Domestic 1985 Weekend 52
December 27-29, 1985
Key:New This Week
| Rank | LW | Release | Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Rocky IV | $10,755,123 | +27.4% | 2,253 | +21 | $4,773 | $86,484,701 | 5 | United Artists |
| 2 | 2 | The Jewel of the Nile | $8,014,851 | +70.4% | 1,490 | +384 | $5,379 | $27,596,226 | 3 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 3 | 3 | Spies Like Us | $7,019,259 | +64.8% | 1,700 | - | $4,128 | $33,567,914 | 4 | Warner Bros. |
| 4 | 4 | Out of Africa | $6,504,397 | +78.8% | 922 | - | $7,054 | $14,162,371 | 2 | Universal Pictures |
| 5 | 7 | One Hundred and One Dalmatians 1985 Re-release | $5,715,836 | +139.2% | 1,180 | +83 | $4,843 | $11,057,464 | 2 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 6 | 6 | White Nights | $4,812,642 | +74.5% | 1,057 | +10 | $4,553 | $22,335,509 | 6 | Columbia Pictures |
| 7 | 8 | The Color Purple | $3,162,958 | +84.9% | 202 | +10 | $15,658 | $7,108,801 | 2 | Warner Bros. |
| 8 | 10 | A Chorus Line | $2,458,429 | +63.5% | 666 | +49 | $3,691 | $5,970,853 | 3 | Columbia Pictures |
| 9 | 11 | Young Sherlock Holmes | $2,263,049 | +57.3% | 1,502 | - | $1,506 | $11,352,478 | 4 | Paramount Pictures |
| 10 | 12 | Clue | $2,140,220 | +51.9% | 1,022 | - | $2,094 | $7,625,942 | 3 | Paramount Pictures |
| 11 | 9 | Enemy Mine | $1,970,075 | +23.5% | 713 | +10 | $2,763 | $4,993,731 | 2 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 12 | 13 | Back to the Future | $1,859,848 | +105.4% | 911 | +104 | $2,041 | $189,747,077 | 26 | Universal Pictures |
| 13 | 5 | Santa Claus | $1,568,800 | -51.7% | 1,480 | -105 | $1,060 | $22,463,748 | 5 | TriStar Pictures |
| 14 | 14 | Once Bitten | $122,434 | +75.5% | 102 | +17 | $1,200 | $9,710,212 | 7 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company |
| 15 | - | Revolution | $52,755 | - | 4 | - | $13,188 | $86,551 | 1 | Warner Bros. |
| 16 | - | Murphy's Romance | $47,906 | - | 2 | - | $23,953 | $47,906 | 1 | Columbia Pictures |
