Movie Index - 1985

Note: If the exact release date of the movie is not known, it is recorded as January 1st.

Release Date		Movie	Distributor	Budget	Total US Gross	Worldwide Gross
January, 1985
January, 1		Hot Moves		-	$2,732,684	-
January, 1		Tomboy		-	$14,100,000	-
January, 1		Defence of the Realm		-	$750,000	-
January, 11		Avenging Angel	New World	-	$5,622,787	-
January, 11		Tuff Turf	New World	-	$9,369,329	-
January, 18		The New Kids	Columbia	-	$199,108	-
January, 18		Escape From the Bronx	New Line	-	-	-
January, 18		That's Dancing	MGM/UA	-	$4,210,938	-
January, 18		Blood Simple	USA Films	$1,500,000	$1,690,913	-
January, 18		Here Come the Littles	Atlantic	-	-	-
January, 25		Fandango	Warner Bros.	-	$86,134	-
January, 25		The Falcon and the Snowman	Orion	-	$17,130,087	-
February, 1985
February, 1		Extramuros	Warner Bros.	-	-	-
February, 1		Heavenly Bodies	MGM/UA	-	$1,567,386	-
February, 8		Witness	Paramount Pictures	$12,000,000	$65,532,576	-
February, 8		Heaven Help Us	TriStar Pictures	-	$6,070,794	-
February, 8		Lust in the Dust	New World	-	$727,639	-
February, 8		Mischief	20th Century Fox	-	$8,700,000	-
February, 15		The Bay Boy	Orion	-	$3,665	-
February, 15		Lost in America	Warner Bros.	-	$10,079,206	-
February, 15		Fast Forward	Columbia	-	$2,650,866	-
February, 15		The Mean Season	Orion	-	$4,349,446	-
February, 15		Turk 182!	20th Century Fox	-	$3,563,635	-
February, 15		The Breakfast Club	Universal	-	$45,875,171	-
February, 15		Vision Quest	Warner Bros.	-	$13,000,000	-
February, 22		Into the Night	Universal	-	$6,720,160	-
February, 22		Martin's Day	MGM/UA	-	-	-
March, 1985
March, 1		Missing in Action 2: The Beginning	Cannon	-	$10,755,447	-
March, 1		The Sure Thing	Avco Embassy	-	$18,136,000	-
March, 1		The Purple Rose of Cairo	Orion	-	$10,631,333	-
March, 1		Certain Fury	New World	-	$1,381,091	-
March, 1		A Private Function	Island/Alive	-	$2,516,761	-
March, 1		The Aviator	MGM/UA	-	$287,195	-
March, 8		The Hit	Island/Alive	-	$876,775	-
March, 8		My New Partner	Orion Classics	-	-	-
March, 8		Mask	Universal	-	$42,417,782	-
March, 15		Secret Places	TLC Films	-	-	-
March, 15		Sylvester	Columbia	-	$385,687	-
March, 15		Def-Con 4	New World	$1,300,000	$210,904	-
March, 15		Camila	Euro Classics	-	-	-
March, 22		Baby: Secret of the Lost Legend	Buena Vista	-	$14,276,095	-
March, 22		The Secret of the Sword	Atlantic	-	-	-
March, 22		Porky's Revenge	20th Century Fox	-	$20,518,000	-
March, 22		Friday the 13th Part V: A New Beginning	Paramount Pictures	$2,200,000	$21,930,418	-
March, 22		The Last Dragon	TriStar Pictures	-	$33,000,000	-
March, 29		Almost You	TLC Films	-	-	-
March, 29		Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment	Warner Bros.	-	$55,337,042	-
March, 29		King David	Paramount Pictures	-	$4,800,000	-
March, 29		Desperately Seeking Susan	Orion	-	$27,400,000	-
