Weekend Domestic Box Office Chart for September 6th, 1985

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(1)	Back to the Future	Universal	Adventure	$5,214,465	-42%	1,519	$3,433	$138,482,268	68
2	(2)	Teen Wolf	Atlantic	Comedy	$3,086,522	-39%	1,324	$2,331	$18,080,487	17
3	(3)	Pee Wee's Big Adventure	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$2,190,447	-46%	888	$2,467	$28,627,393	45
4	(6)	Compromising Positions	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$2,111,177	-30%	572	$3,691	$5,762,054	10
5	(5)	Volunteers	Sony/TriStar	Comedy	$1,606,392	-47%	999	$1,608	$16,584,835	24
6	(4)	American Ninja	Cannon	Action	$1,530,579	-53%	672	$2,278	$5,503,236	10
7	(7)	Year of the Dragon	MGM	Drama	$1,461,768	-44%	796	$1,836	$14,898,009	24
8	(12)	Cocoon	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$1,332,539	-25%	788	$1,691	$70,978,323	80
9	(14)	Silverado	Sony Pictures	Western	$1,248,818	-4%	725	$1,723	$29,070,413	61
10	(9)	Ghostbusters	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$1,145,353	-41%	864	$1,326	$6,329,963	458
11	(10)	Summer Rental	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$1,034,697	-46%	781	$1,325	$21,577,838	31
12	(8)	Gremlins	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$979,333	-59%	862	$1,136	$3,768,260	458
13	(11)	National Lampoon's European Vacation	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$947,345	-47%	855	$1,108	$47,727,631	45
14	(23)	St. Elmo's Fire	Sony Pictures	Drama	$892,644	+48%	710	$1,257	$34,493,638	73
15	(13)	The Return of the Living Dead	Orion Pictures	Horror	$849,238	-52%	690	$1,231	$13,323,406	24
16	(17)	Fright Night	Sony Pictures	Horror	$779,933	-28%	608	$1,283	$23,175,339	38
17	(18)	Real Genius	Sony/TriStar	Comedy	$702,114	-34%	511	$1,374	$10,991,199	33
18	(22)	The Emerald Forest	Avco Embassy	Drama	$569,188	-8%	461	$1,235	$21,949,573	68
19	(15)	Rambo: First Blood Part II	Sony/TriStar	Action	$517,806	-58%	446	$1,161	$146,529,544	110
20	(24)	Kiss of the Spider Woman	Island/Alive	Drama	$494,645	-1%	48	$10,305	$2,638,441	45
21	(16)	Godzilla 1985	New World	Action	$430,253	-63%	308	$1,397	$2,443,200	17
22	(30)	Prizzi's Honor	20th Century Fox	Drama	$375,924	+62%	344	$1,093	$25,130,275	87
23	(27)	The Gods Must Be Crazy	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$326,366	-4%	136	$2,400	$20,089,949	427
24	(19)	Sesame Street Presents Follow That Bird	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$298,992	-65%	595	$503	$13,500,975	38
25	(21)	The Black Cauldron	Walt Disney	Adventure	$214,695	-65%	263	$816	$20,974,258	47
26	(25)	Day of the Dead	United Film Distribution Co.	Horror	$206,462	-58%	115	$1,795	$4,131,624	68
27	(-)	Dance With a Stranger	Goldwyn Entertainment	Drama	$122,009		17	$7,177	$463,724	31
28	(34)	Wetherby	MGM/UA Classics	Drama	$89,144	+20%	17	$5,244	$417,529	52
29	(32)	American Flyers	Warner Bros.	Drama	$87,743	-40%	16	$5,484	$598,570	24
30	(33)	My Science Project	Walt Disney	Comedy	$55,205	-45%	76	$726	$3,922,727	31
31	(29)	Warning Sign	20th Century Fox	Drama	$54,819	-78%	46	$1,192	$1,475,573	17
32	(31)	The Protector	Warner Bros.	Action	$46,748	-70%	14	$3,339	$761,432	17
33	(36)	Key Exchange	20th Century Fox	Romantic Comedy	$29,438	-44%	7	$4,205	$280,834	26
34	(35)	Better Off Dead...	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$28,590	-55%	11	$2,599	$174,803	17
35	(37)	A Private Function	Island/Alive	Comedy	$23,139	-38%	11	$2,104	$2,432,513	192
36	new	Joshua Then and Now	20th Century Fox	Romantic Comedy	$17,188		1	$17,188	$17,188	3
37	(38)	The Hit	Island/Alive	Comedy	$9,674	-67%	6	$1,612	$876,775	185

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