Weekend Domestic Box Office Chart for August 30th, 1985

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		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(1)	Back to the Future	Universal	Adventure	$9,049,668	+34%	1,550	$5,838	$132,754,418	61
2	(2)	Teen Wolf	Atlantic	Comedy	$5,089,346	-17%	1,425	$3,571	$14,771,885	10
3	(3)	Pee Wee's Big Adventure	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$4,039,924	+1%	894	$4,519	$25,765,490	38
4	new	American Ninja	Cannon	Action	$3,234,837		672	$4,814	$3,234,837	3
5	(4)	Volunteers	Sony/TriStar	Comedy	$3,046,699	-15%	1,123	$2,713	$14,540,201	17
6	new	Compromising Positions	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$3,014,756		570	$5,289	$3,014,756	3
7	(5)	Year of the Dragon	MGM	Drama	$2,597,573	-9%	834	$3,115	$12,881,875	17
8	(-)	Gremlins	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$2,393,775		1,174	$2,039	$2,393,775	451
9	(-)	Ghostbusters	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$1,942,457		888	$2,187	$4,997,948	451
10	(7)	Summer Rental	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$1,926,171	-18%	953	$2,021	$20,198,229	24
11	(8)	National Lampoon's European Vacation	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$1,778,527	+2%	994	$1,789	$46,485,198	38
12	(9)	Cocoon	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$1,778,029	+5%	882	$2,016	$69,183,076	73
13	(6)	The Return of the Living Dead	Orion Pictures	Horror	$1,755,421	-37%	945	$1,858	$12,176,721	17
14	(12)	Silverado	Sony Pictures	Western	$1,298,206	+16%	594	$2,186	$27,748,105	54
15	(13)	Rambo: First Blood Part II	Sony/TriStar	Action	$1,241,951	+12%	672	$1,848	$145,810,737	103
16	(21)	Godzilla 1985	New World	Action	$1,151,582	+126%	386	$2,983	$1,855,341	10
17	(10)	Fright Night	Sony Pictures	Horror	$1,077,404	-31%	536	$2,010	$22,182,808	31
18	(11)	Real Genius	Sony/TriStar	Comedy	$1,059,300	-11%	480	$2,207	$10,126,984	26
19	(14)	Sesame Street Presents Follow That Bird	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$864,572	-17%	830	$1,042	$13,082,687	31
20	(19)	Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome	Warner Bros.	Action	$786,318	+23%	442	$1,779	$36,230,219	54
21	(15)	The Black Cauldron	Walt Disney	Adventure	$621,320	-32%	574	$1,082	$20,656,497	40
22	(22)	The Emerald Forest	Avco Embassy	Drama	$619,057	+58%	331	$1,870	$21,090,106	61
23	(20)	St. Elmo's Fire	Sony Pictures	Drama	$603,602	+14%	402	$1,501	$33,355,312	66
24	(23)	Kiss of the Spider Woman	Island/Alive	Drama	$500,487	+31%	24	$20,854	$1,938,688	38
25	(-)	Day of the Dead	United Film Distribution Co.	Horror	$489,872		161	$3,043	$3,245,976	61
26	(25)	The Goonies	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$415,364	+34%	316	$1,314	$61,389,680	87
27	(27)	The Gods Must Be Crazy	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$340,506	+14%	123	$2,768	$19,659,315	420
28	(26)	Pale Rider	Warner Bros.	Western	$321,564	+6%	345	$932	$41,410,568	66
29	(18)	Warning Sign	20th Century Fox	Drama	$243,953	-66%	241	$1,012	$1,342,747	10
30	(28)	Prizzi's Honor	20th Century Fox	Drama	$232,484	-17%	158	$1,471	$24,680,012	80
31	(24)	The Protector	Warner Bros.	Action	$155,815	-54%	60	$2,597	$661,373	10
32	(29)	American Flyers	Warner Bros.	Drama	$147,090	+2%	17	$8,652	$481,711	17
33	(30)	My Science Project	Walt Disney	Comedy	$99,935	-31%	81	$1,234	$3,837,041	24
34	(33)	Wetherby	MGM/UA Classics	Drama	$74,487	+71%	10	$7,449	$311,936	45
35	(31)	Better Off Dead...	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$62,880	+12%	13	$4,837	$139,078	10
36	(32)	Key Exchange	20th Century Fox	Romantic Comedy	$52,150	+14%	9	$5,794	$247,588	19
37	(34)	A Private Function	Island/Alive	Comedy	$37,024	-2%	15	$2,468	$2,400,352	185
38	(35)	The Hit	Island/Alive	Comedy	$29,527	+82%	6	$4,921	$857,753	178
39	(-)	Movers and Shakers	MGM	Comedy	$6,681		1	$6,681	$311,321	122

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