March, 29		The Slugger's Wife	Columbia	-	$1,878,000	-
March, 29		The Care Bears Movie	Goldwyn	-	$23,934,000	-
April, 1985
April, 3		Alamo Bay	TriStar Pictures	-	$380,970	-
April, 12		Girls Just Want to Have Fun	New World	-	$6,326,051	-
April, 12		Cat's Eye	De Laurentiis	-	$9,000,000	-
April, 12		Ladyhawke	Warner Bros.	$20,000,000	$18,400,000	-
April, 12		Fraternity Vacation	New World	-	$3,333,306	-
April, 19		Lily in Love	New Line	-	$376,686	-
April, 19		The Company of Wolves	Cannon	-	$4,389,334	-
April, 19		Moving Violations	20th Century Fox	-	$10,600,000	-
April, 19		Petit Con	Goldwyn	-	-	-
April, 26		Stick	Universal	-	$6,964,734	-
April, 26		Just One of the Guys	Columbia	-	$11,377,655	-
April, 26		1918	Cinecom	-	-	-
May, 1985
May, 3		Movers and Shakers	MGM/UA	-	$311,321	-
May, 3		Pumping Iron 2: The Women	Cinecom	-	-	-
May, 3		Private Resort	TriStar Pictures	-	$331,816	-
May, 3		Gotcha	Universal	-	$8,823,269	-
May, 3		Gymkata	MGM/UA	-	$3,249,442	-
May, 3		Code of Silence	Orion	-	$20,345,361	-
May, 10		Rustlers' Rhapsody	Paramount Pictures	-	$4,847,085	-
May, 10		Rappin'	Cannon	-	$2,864,844	-
May, 22		Brewster's Millions	Universal	-	$40,800,000	$45,800,000
May, 22		Rambo: First Blood Part II	TriStar Pictures	$44,000,000	$150,415,432	$300,400,000
May, 24		A View to a Kill	MGM/UA	$30,000,000	$50,327,960	$152,627,960
May, 31		Sylvia	MGM/UA Classics	-	$44,234	-
May, 31		Fletch	Universal	-	$46,700,000	-
June, 1985
June, 7		Perfect	Columbia	-	$12,918,858	-
June, 7		The Goonies	Warner Bros.	-	$61,389,680	-
June, 7		The Holy Innocents	Goldwyn	-	-	-
June, 14		D.A.R.Y.L.	Paramount Pictures	-	$6,561,653	-
June, 14		Prizzi's Honor	20th Century Fox	-	$26,700,000	-
June, 14		Secret Admirer	Orion	-	$8,622,757	-
June, 21		Cocoon	20th Century Fox	-	$76,257,348	-
June, 21		Return to Oz	Buena Vista	$27,000,000	$10,618,813	-
June, 21		Lifeforce	TriStar Pictures	$25,000,000	$11,603,545	-
June, 28		Red Sonja	MGM/UA	$17,900,000	$6,905,861	-
June, 28		Pale Rider	Warner Bros.	$6,900,000	$41,410,568	-
June, 28		St. Elmo's Fire	Columbia	-	$37,800,000	-
July, 1985
July, 3		Back to the Future	Universal	$19,000,000	$210,609,762	$383,874,862
July, 3		The Emerald Forest	Avco Embassy	-	$24,468,550	-
July, 3		Day of the Dead		$3,500,000	$5,804,262	$34,004,262
July, 10		Silverado	Columbia	$26,000,000	$33,200,000	-
July, 10		Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome	Warner Bros.	$10,000,000	$36,230,219	-
July, 12		Explorers	Paramount Pictures	-	$9,873,000	-
July, 19		The Coca-Cola Kid	Cinecom	-	-	-
July, 19		The Legend of Billie Jean	TriStar Pictures	-	$3,100,000	-
July, 19		Wetherby	MGM/UA Classics	-	$1,136,052	-
July, 19		The Man With One Red Shoe	20th Century Fox	-	$8,645,411	-
July, 24		The Black Cauldron	Walt Disney Co.	-	$21,288,692	-
July, 26		National Lampoon's European Vacation	Warner Bros.	-	$49,400,000	-
