Domestic Release Schedule for 1985

This chart lists all movies that had a release in theaters in the United States and/or Canada in 1985.

See also: Top 1985 Worldwide - Most Popular 1985

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January, 1985
During 1985 Tomboy (Wide) $14,100,000  
 
January 2 Superstition (Limited) Almi    
 
January 4 Too Scared to Scream (Limited) Self Distributed    
 
January 11 Avenging Angel (Wide) New World $5,622,787  
Tuff Turf (Wide) New World $9,369,329  
Walking the Edge (Limited) Empire Pictures    
The Wounded Man (Limited)    
 
January 18 Escape From the Bronx (Wide)    
Here Come the Littles (Wide)    
The New Kids (Wide) Sony Pictures $199,108  
That's Dancing (Wide) MGM $4,210,938  
Blood Simple (Limited) USA Films $1,690,913  
Ghoulies (Limited)    
 
January 25 The Falcon and the Snowman (Wide) Orion Pictures $17,130,087  
Fandango (Wide) Warner Bros. $86,134  
February, 1985
February 1 Beyond the Walls (Wide)    
Heavenly Bodies (Wide) MGM/UA Classics $1,567,386  
 
February 2 Fantasia (Wide, re-release) Walt Disney $83,320,000  
 
February 8 Heaven Help Us (Wide) Sony/TriStar $6,070,794  
Lust in the Dust (Wide) New World $727,639  
Mischief (Wide) 20th Century Fox $8,700,000  
Witness (Wide) Paramount Pictures $65,532,576  
 
February 15 The Bay Boy (Wide) Orion Pictures $3,665  
The Breakfast Club (Wide) Universal $45,875,171  
Fast Forward (Wide) Sony Pictures $2,650,866  
Lost in America (Wide) Warner Bros. $10,079,206  
The Mean Season (Wide) Orion Pictures $4,349,446  
Turk 182! (Wide) 20th Century Fox $3,563,635  
Vision Quest (Wide) Warner Bros. $13,000,000  
 
February 22 Into the Night (Wide) Universal $6,720,160  
Martin's Day (Wide)    
 
 
February TBD Seventeen (Limited)    
March, 1985
March 1 The Aviator (Wide) MGM $287,195  
Certain Fury (Wide) New World $1,381,091  
Missing in Action 2: The Beginning (Wide) Cannon $10,755,447  
A Private Function (Wide) Island/Alive $2,516,761  
The Purple Rose of Cairo (Wide) Orion Pictures $10,631,333  
The Sure Thing (Wide) Embassy $18,136,000  
 
March 8 The Hit (Wide) Island/Alive $876,775  
Mask (Wide) Universal $42,417,782  
My New Partner (Wide)    
Variety (Limited)    
 
March 15 Camila (Wide)    
Def-Con 4 (Wide) New World $210,904  
Secret Places (Wide)    
Sylvester (Wide) Sony Pictures $385,687  
 
March 22 Baby: Secret of the Lost Legend (Wide) Walt Disney $14,276,095  
Friday the 13th Part V: A New Beginning (Wide) Paramount Pictures $21,930,418  
The Last Dragon (Wide) Sony Pictures $33,000,000  
Porky's Revenge (Wide) 20th Century Fox $20,518,000  
The Secret of the Sword (Wide)    
 
March 29 Almost You (Wide) 20th Century Fox    
The Care Bears Movie (Wide) Samuel Goldwyn Films $22,934,000  
Desperately Seeking Susan (Wide) Orion Pictures $27,400,000  
King David (Wide) Paramount Pictures $4,800,000  
Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment (Wide) Warner Bros. $55,337,042  
Star Wars Ep. VI: Return of the Jedi (Wide, re-release) 20th Century Fox $316,465,003  
The Slugger's Wife (Wide) Sony Pictures $1,878,000  
 
