Domestic 1985 Weekend 34
August 23-25, 1985
Key:New This Week
| Rank | LW | Release | Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Back to the Future | $6,927,360 | -4.5% | 1,536 | +16 | $4,510 | $119,905,425 | 8 | Universal Pictures |
| 2 | - | Teen Wolf | $6,120,348 | - | 1,416 | - | $4,322 | $6,120,348 | 1 | Atlantic Releasing Corporation |
| 3 | 3 | Pee-wee's Big Adventure | $4,004,890 | -9.1% | 892 | +52 | $4,489 | $19,764,662 | 3 | Warner Bros. |
| 4 | 2 | Volunteers | $3,591,142 | -30.7% | 1,468 | -92 | $2,446 | $10,775,502 | 2 | TriStar Pictures |
| 5 | 5 | Year of the Dragon | $2,864,487 | -30% | 970 | -12 | $2,953 | $8,938,692 | 2 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) |
| 6 | 4 | The Return of the Living Dead | $2,780,425 | -36.9% | 1,500 | -6 | $1,853 | $9,282,027 | 2 | Orion Pictures |
| 7 | 6 | Summer Rental | $2,348,032 | -36.7% | 1,231 | -364 | $1,907 | $17,159,965 | 3 | Paramount Pictures |
| 8 | - | Ghostbusters 1985 Re-release | $2,085,116 | - | 990 | - | $2,106 | $2,085,116 | 1 | Columbia Pictures |
| 9 | 7 | National Lampoon's European Vacation | $1,737,909 | -36.4% | 1,082 | -268 | $1,606 | $43,911,105 | 5 | Warner Bros. |
| 10 | 10 | Cocoon | $1,695,468 | -4.3% | 774 | -15 | $2,190 | $66,058,449 | 10 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 11 | 8 | Fright Night | $1,561,092 | -36% | 828 | -282 | $1,885 | $20,634,823 | 4 | Columbia Pictures |
| 12 | 9 | Real Genius | $1,184,505 | -46.2% | 609 | -347 | $1,945 | $8,581,296 | 3 | TriStar Pictures |
| 13 | 14 | Silverado | $1,120,719 | -10.5% | 654 | -49 | $1,713 | $25,995,319 | 7 | Columbia Pictures |
| 14 | 17 | Rambo: First Blood Part II | $1,104,317 | +5.9% | 647 | +50 | $1,706 | $144,094,973 | 14 | TriStar Pictures |
| 15 | 13 | Follow That Bird | $1,047,894 | -19.1% | 991 | -15 | $1,057 | $11,629,859 | 4 | Warner Bros. |
| 16 | 11 | The Bride | $890,695 | -49.5% | 980 | +25 | $908 | $3,558,669 | 2 | Columbia Pictures |
| 17 | - | Godzilla 1985 | $509,502 | - | 235 | - | $2,168 | $509,502 | 1 | New World Pictures |
| 18 | - | Better Off Dead | $56,371 | - | 13 | - | $4,336 | $56,371 | 1 | Warner Bros. |