July, 26		A Thousand Little Kisses	Cinecom	-	-	-
July, 26		The Heavenly Kid	Orion	-	$3,852,271	-
July, 26		Pee Wee's Big Adventure	Warner Bros.	-	$40,940,662	-
July, 26		Kiss of the Spider Woman	Island/Alive	-	$14,582,182	-
August, 1985
August, 2		Sesame Street Presents Follow That Bird	Warner Bros.	-	$13,961,370	-
August, 2		Weird Science	Universal	-	$16,316,258	-
August, 2		Fright Night	Columbia	-	$24,922,237	-
August, 7		Real Genius	TriStar Pictures	-	$12,952,019	-
August, 9		Summer Rental	Paramount Pictures	-	$24,671,000	-
August, 9		My Science Project	Buena Vista	-	$4,100,000	-
August, 9		Dance With a Stranger	Goldwyn	-	$842,221	-
August, 14		Key Exchange	20th Century Fox	-	$425,000	-
August, 16		American Flyers	Warner Bros.	-	$1,420,355	-
August, 16		The Return of the Living Dead	Orion	$4,000,000	$14,237,880	-
August, 16		The Bride	Columbia	-	$3,600,000	-
August, 16		Year of the Dragon	MGM/UA	-	$18,707,466	-
August, 16		Volunteers	TriStar Pictures	-	$19,875,740	-
August, 23		Better Off Dead...	Warner Bros.	-	$10,297,601	-
August, 23		Gojira	New World	-	$2,443,200	-
August, 23		Warning Sign	20th Century Fox	-	$1,918,117	-
August, 23		Teen Wolf	Atlantic	-	$33,086,611	-
August, 23		The Protector	Warner Bros.	-	$829,239	-
August, 30		Compromising Positions	Paramount Pictures	-	$10,600,000	-
August, 30		American Ninja	Cannon	-	$10,499,000	-
August, 30		Flesh & Blood	Orion	-	$100,000	-
September, 1985
September, 3		City Limits	Atlantic	-	-	-
September, 6		Joshua Then and Now	20th Century Fox	-	$542,420	-
September, 12		James Joyce's Women	Universal	-	$8,103	-
September, 13		After Hours	Warner Bros.	-	$10,609,321	-
September, 13		Agnes of God	Columbia	-	$25,627,836	-
September, 13		Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters	Warner Bros.	-	$437,547	-
September, 19		Plenty	20th Century Fox	-	$6,104,212	-
September, 20		Creator	Universal	-	$4,571,788	-
September, 27		The Journey of Natty Gann	Buena Vista	-	$9,468,512	-
September, 27		Invasion U.S.A.	Cannon	-	$17,536,256	-
September, 27		Maxie	Orion	-	$2,600,000	-
September, 27		Marie	MGM/UA	-	$2,000,000	-
September, 27		Code Name: Emerald	MGM/UA	-	$515,029	-
October, 1985
October, 2		Sweet Dreams	TriStar Pictures	-	$9,100,000	-
October, 2		Always	Goldwyn	-	$146,499	-
October, 4		Commando	20th Century Fox	$10,000,000	$35,073,978	-
October, 4		Jagged Edge	Columbia	-	$40,491,165	-
October, 4		Oberst Redl	Orion Classics	-	$2,357	$1,059,508
October, 4		Dreamchild	Universal	-	$38,493	-
October, 4		The Doctor and the Devils	20th Century Fox	-	$147,070	-
October, 4		Came a Hot Friday	Orion Classics	-	$8,905	-
October, 11		Otac na sluzbenom putu	Cannon	-	$11,614	-
October, 11		Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins	Orion	-	$14,393,902	-
October, 11		Silver Bullet	Paramount Pictures	$7,000,000	$10,803,211	-
