The Top Movies, Weekend of August 2, 1985

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(2)	Back to the Future	Universal	Adventure	$8,687,291	-8.45%	1,516	$5,730	$81,939,179	33
2	(1)	National Lampoon's European Vacation	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$7,365,477	-40.26%	1,546	$4,764	$27,368,115	10
3	(new)	Fright Night	Columbia	Horror	$6,118,543		1,542	$3,968	$6,118,543	3
4	(new)	Weird Science	Universal	Comedy	$4,895,421		1,158	$4,227	$4,895,421	3
5	(3)	The Black Cauldron	Buena Vista	Adventure	$3,072,085	-26.51%	1,252	$2,454	$11,513,298	12
6	(6)	Cocoon	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$2,561,039	-18.91%	948	$2,702	$56,480,078	45
7	(5)	Silverado	Columbia	Western	$2,512,627	-22.24%	1,040	$2,416	$19,181,357	26
8	(new)	Sesame Street Presents Follow That Bird	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$2,415,626		1,129	$2,140	$2,415,626	3
9	(4)	Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome	Warner Bros.	Action	$2,274,280	-36.73%	1,139	$1,997	$29,952,130	26
10	(7)	Rambo: First Blood Part II	Sony/TriStar	Action	$2,155,710	-25.23%	1,024	$2,105	$138,276,829	75
11	(9)	St. Elmo's Fire	Columbia	Drama	$1,346,770	-16.66%	698	$1,929	$28,549,152	38
12	(8)	Pale Rider	Warner Bros.	Western	$1,111,656	-37.38%	887	$1,253	$38,259,457	38
13	(12)	The Emerald Forest	Avco Embassy	Drama	$936,567	-28.05%	887	$1,056	$17,499,136	33
14	(10)	The Heavenly Kid	Orion Pictures	Romantic Comedy	$804,690	-50.15%	868	$927	$3,342,314	10
15	(13)	The Goonies	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$733,756	-28.63%	691	$1,062	$58,264,564	59
16	(11)	The Man With One Red Shoe	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$567,609	-64.68%	426	$1,332	$7,967,504	17
17	(16)	Prizzi's Honor	20th Century Fox	Drama	$510,543	-21.99%	322	$1,586	$22,697,813	52
18	(17)	A View to a Kill	MGM	Action	$321,712	-9.02%	318	$1,012	$49,239,083	73
19	(18)	The Gods Must Be Crazy	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$272,567	-1.45%	107	$2,547	$17,642,136	392
20	(20)	Desperately Seeking Susan	Orion Pictures	Comedy	$99,492	-15.35%	119	$836	$27,270,171	129
21	(15)	The Legend of Billie Jean	Sony/TriStar	Drama	$95,000	-85.78%	190	$500	$3,021,000	17
22	(19)	Red Sonja	MGM	Action	$91,096	-27.03%	199	$458	$6,790,488	38
23	(25)	Kiss of the Spider Woman	Island/Alive	Drama	$82,937	+48.20%	3	$27,646	$191,715	10
24	(21)	Pee Wee's Big Adventure	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$78,758	-20.59%	18	$4,375	$499,160	10
25	(27)	A Private Function	Island/Alive	Comedy	$58,702	+120.93%	20	$2,935	$2,147,733	157
26	(24)	Amadeus	Warner Bros.	Drama	$49,551	-19.23%	43	$1,152	$51,493,548	320
27	(26)	Stop Making Sense	Cinecom	Concert	$33,468	-5.41%	20	$1,673	$4,762,423	290
28	(28)	Wetherby	MGM/UA Classics	Drama	$20,942	-14.80%	2	$10,471	$120,943	17
29	(23)	Secret Admirer	Orion Pictures	Romantic Comedy	$18,816	-71.07%	50	$376	$8,599,437	52
30	(30)	The Hit	Island/Alive	Comedy	$10,549	+34.13%	6	$1,758	$772,298	150