| Rank | Release
| Genre
| Budget
| Running Time
| Gross | Theaters | Total Gross | Release Date | Distributor
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Back to the Future | - | - | - | $56,509,338 | 1,550 | $211,850,472 | Jul 3 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 2 | National Lampoon's European Vacation | - | - | - | $28,154,012 | 1,547 | $49,364,621 | Jul 26 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 3 | Weird Science | - | - | - | $23,834,048 | 1,172 | $23,834,048 | Aug 2 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 4 | Pee-wee's Big Adventure | - | - | - | $23,071,674 | 894 | $40,940,662 | Aug 9 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 5 | Fright Night | - | - | - | $21,473,976 | 1,545 | $24,922,237 | Aug 2 | Columbia Pictures | false |
| 6 | E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial 1985 Re-release | - | - | - | $19,176,677 | 1,701 | $40,607,502 | Jul 19 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 7 | Summer Rental | - | - | - | $18,920,938 | 1,595 | $24,689,703 | Aug 9 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 8 | Cocoon | - | - | - | $14,846,133 | 1,163 | $76,113,124 | Jun 21 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 9 | The Black Cauldron | - | - | - | $14,053,366 | 1,276 | $21,288,692 | Jul 26 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 10 | Follow That Bird | - | - | - | $13,961,370 | 1,129 | $13,961,370 | Aug 2 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 11 | Volunteers | - | - | - | $12,489,198 | 1,560 | $19,875,740 | Aug 16 | TriStar Pictures | false |
| 12 | Teen Wolf | - | - | - | $11,457,231 | 1,425 | $33,086,611 | Aug 23 | Atlantic Releasing Corporation | false |
| 13 | Year of the Dragon | - | - | - | $11,184,856 | 982 | $18,707,466 | Aug 16 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false |
| 14 | The Return of the Living Dead | - | - | - | $11,007,832 | 1,506 | $14,237,880 | Aug 16 | Orion Pictures | false |
| 15 | Silverado | - | - | - | $10,860,650 | 1,190 | $32,192,570 | Jul 12 | Columbia Pictures | false |
| 16 | Rambo: First Blood Part II | - | - | - | $9,444,800 | 2,074 | $150,415,432 | May 22 | TriStar Pictures | false |
| 17 | Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome | - | - | - | $9,337,018 | 1,475 | $36,230,219 | Jul 12 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 18 | Real Genius | - | - | - | $9,067,684 | 990 | $12,952,019 | Aug 9 | TriStar Pictures | false |
| 19 | The Emerald Forest | - | - | - | $8,111,472 | 1,110 | $24,468,550 | Jul 5 | Embassy Pictures | false |
| 20 | Pale Rider | - | - | - | $4,638,550 | 1,710 | $41,410,568 | Jun 28 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 21 | My Science Project | - | - | - | $4,122,748 | 1,003 | $4,122,748 | Aug 9 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 22 | Godzilla 1985 | - | - | - | $4,116,395 | 235 | $4,116,395 | Aug 23 | New World Pictures | false |
| 23 | The Goonies | - | - | - | $4,104,740 | 1,705 | $61,389,680 | Jun 7 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 24 | Ghostbusters 1985 Re-release | - | - | - | $3,663,809 | 990 | $9,389,135 | Aug 23 | Columbia Pictures | false |
| 25 | The Bride | - | - | - | $3,558,669 | 980 | $3,558,669 | Aug 16 | Columbia Pictures | false |
| 26 | St. Elmo's Fire | - | - | - | $2,496,473 | 1,207 | $37,803,872 | Jun 28 | Columbia Pictures | false |
| 27 | Amadeus | - | - | - | $2,295,056 | 802 | $51,564,280 | Sep 21 | Orion Pictures | false |
| 28 | The Heavenly Kid | - | - | - | $1,677,164 | 1,019 | $3,852,271 | Jul 26 | Orion Pictures | false |
| 29 | The Man with One Red Shoe | - | - | - | $1,604,411 | 1,049 | $8,645,411 | Jul 19 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 30 | American Flyers | - | - | - | $1,420,355 | 5 | $1,420,355 | Aug 16 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 31 | American Ninja | - | - | - | $1,135,044 | 672 | $10,499,694 | Aug 30 | Cannon Film Distributors | false |
| 32 | Compromising Positions | - | - | - | $1,043,106 | 574 | $12,531,831 | Aug 30 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 33 | Gremlins 1985 Re-release | - | - | - | $796,836 | 1,174 | $4,914,643 | Aug 30 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 34 | Better Off Dead | - | - | - | $76,198 | 650 | $10,297,601 | Aug 23 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 35 | Kiss of the Spider Woman | - | - | - | $15,539 | 204 | $17,005,229 | Jul 26 | Island Alive | false |