 
March TBD Malibu Express (Limited) Self Distributed    
April, 1985
April 3 Alamo Bay (Wide) Sony/TriStar $380,970  
 
April 12 Cat's Eye (Wide) MGM $9,000,000  
Fraternity Vacation (Wide) New World $3,333,306  
Girls Just Want to Have Fun (Wide) New World $6,326,051  
Ladyhawke (Wide) Warner Bros. $18,400,000  
 
April 19 The Company of Wolves (Wide) Cannon $4,389,334  
Lily in Love (Wide) New Line $376,686  
Moving Violations (Wide) 20th Century Fox $10,600,000  
Petit Con (Wide)    
 
April 26 1918 (Wide) Cinecom    
Just One of the Guys (Wide) Sony Pictures $11,377,655  
Stick (Wide) Universal $6,964,734  
Hellhole (Limited)    
Tokyo-Ga (Limited)    
 
 
April TBD Siege (Limited) New Line    
May, 1985
May 3 Code of Silence (Wide) Orion Pictures $20,345,361  
Gotcha (Wide) Universal $8,823,269  
Gymkata (Wide) MGM $3,249,442  
Movers and Shakers (Wide) MGM $311,321  
Private Resort (Wide) Sony/TriStar $331,816  
Pumping Iron 2: The Women (Wide)    
 
May 10 Rappin' (Wide) Cannon $2,864,844  
Rustlers' Rhapsody (Wide) Paramount Pictures $4,847,085  
 
May 17 Hot Moves (Wide) Cardinal Film Releasing $2,732,684  
Grace Quigley (Limited) Cannon    
Streetwalkin' (Limited)    
 
May 22 Brewster's Millions (Wide) Universal $40,800,000  
Rambo: First Blood Part II (Wide) Sony/TriStar $150,415,432  
 
May 24 A View to a Kill (Wide) MGM $50,327,960  
 
May 31 Fletch (Wide) Universal $46,700,000  
Sylvia (Wide) MGM/UA Classics $44,234  
 
May TBD Déjà Vu (Limited) Cannon    
Killzone (Limited)    
June, 1985
June 1 Bombs Away (Limited) Self Distributed    
The Dark Power (Limited)    
 
June 7 The Goonies (Wide) Warner Bros. $62,947,466  
The Holy Innocents (Wide) Goldwyn Entertainment    
Perfect (Wide) Sony Pictures $12,918,858  
 
June 13 Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (Limited) GKIDS    
 
June 14 D.A.R.Y.L. (Wide) Paramount Pictures $6,561,653  
Prizzi's Honor (Wide) 20th Century Fox $26,700,000  
Secret Admirer (Wide) Orion Pictures $8,622,757  
The Stuff (Limited) New World    
 
June 21 Cocoon (Wide) 20th Century Fox $76,257,348  
Lifeforce (Wide) Sony/TriStar $11,603,545  
Return to Oz (Wide) Walt Disney $10,618,813  
Document of the Dead (Limited)    
 
June 27 Before Stonewall (Limited) Self Distributed $18,724  
 
June 28 Pale Rider (Wide) Warner Bros. $41,410,568  
Red Sonja (Wide) MGM $6,905,861  
St. Elmo’s Fire (Wide) Sony Pictures $37,800,000  
 
June 30 Day of the Dead (Limited) United Film Distribution Co. $5,804,262  
The Dream is Alive (Limited) IMAX Films $70,000,000  
July, 1985
July 3 Back to the Future (Wide) Universal $215,136,452  
The Emerald Forest (Wide) Avco Embassy $24,468,550  
 
July 4 The Lift (Limited) Island/Alive    
 
July 10 Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome (Wide) Warner Bros. $36,230,219  
Silverado (Wide) Sony Pictures $33,200,000  
 
