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In-month releases
Calendar grosses
Rank
Release
Genre
Budget
Running Time
Gross
Theaters
Total Gross
Release Date
Distributor
Estimated
1
Rocky IV
-
-
-
$70,138,061
2,254
$127,873,716
Nov 27
United Artists
false
2
Spies Like Us
-
-
-
$35,292,455
1,700
$60,088,980
Dec 6
Warner Bros.
false
3
The Jewel of the Nile
-
-
-
$29,806,725
1,490
$75,973,200
Dec 13
Twentieth Century Fox
false
4
White Nights
-
-
-
$22,635,045
1,064
$42,160,849
Nov 22
Columbia Pictures
false
5
Santa Claus
-
-
-
$19,348,896
1,585
$23,717,291
Nov 27
TriStar Pictures
false
6
Out of Africa
-
-
-
$16,705,779
1,102
$87,071,205
Dec 20
Universal Pictures
false
7
Young Sherlock Holmes
-
-
-
$12,105,004
1,502
$19,739,575
Dec 6
Paramount Pictures
false
8
One Hundred and One Dalmatians
1985 Re-release
-
-
-
$10,628,903
1,185
$33,049,729
Dec 20
Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
false
9
The Color Purple
-
-
-
$8,612,283
1,109
$94,175,854
Dec 20
Warner Bros.
false
10
One Magic Christmas
-
-
-
$8,578,479
827
$13,677,222
Nov 22
Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
false
11
Clue
-
-
-
$8,346,907
1,022
$14,643,997
Dec 13
Paramount Pictures
false
12
The Trip to Bountiful
-
-
-
$7,491,903
1
$7,491,903
Dec 20
Island Pictures
false
13
Jagged Edge
-
-
-
$7,404,883
1,139
$40,491,165
Oct 4
Columbia Pictures
false
14
Back to the Future
-
-
-
$7,384,666
1,550
$212,326,307
Jul 3
Universal Pictures
false
15
King Solomon's Mines
-
-
-
$7,242,846
1,122
$15,057,465
Nov 22
Cannon Film Distributors
false
16
A Chorus Line
-
-
-
$6,580,679
680
$14,202,899
Dec 13
Columbia Pictures
false
17
Enemy Mine
-
-
-
$5,668,036
713
$12,303,411
Dec 20
Twentieth Century Fox
false
18
To Live and Die in L.A.
-
-
-
$3,995,064
1,135
$17,307,019
Nov 1
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
false
19
Krush Groove
-
-
-
$2,091,012
519
$11,052,713
Oct 25
Warner Bros.
false
20
Agnes of God
-
-
-
$1,855,632
646
$25,627,836
Sep 13
Columbia Pictures
false
21
That Was Then... This Is Now
-
-
-
$1,463,501
800
$8,630,068
Nov 8
Paramount Pictures
false
22
Death Wish 3
-
-
-
$1,129,383
1,460
$16,116,878
Nov 1
Cannon Film Distributors
false
23
Rainbow Brite and the Star Stealer
-
-
-
$1,002,777
1,090
$4,889,971
Nov 15
Warner Bros.
false
24
Once Bitten
-
-
-
$967,783
1,095
$10,000,000
Nov 15
The Samuel Goldwyn Company
false
25
Target
-
-
-
$936,338
1,085
$9,023,199
Nov 8
Warner Bros.
false
26
Bad Medicine
-
-
-
$695,793
731
$2,685,453
Nov 22
Twentieth Century Fox
false
27
Starchaser: The Legend of Orin
-
-
-
$120,012
1,020
$3,360,800
Nov 22
Atlantic Releasing Corporation
false
28
Revolution
-
-
-
$104,836
30
$358,574
Dec 25
Warner Bros.
false
29
Murphy's Romance
-
-
-
$86,975
1,046
$30,867,525
Dec 27
Columbia Pictures
false
30
Brazil
-
-
-
$86,918
173
$9,929,135
Dec 18
Universal Pictures
false
31
Fool for Love
-
-
-
$81,095
57
$836,156
Dec 6
Cannon Film Distributors
false
32
Trouble in Mind
-
-
-
$19,632
1
$19,632
Dec 11
Alive Films
false