Domestic 1985 Week 36
September 6-12, 1985
| Rank | LW | Release | Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Back to the Future | $6,617,090 | -37.4% | 1,519 | -31 | $4,356 | $140,794,893 | 11 | Universal Pictures |
| 2 | 2 | Teen Wolf | $4,016,440 | -35.3% | 1,324 | -101 | $3,033 | $19,910,405 | 3 | Atlantic Releasing Corporation |
| 3 | 5 | Compromising Positions | $2,751,040 | -24.6% | 572 | +2 | $4,809 | $6,401,917 | 2 | Paramount Pictures |
| 4 | 3 | Pee-wee's Big Adventure | $2,715,447 | -42.4% | 888 | -6 | $3,057 | $29,152,393 | 5 | Warner Bros. |
| 5 | 7 | Year of the Dragon | $1,990,439 | -36.9% | 796 | -38 | $2,500 | $15,426,680 | 4 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) |
| 6 | 4 | American Ninja | $1,971,630 | -50.4% | 672 | - | $2,933 | $5,944,287 | 2 | Cannon Film Distributors |
| 7 | 6 | Volunteers | $1,799,532 | -48.4% | 999 | -124 | $1,801 | $16,777,975 | 4 | TriStar Pictures |
| 8 | 10 | Cocoon | $1,790,260 | -20.1% | 788 | -94 | $2,271 | $71,436,044 | 12 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 9 | 15 | Silverado | $1,593,089 | +16.1% | 725 | +131 | $2,197 | $29,414,684 | 9 | Columbia Pictures |
| 10 | 11 | Ghostbusters 1985 Re-release | $1,422,900 | -33.2% | 864 | -24 | $1,646 | $6,607,510 | 3 | Columbia Pictures |
| 11 | 9 | Summer Rental | $1,332,806 | -41.3% | 781 | -172 | $1,706 | $21,875,947 | 5 | Paramount Pictures |
| 12 | 8 | Gremlins 1985 Re-release | $1,243,837 | -55.4% | 862 | -312 | $1,442 | $4,032,764 | 2 | Warner Bros. |
| 13 | 14 | Rambo: First Blood Part II | $717,411 | -50.3% | - | - | - | $146,729,149 | 17 | TriStar Pictures |
