The Top Movies, Weekend of August 16, 1985

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(1)	Back to the Future	Universal	Adventure	$7,332,083	-11.03%	1,506	$4,869	$109,409,078	47
2	(new)	Volunteers	Sony/TriStar	Comedy	$5,184,360		1,560	$3,323	$5,184,360	3
3	(3)	Pee Wee's Big Adventure	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$4,404,500	-3.11%	840	$5,243	$12,886,345	24
4	(new)	The Return of the Living Dead	Orion Pictures	Horror	$4,403,169		1,506	$2,924	$4,403,169	3
5	(new)	Year of the Dragon	MGM	Drama	$4,039,079		982	$4,113	$4,039,079	3
6	(2)	Summer Rental	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$3,708,812	-35.55%	1,595	$2,325	$12,787,296	10
7	(4)	National Lampoon's European Vacation	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$2,731,969	-36.59%	1,350	$2,024	$40,721,691	24
8	(5)	Fright Night	Columbia	Horror	$2,438,836	-42.71%	1,110	$2,197	$17,752,566	17
9	(7)	Real Genius	Sony/TriStar	Comedy	$2,203,206	-13.84%	956	$2,305	$6,696,791	12
10	(8)	Cocoon	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$1,771,970	-15.44%	789	$2,246	$63,235,816	59
11	(new)	The Bride	Columbia	Horror	$1,763,277		955	$1,846	$1,763,277	3
12	(6)	Weird Science	Universal	Comedy	$1,445,290	-51.27%	767	$1,884	$14,488,931	17
13	(9)	Sesame Street Presents Follow That Bird	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$1,294,692	-29.65%	1,006	$1,287	$9,519,588	17
14	(10)	Silverado	Columbia	Western	$1,252,534	-30.85%	703	$1,782	$24,214,759	40
15	(11)	The Black Cauldron	Buena Vista	Adventure	$1,077,688	-36.09%	672	$1,604	$17,715,547	26
16	(12)	Rambo: First Blood Part II	Sony/TriStar	Action	$1,042,479	-30.77%	597	$1,746	$142,416,504	89
17	(14)	Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome	Warner Bros.	Action	$831,232	-39.04%	652	$1,275	$34,157,762	40
18	(13)	My Science Project	Buena Vista	Comedy	$609,106	-59.50%	647	$941	$3,068,074	10
19	(15)	St. Elmo's Fire	Columbia	Drama	$598,625	-37.89%	453	$1,321	$31,409,141	52
20	(17)	The Emerald Forest	Avco Embassy	Drama	$477,334	-32.97%	320	$1,492	$19,661,781	47
21	(18)	The Goonies	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$453,209	-29.57%	474	$956	$60,234,363	73
22	(16)	Pale Rider	Warner Bros.	Western	$445,332	-41.19%	532	$837	$40,430,979	52
23	(19)	Prizzi's Honor	20th Century Fox	Drama	$272,032	-24.16%	178	$1,528	$23,822,156	66
24	(20)	The Gods Must Be Crazy	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$268,620	-5.45%	104	$2,583	$18,578,033	406
25	(24)	Kiss of the Spider Woman	Island/Alive	Drama	$199,185	+76.01%	15	$13,279	$669,300	24
26	(22)	The Man With One Red Shoe	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$84,861	-45.71%	103	$824	$8,645,411	31
27	(new)	American Flyers	Warner Bros.	Drama	$78,345		5	$15,669	$78,345	3
28	(new)	Key Exchange	20th Century Fox	Romantic Comedy	$60,743		9	$6,749	$90,772	5
29	(29)	A Private Function	Island/Alive	Comedy	$40,214	-22.92%	15	$2,681	$2,294,492	171
30	(30)	Stop Making Sense	Cinecom	Concert	$35,659	+111.89%	21	$1,698	$4,848,443	304
31	(32)	The Hit	Island/Alive	Comedy	$10,071	-16.60%	4	$2,518	$804,923	164
32	(33)	Wetherby	MGM/UA Classics	Drama	$9,583	-7.70%	1	$9,583	$161,455	31