July 12 Explorers (Wide) Paramount Pictures $9,873,000  
 
July 19 The Coca-Cola Kid (Wide)    
ET: The Extra-Terrestrial (Wide, re-release) Universal $439,454,989  
The Legend of Billie Jean (Wide) Sony/TriStar $3,100,000  
The Man With One Red Shoe (Wide) 20th Century Fox $8,645,411  
Wetherby (Wide) MGM/UA Classics $1,136,052  
Day of the Dead (Expands Wide) United Film Distribution Co. $5,804,262  
 
July 24 The Black Cauldron (Wide) Walt Disney $21,288,692  
 
July 26 The Heavenly Kid (Wide) Orion Pictures $3,852,271  
Kiss of the Spider Woman (Wide) Island/Alive $14,582,182  
National Lampoon's European Vacation (Wide) Warner Bros. $49,400,000  
Pee Wee's Big Adventure (Wide) Warner Bros. $40,940,662  
A Thousand Little Kisses (Wide) Cinecom    
August, 1985
August 2 Fright Night (Wide) Sony Pictures $24,922,237  
Sesame Street Presents Follow That Bird (Wide) Warner Bros. $13,961,370  
Weird Science (Wide) Universal $16,316,258  
 
August 7 Real Genius (Wide) Sony/TriStar $12,952,019  
 
August 9 Dance With a Stranger (Wide) Goldwyn Entertainment $842,221  
My Science Project (Wide) Walt Disney $4,100,000  
Summer Rental (Wide) Paramount Pictures $24,671,000  
Dim Sum: A Little Bit of Heart (Limited)    
 
August 14 Key Exchange (Wide) 20th Century Fox $425,000  
 
August 16 American Flyers (Wide) Warner Bros. $1,420,355  
The Bride (Wide) Sony Pictures $3,600,000  
The Return of the Living Dead (Wide) Orion Pictures $14,237,880  
Volunteers (Wide) Sony/TriStar $19,875,740  
Year of the Dragon (Wide) MGM $18,707,466  
 
August 23 Better Off Dead... (Wide) Warner Bros. $10,297,601  
Godzilla 1985 (Wide) New World $2,443,200  
The Protector (Wide) Warner Bros. $829,239  
Teen Wolf (Wide) Atlantic $33,086,611  
Warning Sign (Wide) 20th Century Fox $1,918,117  
Détectíve (Limited) SpectraFilm    
 
August 30 American Ninja (Wide) Cannon $10,499,000  
Compromising Positions (Wide) Paramount Pictures $10,600,000  
Flesh & Blood (Wide) Orion Pictures $100,000  
September, 1985
September 3 City Limits (Wide) Atlantic    
 
September 6 Joshua Then and Now (Wide) 20th Century Fox $542,420  
 
September 12 James Joyce's Women (Wide) Universal $8,103  
 
September 13 After Hours (Wide) Warner Bros. $10,609,321  
Agnes of God (Wide) Sony Pictures $25,627,836  
Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters (Wide) Warner Bros. $437,547  
 
September 19 Plenty (Wide) 20th Century Fox $6,104,212  
 
September 20 Creator (Wide) Universal $4,571,788  
 
September 27 Code Name: Emerald (Wide) MGM $515,029  
Invasion U.S.A. (Wide) Cannon $17,536,256  
The Journey of Natty Gann (Wide) Walt Disney $9,468,512  
Marie: A True Story (Wide) MGM $1,537,649  
Maxie (Wide) Orion Pictures $2,600,000  
 
 
September TBD Stand Alone (Limited) New World    
October, 1985
October 2 Always (Wide) Goldwyn Entertainment $146,499  
Sweet Dreams (Wide) Sony/TriStar $9,100,000  
 
October 4 Came a Hot Friday (Wide) Orion Classics $8,905  
Commando (Wide) 20th Century Fox $35,073,978  
The Doctor and the Devils (Wide) 20th Century Fox $147,070  
Dreamchild (Wide) Universal $38,493  
Jagged Edge (Wide) Sony Pictures $40,491,165  
Colonel Redl (Wide) Orion Classics $2,357  
 
