Domestic 1985 Weekend 51
December 20-22, 1985
Key:New This Week
| Rank | LW | Release | Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Rocky IV | $8,445,197 | +17.1% | 2,232 | +899 | $3,783 | $68,681,860 | 4 | United Artists |
| 2 | 2 | The Jewel of the Nile | $4,703,895 | -29.2% | 1,106 | - | $4,253 | $14,779,006 | 2 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 3 | 3 | Spies Like Us | $4,258,082 | -22.4% | 1,700 | +144 | $2,504 | $22,324,469 | 3 | Warner Bros. |
| 4 | - | Out of Africa | $3,637,290 | - | 922 | - | $3,945 | $3,637,290 | 1 | Universal Pictures |
| 5 | 5 | Santa Claus | $3,246,211 | +19.2% | 1,585 | +269 | $2,048 | $18,241,098 | 4 | TriStar Pictures |
| 6 | 4 | White Nights | $2,757,227 | -12.2% | 1,047 | +158 | $2,633 | $14,577,537 | 5 | Columbia Pictures |
| 7 | - | One Hundred and One Dalmatians 1985 Re-release | $2,389,226 | - | 1,097 | - | $2,177 | $2,389,226 | 1 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 8 | - | The Color Purple | $1,710,333 | - | 192 | - | $8,907 | $1,710,333 | 1 | Warner Bros. |
| 9 | - | Enemy Mine | $1,594,702 | - | 703 | - | $2,268 | $1,594,702 | 1 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 10 | 13 | A Chorus Line | $1,503,564 | +574.5% | 617 | +598 | $2,436 | $1,898,827 | 2 | Columbia Pictures |
| 11 | 7 | Young Sherlock Holmes | $1,439,127 | -8.8% | 1,502 | +578 | $958 | $7,521,337 | 3 | Paramount Pictures |
| 12 | 6 | Clue | $1,409,154 | -30% | 1,022 | +16 | $1,378 | $4,072,462 | 2 | Paramount Pictures |
| 13 | 10 | Back to the Future | $905,454 | +29.3% | 807 | +83 | $1,122 | $186,980,485 | 25 | Universal Pictures |
| 14 | 14 | Once Bitten | $69,774 | -50.7% | 85 | -262 | $820 | $9,556,315 | 6 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company |
| 15 | - | Brazil | $30,099 | - | 1 | - | $30,099 | $37,593 | 1 | Universal Pictures |
| 16 | - | The Trip to Bountiful | $8,387 | - | 1 | - | $8,387 | $8,387 | 1 | Island Pictures |
