Week Domestic Box Office December 20, 1985
| Rank | Prev | Title | Gross | Weekly Change |
Theaters | Theater Average |
Total Gross | Days in Release | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | (1) | Rocky IV | $15,492,915 | +66% | 2,232 | $6,941 | $75,729,578 | 30 | |
| 2 | (2) | The Jewel of the Nile | $9,506,264 | +9% | 1,106 | $8,595 | $19,581,375 | 16 | |
| 3 | (3) | Spies Like Us | $8,482,268 | +19% | 1,700 | $4,990 | $26,548,655 | 21 | |
| 4 | (-) | Out of Africa | $7,598,730 | 922 | $8,242 | $7,657,974 | 9 | ||
| 5 | (5) | Santa Claus | $5,900,061 | +66% | 1,585 | $3,722 | $20,894,948 | 28 | |
| 6 | (4) | White Nights | $5,702,557 | +31% | 1,047 | $5,447 | $17,522,867 | 35 | |
| 7 | (-) | 101 Dalmatians | $5,341,628 | 1,097 | $4,869 | $5,341,628 | 9,102 | ||
| 8 | (-) | The Color Purple | $3,880,348 | 192 | $20,210 | $3,945,843 | 9 | ||
| 9 | (13) | A Chorus Line | $3,117,161 | +900% | 617 | $5,052 | $3,512,424 | 17 | |
| 10 | (new) | Enemy Mine | $3,023,656 | 703 | $4,301 | $3,023,656 | 7 | ||
| 11 | (7) | Young Sherlock Holmes | $3,007,219 | +40% | 1,502 | $2,002 | $9,089,429 | 23 | |
| 12 | (6) | Clue | $2,817,414 | +6% | 1,022 | $2,757 | $5,485,722 | 14 | |
| 13 | (9) | Back to the Future | $1,812,198 | +95% | 801 | $2,262 | $188,073,893 | 177 | |
| 14 | (8) | One Magic Christmas | $986,329 | -33% | 657 | $1,501 | $12,874,678 | 35 | |
| 15 | (11) | Jagged Edge | $582,100 | -21% | 417 | $1,396 | $37,181,893 | 84 | |
| 16 | (10) | King Solomon's Mines | $427,210 | -52% | 492 | $868 | $13,995,639 | 35 | |
| 17 | (12) | To Live and Die in L.A. | $180,465 | -61% | 167 | $1,081 | $15,497,042 | 56 | |
| 18 | (16) | The Gods Must Be Crazy | $160,521 | +5% | 88 | $1,824 | $25,882,204 | 536 | |
| 19 | (15) | Kiss of the Spider Woman | $132,180 | -25% | 60 | $2,203 | $11,836,491 | 154 | |
| 20 | (14) | Once Bitten | $101,237 | -55% | 85 | $1,191 | $9,587,778 | 42 | |
| 21 | (-) | Brazil | $79,424 | 1 | $79,424 | $86,918 | 9 | ||
| 22 | (18) | Fool For Love | $75,888 | +53% | 6 | $12,648 | $206,426 | 21 | |
| 23 | (17) | The Journey of Natty Gann | $68,499 | -7% | 131 | $523 | $7,617,234 | 91 | |
| 24 | (19) | Runaway Train | $56,076 | +25% | 4 | $14,019 | $163,021 | 21 | |
| 25 | (20) | Wetherby | $2,546 | -70% | 4 | $637 | $1,078,399 | 161 | |
| Reporting movies: 25 | $78,534,894 | total box office | |||||||
| Rank | Title | Daily | Theaters | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rocky IV | $15,492,915 | 2,232 | $75,729,578 |
| 2 | The Jewel of the Nile | $9,506,264 | 1,106 | $19,581,375 |
| 3 | Spies Like Us | $8,482,268 | 1,700 | $26,548,655 |
| 4 | Out of Africa | $7,598,730 | 922 | $7,657,974 |
| 5 | Santa Claus | $5,900,061 | 1,585 | $20,894,948 |
| 6 | White Nights | $5,702,557 | 1,047 | $17,522,867 |
| 7 | 101 Dalmatians | $5,341,628 | 1,097 | $5,341,628 |
| 8 | The Color Purple | $3,880,348 | 192 | $3,945,843 |
| 9 | A Chorus Line | $3,117,161 | 617 | $3,512,424 |
| 10 | Enemy Mine | $3,023,656 | 703 | $3,023,656 |
| 11 | Young Sherlock Holmes | $3,007,219 | 1,502 | $9,089,429 |
| 12 | Clue | $2,817,414 | 1,022 | $5,485,722 |
| 13 | Back to the Future | $1,812,198 | 801 | $188,073,893 |
| 14 | One Magic Christmas | $986,329 | 657 | $12,874,678 |
| 15 | Jagged Edge | $582,100 | 417 | $37,181,893 |
| 16 | King Solomon's Mines | $427,210 | 492 | $13,995,639 |
| 17 | To Live and Die in L.A. | $180,465 | 167 | $15,497,042 |
| 18 | The Gods Must Be Crazy | $160,521 | 88 | $25,882,204 |
| 19 | Kiss of the Spider Woman | $132,180 | 60 | $11,836,491 |
| 20 | Once Bitten | $101,237 | 85 | $9,587,778 |
| 21 | Brazil | $79,424 | 1 | $86,918 |
| 22 | Fool For Love | $75,888 | 6 | $206,426 |
| 23 | The Journey of Natty Gann | $68,499 | 131 | $7,617,234 |
| 24 | Runaway Train | $56,076 | 4 | $163,021 |
| 25 | Wetherby | $2,546 | 4 | $1,078,399 |
| Reporting: 25 | $78,534,894 | total | ||