October 6 The Park is Mine (Limited)    
 
October 11 When Father Was Away On Business (Wide) Cannon $11,614  
Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins (Wide) Orion Pictures $14,393,902  
Silver Bullet (Wide) Paramount Pictures $10,803,211  
 
October 18 The Holcroft Covenant (Wide) Universal $151,627  
The Quiet Earth (Wide) Skouras $153,764  
Re-Animator (Wide) Empire Pictures $2,023,000  
Wild Geese 2 (Wide) Universal    
 
October 23 Twice in a Lifetime (Wide) Bud Yorkin Co. $7,681,246  
 
October 25 The Dog Who Stopped the War (Wide) Miramax    
Krush Groove (Wide) Warner Bros. $11,052,713  
My Man Adam (Wide) Sony/TriStar $92,920  
Stoogemania (Wide) Atlantic    
November, 1985
November 1 Death Wish 3 (Wide) Cannon $16,116,878  
Eleni (Wide) Warner Bros. $305,102  
A Nightmare On Elm Street Part 2: Freddy’s Revenge (Wide) New Line $21,163,999  
To Live and Die in L.A. (Wide) MGM $17,307,019  
Grunt: The Wrestling Movie (Limited) New World    
 
November TBD Shoah (Limited) IFC Films $20,175  
 
November 6 Subway (Wide) Island/Alive $390,659  
 
November 8 Bring on the Night (Wide) Goldwyn Entertainment $1,675,689  
The Official Story (Wide) Almi $29,426  
Target (Wide) Warner Bros. $9,023,199  
That Was Then… This is Now (Wide) Paramount Pictures $8,630,068  
Transylvania 6-5000 (Wide) New World $7,200,000  
 
November 11 Macaroni (Limited) Paramount Pictures $235,383  
 
November 15 Once Bitten (Wide) Goldwyn Entertainment $9,917,242  
Rainbow Brite and the Star Stealer (Wide) Warner Bros. $4,889,971  
Smooth Talk (Wide) SpectraFilm $16,785  
 
November 22 Bad Medicine (Wide) 20th Century Fox $2,549,195  
Fever Pitch (Wide) MGM $610,333  
King Solomon's Mines (Wide) Cannon $15,057,465  
One Magic Christmas (Wide) Walt Disney $13,229,514  
Starchaser: The Legend of Orin (Wide) Atlantic $3,360,800  
White Nights (Wide) Sony Pictures $42,160,849  
 
November 27 Rocky IV (Wide) MGM $127,873,716  
 
November 29 Santa Claus (Wide) Sony/TriStar $23,717,291  
December, 1985
December 4 Young Sherlock Holmes (Wide) Paramount Pictures $19,739,000  
 
December 6 Fool For Love (Wide) Cannon $836,156  
Runaway Train (Wide) Cannon $7,936,012  
Spies Like Us (Wide) Warner Bros. $60,083,467  
 
December 10 A Chorus Line (Wide) Sony Pictures $14,202,899  
 
December 11 The Jewel of the Nile (Wide) 20th Century Fox $68,275,764  
Trouble in Mind (Wide) Alive Mind    
 
December 13 Clue (Wide) Paramount Pictures $13,377,261  
 
December 18 Brazil (Wide) Universal $9,929,135  
The Color Purple (Wide) Warner Bros. $94,029,472  
Out of Africa (Wide) Universal $79,096,868  
 
December 20 Enemy Mine (Wide) 20th Century Fox $12,303,411  
101 Dalmatians (Wide, re-release) Walt Disney $153,000,000  
The Trip to Bountiful (Wide) Island $7,466,662  
Ran (Limited) Rialto Pictures $2,132,974  
 
December 25 Murphy's Romance (Wide) Sony Pictures $30,762,621  
Revolution (Wide) Warner Bros. $346,761  
Howling II: Your Sister Is A Werewolf (Limited) Hemdale