The Top Movies, Weekend of August 23, 1985

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(1)	Back to the Future	Universal	Adventure	$6,754,583	-7.88%	1,523	$4,435	$119,819,868	54
2	(new)	Teen Wolf	Atlantic	Comedy	$6,120,348		1,416	$4,322	$6,120,348	3
3	(3)	Pee Wee's Big Adventure	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$4,004,890	-9.07%	892	$4,490	$19,764,662	31
4	(2)	Volunteers	Sony/TriStar	Comedy	$3,591,142	-30.73%	1,468	$2,446	$10,775,502	10
5	(5)	Year of the Dragon	MGM	Drama	$2,864,487	-29.08%	970	$2,953	$8,938,692	10
6	(4)	The Return of the Living Dead	Orion Pictures	Horror	$2,780,425	-36.85%	1,500	$1,854	$9,282,027	10
7	(6)	Summer Rental	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$2,348,032	-36.69%	1,231	$1,907	$17,159,965	17
8	(7)	National Lampoon's European Vacation	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$1,737,909	-36.39%	1,082	$1,606	$43,911,105	31
9	(10)	Cocoon	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$1,695,468	-4.32%	774	$2,191	$66,058,449	66
10	(8)	Fright Night	Columbia	Horror	$1,561,092	-35.99%	828	$1,885	$20,634,823	24
11	(9)	Real Genius	Sony/TriStar	Comedy	$1,184,505	-46.24%	609	$1,945	$8,581,296	19
12	(14)	Silverado	Columbia	Western	$1,120,719	-10.52%	654	$1,714	$25,995,319	47
13	(16)	Rambo: First Blood Part II	Sony/TriStar	Action	$1,104,317	+5.93%	647	$1,707	$144,094,973	96
14	(13)	Sesame Street Presents Follow That Bird	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$1,047,894	-19.06%	991	$1,057	$11,629,859	24
15	(15)	The Black Cauldron	Buena Vista	Adventure	$919,505	-14.68%	609	$1,510	$19,466,359	33
16	(11)	The Bride	Columbia	Horror	$890,695	-49.49%	980	$909	$3,558,669	10
17	(12)	Weird Science	Universal	Comedy	$804,792	-44.32%	540	$1,490	$16,316,258	24
18	(new)	Warning Sign	20th Century Fox	Drama	$707,990		421	$1,682	$707,990	3
19	(17)	Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome	Warner Bros.	Action	$638,411	-23.20%	580	$1,101	$35,270,615	47
20	(19)	St. Elmo's Fire	Columbia	Drama	$527,469	-11.89%	390	$1,352	$32,443,677	59
21	(new)	Godzilla 1985	New World	Action	$509,502		235	$2,168	$509,502	3
22	(20)	The Emerald Forest	Avco Embassy	Drama	$391,238	-18.04%	253	$1,546	$20,357,668	54
23	(25)	Kiss of the Spider Woman	Island/Alive	Drama	$380,974	+91.27%	21	$18,142	$1,222,744	31
24	(new)	The Protector	Warner Bros.	Action	$341,076		89	$3,832	$341,076	3
25	(21)	The Goonies	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$309,598	-31.69%	351	$882	$60,814,700	80
26	(22)	Pale Rider	Warner Bros.	Western	$302,530	-32.07%	415	$729	$40,950,689	59
27	(24)	The Gods Must Be Crazy	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$298,737	+11.21%	107	$2,792	$19,058,166	413
28	(23)	Prizzi's Honor	20th Century Fox	Drama	$281,201	+3.37%	164	$1,715	$24,242,807	73
29	(27)	American Flyers	Warner Bros.	Drama	$144,787	+84.81%	20	$7,239	$270,308	10
30	(18)	My Science Project	Buena Vista	Comedy	$144,114	-76.34%	119	$1,211	$3,641,003	17
31	(new)	Better Off Dead...	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$56,371		13	$4,336	$56,371	3
32	(28)	Key Exchange	20th Century Fox	Romantic Comedy	$45,547	-25.02%	9	$5,061	$168,673	12
33	(32)	Wetherby	MGM/UA Classics	Drama	$43,653	+355.53%	6	$7,276	$209,437	38
34	(29)	A Private Function	Island/Alive	Comedy	$37,685	-6.29%	15	$2,512	$2,347,825	178
35	(31)	The Hit	Island/Alive	Comedy	$16,242	+61.27%	4	$4,061	$827,320	171