219

25

Commando

$35,078,913

26

Day of the Dead

$34,004,262

27

Silverado

$33,200,000

28

Teen Wolf

$33,086,611

29

The Last Dragon

$33,000,750

30

Murphy's Romance

$30,762,621


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References

The Numbers (2025). Top Grossing Movies of 1985. Available at: https://www.the-numbers.com/market/1985/top-grossing-movies [Accessed 1 December 2025]. Wikipedia (2025). 1985 in Film. Available at: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1985_in_film [Accessed 1 December 2025].
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