October, 18		Re-Animator	Empire Pictures	-	$2,023,000	-
October, 18		The Holcroft Covenant	Universal	-	$151,627	-
October, 18		The Quiet Earth	Skouras	-	$153,764	-
October, 18		Wild Geese 2	Universal	-	-	-
October, 23		Twice in a Lifetime	Bud Yorkin Co.	-	$7,681,246	-
October, 25		My Man Adam	TriStar Pictures	-	$92,920	-
October, 25		Stoogemania	Atlantic	-	-	-
October, 25		Krush Groove	Warner Bros.	$3,000,000	$11,052,713	-
October, 25		The Dog Who Stopped the War	Miramax	-	-	-
November, 1985
November, 1		Maccheroni	Paramount Pictures	-	$235,383	-
November, 1		A Nightmare On Elm Street Part 2: Freddy's Revenge	New Line	$3,000,000	$21,163,999	-
November, 1		To Live and Die in L.A.	MGM/UA	-	$17,307,019	-
November, 1		Eleni	Warner Bros.	-	$305,102	-
November, 1		Death Wish 3	Cannon	-	$16,116,878	-
November, 6		Subway	Island/Alive	$2,000,000	$390,659	$1,663,296
November, 8		That Was Then… This is Now	Paramount Pictures	-	$8,630,068	-
November, 8		Target	Warner Bros.	-	$9,023,199	-
November, 8		La historia oficial	Almi	-	$29,426	-
November, 8		Transylvania 6-5000	New World	-	$7,200,000	-
November, 8		Bring on the Night	Goldwyn	-	$1,675,689	-
November, 15		Rainbow Brite and the Star Stealer	Warner Bros.	-	$4,889,971	-
November, 15		Once Bitten	Goldwyn	-	$9,917,242	-
November, 15		Smooth Talk	SpectraFilm	-	$16,785	-
November, 22		White Nights	Columbia	-	$42,160,849	-
November, 22		One Magic Christmas	Buena Vista	-	$13,229,514	-
November, 22		Starchaser: The Legend of Orin	Atlantic	-	$3,360,800	-
November, 22		Bad Medicine	20th Century Fox	-	$2,549,195	-
November, 22		King Solomon's Mines	MGM/UA	-	$15,057,465	-
November, 22		Fever Pitch	MGM/UA	-	$610,333	-
November, 27		Rocky IV	MGM/UA	-	$127,873,716	$300,373,716
November, 29		Santa Claus	TriStar Pictures	-	$23,717,291	-
December, 1985
December, 4		Young Sherlock Holmes	Paramount Pictures	$18,000,000	$19,739,000	-
December, 6		Spies Like Us	Warner Bros.	-	$59,526,202	-
December, 6		Fool For Love	Cannon	-	$836,156	-
December, 6		Runaway Train	Cannon	-	$7,936,012	-
December, 10		A Chorus Line	Columbia	-	$14,202,899	-
December, 11		The Jewel of the Nile	20th Century Fox	-	$68,275,764	-
December, 11		Trouble in Mind	Alive	-	-	-
December, 13		Clue	Paramount Pictures	-	$13,377,261	-
December, 18		Out of Africa	Universal	$31,000,000	$79,096,868	$258,210,860
December, 18		Brazil	Universal	$15,000,000	$9,929,135	-
December, 18		The Color Purple	Warner Bros.	$15,000,000	$93,589,701	-
December, 20		Ran	Winstar	-	$1,920,917	-
December, 20		The Trip to Bountiful	Island	-	$7,466,662	-
December, 20		Enemy Mine	20th Century Fox	-	$12,303,411	-
December, 25		Revolution	Warner Bros.	-	$346,761	-
December, 25		Murphy's Romance	Columbia	-	$30,762,621	-
December, 31		The Dream is Alive		-	$125,900,000	-

Total Movies Released: 197
Total Combined Gross: $2,987,403,436