Week Domestic Box Office March 1, 1985
| Rank | Prev | Title | Daily Gross | Weekly Change |
Theaters | Theater Average |
Total Gross | Days in Release | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | (1) | Beverly Hills Cop | $6,538,852 | -12% | 1,482 | $4,412 | $175,990,777 | 93 | |
| 2 | (2) | Witness | $6,283,230 | -6% | 1,165 | $5,393 | $27,089,696 | 28 | |
| 3 | (new) | Missing in Action 2: The Beginning | $5,000,664 | 1,336 | $3,743 | $5,000,664 | 7 | ||
| 4 | (3) | The Breakfast Club | $4,634,217 | -13% | 1,074 | $4,315 | $15,850,707 | 21 | |
| 5 | (new) | The Sure Thing | $3,975,707 | 1,115 | $3,566 | $3,975,707 | 7 | ||
| 6 | (4) | The Killing Fields | $2,398,323 | -17% | 651 | $3,684 | $21,613,823 | 126 | |
| 7 | (5) | Vision Quest | $2,164,607 | -20% | 828 | $2,614 | $8,060,597 | 21 | |
| 8 | (6) | A Passage to India | $1,600,442 | -27% | 541 | $2,958 | $20,799,868 | 84 | |
| 9 | (7) | The Falcon and the Snowman | $1,554,139 | +3% | 602 | $2,582 | $14,119,828 | 42 | |
| 10 | (16) | Nineteen Eighty-Four | $1,500,730 | +155% | 265 | $5,663 | $3,432,933 | 84 | |
| 11 | (9) | Amadeus | $1,364,942 | -8% | 435 | $3,138 | $30,498,164 | 170 | |
| 12 | (new) | Certain Fury | $985,205 | 406 | $2,427 | $985,205 | 7 | ||
| 13 | (23) | Tuff Turf | $935,722 | +202% | 456 | $2,052 | $8,732,914 | 56 | |
| 14 | (13) | Fantasia | $692,735 | -25% | 171 | $4,051 | $47,044,676 | 16,186 | |
| 15 | (14) | Micki + Maude | $590,610 | -16% | 421 | $1,403 | $25,721,507 | 77 | |
| 16 | (10) | Mischief | $572,107 | -58% | 471 | $1,215 | $7,464,233 | 28 | |
| 17 | (17) | The Flamingo Kid | $496,554 | -8% | 451 | $1,101 | $22,741,614 | 77 | |
| 18 | (15) | Starman | $495,897 | -18% | 350 | $1,417 | $28,386,409 | 84 | |
| 19 | (8) | The Mean Season | $432,048 | -71% | 351 | $1,231 | $3,822,789 | 21 | |
| 20 | (20) | The Gods Must Be Crazy | $421,194 | +5% | 74 | $5,692 | $6,382,464 | 242 | |
| 21 | (18) | Protocol | $346,597 | -27% | 365 | $950 | $25,940,549 | 77 | |
| 22 | (22) | Places in the Heart | $330,439 | +2% | 195 | $1,695 | $32,625,846 | 168 | |
| 23 | (11) | Turk 182! | $321,429 | -74% | 260 | $1,236 | $3,467,224 | 21 | |
| 24 | (24) | 2010 | $271,344 | -8% | 257 | $1,056 | $39,837,530 | 91 | |
| 25 | (26) | The Cotton Club | $262,716 | +24% | 140 | $1,877 | $25,474,690 | 84 | |
| 26 | (new) | The Purple Rose of Cairo | $191,312 | 3 | $63,771 | $191,312 | 7 | ||
| 27 | (27) | Stop Making Sense | $161,139 | +16% | 33 | $4,883 | $3,036,801 | 140 | |
| 28 | (25) | City Heat | $145,121 | -33% | 187 | $776 | $38,271,055 | 91 | |
| 29 | (32) | Lust in the Dust | $131,743 | +70% | 30 | $4,391 | $427,109 | 28 | |
| 30 | (30) | Paris, Texas | $102,432 | +4% | 24 | $4,268 | $1,157,669 | 119 | |
| 31 | (28) | Into the Night | $99,984 | -13% | 4 | $24,996 | $215,563 | 14 | |
| 32 | (29) | A Sunday in the Country | $89,306 | -12% | 27 | $3,308 | $1,527,214 | 112 | |
| 33 | (31) | The Brother from Another Planet | $76,279 | -10% | 17 | $4,487 | $2,469,636 | 182 | |
| Reporting movies: 33 | $45,167,766 | total box office | |||||||
| Rank | Title | Daily | Theaters | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Beverly Hills Cop | $6,538,852 | 1,482 | $175,990,777 |
| 2 | Witness | $6,283,230 | 1,165 | $27,089,696 |
| 3 | Missing in Action 2: The Beginning | $5,000,664 | 1,336 | $5,000,664 |
| 4 | The Breakfast Club | $4,634,217 | 1,074 | $15,850,707 |
| 5 | The Sure Thing | $3,975,707 | 1,115 | $3,975,707 |
| 6 | The Killing Fields | $2,398,323 | 651 | $21,613,823 |
| 7 | Vision Quest | $2,164,607 | 828 | $8,060,597 |
| 8 | A Passage to India | $1,600,442 | 541 | $20,799,868 |
| 9 | The Falcon and the Snowman | $1,554,139 | 602 | $14,119,828 |
| 10 | Nineteen Eighty-Four | $1,500,730 | 265 | $3,432,933 |
| 11 | Amadeus | $1,364,942 | 435 | $30,498,164 |
| 12 | Certain Fury | $985,205 | 406 | $985,205 |
| 13 | Tuff Turf | $935,722 | 456 | $8,732,914 |
| 14 | Fantasia | $692,735 | 171 | $47,044,676 |
| 15 | Micki + Maude | $590,610 | 421 | $25,721,507 |
| 16 | Mischief | $572,107 | 471 | $7,464,233 |
| 17 | The Flamingo Kid | $496,554 | 451 | $22,741,614 |
| 18 | Starman | $495,897 | 350 | $28,386,409 |
| 19 | The Mean Season | $432,048 | 351 | $3,822,789 |
| 20 | The Gods Must Be Crazy | $421,194 | 74 | $6,382,464 |
| 21 | Protocol | $346,597 | 365 | $25,940,549 |
| 22 | Places in the Heart | $330,439 | 195 | $32,625,846 |
| 23 | Turk 182! | $321,429 | 260 | $3,467,224 |
| 24 | 2010 | $271,344 | 257 | $39,837,530 |
| 25 | The Cotton Club | $262,716 | 140 | $25,474,690 |
| 26 | The Purple Rose of Cairo | $191,312 | 3 | $191,312 |
| 27 | Stop Making Sense | $161,139 | 33 | $3,036,801 |
| 28 | City Heat | $145,121 | 187 | $38,271,055 |
| 29 | Lust in the Dust | $131,743 | 30 | $427,109 |
| 30 | Paris, Texas | $102,432 | 24 | $1,157,669 |
| 31 | Into the Night | $99,984 | 4 | $215,563 |
| 32 | A Sunday in the Country | $89,306 | 27 | $1,527,214 |
| 33 | The Brother from Another Planet | $76,279 | 17 | $2,469,636 |
| Reporting: 33 | $45,167,766 | total | ||