Domestic 1985 Week 51
December 20-26, 1985
Key:New This Week
| Rank | LW | Release | Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | Rocky IV | $15,492,915 | +65.8% | 2,232 | +899 | $6,941 | $75,729,578 | 5 | United Artists |
| 2 | 1 | The Jewel of the Nile | $9,506,264 | -5.6% | 1,106 | - | $8,595 | $19,581,375 | 2 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 3 | 3 | Spies Like Us | $8,482,268 | +19% | 1,700 | +144 | $4,989 | $26,548,655 | 3 | Warner Bros. |
| 4 | - | Out of Africa | $7,657,974 | - | 922 | - | $8,305 | $7,657,974 | 1 | Universal Pictures |
| 5 | 5 | Santa Claus | $5,900,061 | +66.4% | 1,585 | +269 | $3,722 | $20,894,948 | 5 | TriStar Pictures |
| 6 | 4 | White Nights | $5,702,557 | +31.3% | 1,047 | +158 | $5,446 | $17,522,867 | 5 | Columbia Pictures |
| 7 | - | One Hundred and One Dalmatians 1985 Re-release | $5,341,628 | - | 1,097 | - | $4,869 | $5,341,628 | 1 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 8 | - | The Color Purple | $3,945,843 | - | 192 | - | $20,551 | $3,945,843 | 1 | Warner Bros. |
| 9 | 13 | A Chorus Line | $3,117,161 | +688.6% | 617 | +598 | $5,052 | $3,512,424 | 2 | Columbia Pictures |
| 10 | - | Enemy Mine | $3,023,656 | - | 703 | - | $4,301 | $3,023,656 | 1 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 11 | 7 | Young Sherlock Holmes | $3,007,219 | +39.9% | 1,502 | +578 | $2,002 | $9,089,429 | 3 | Paramount Pictures |
| 12 | 6 | Clue | $2,822,414 | +6% | 1,022 | +16 | $2,761 | $5,485,722 | 2 | Paramount Pictures |
| 13 | 9 | Back to the Future | $1,812,198 | +94.7% | 870 | +146 | $2,082 | $187,887,229 | 26 | Universal Pictures |
| 14 | 15 | Brazil | $79,424 | +959.8% | 1 | - | $79,424 | $86,918 | 2 | Universal Pictures |
| 15 | - | Revolution | $33,796 | - | - | - | - | $33,796 | 1 | Warner Bros. |
