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International box office · 1985

The top-grossing releases of the year. Switch between worldwide, domestic, and international — every figure shown both as reported and adjusted for inflation, so films from any era are directly comparable.

WorldwideDomesticInternational
#TitleInternational
1Out of Africa$137.2M
2Back to the Future$10.4M
3E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial 1985 Re-release$125K
4The Goonies$46K
5Rocky IV$25K
6Desperately Seeking Susan$8K
7The Breakfast Club$7K
8To Live and Die in L.A.$5K
9Commando$5K
10After Hours$4K
11Brazil$3K
12The Return of the Living Dead$3K
13Return to Oz$2K
14Fright Night$2K
15Clue$2K
16Pee-wee's Big Adventure$1K
17Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome$1K
18Follow That Bird$1K
19A Chorus Line$1K
20The Last Dragon$993
21Teen Wolf$695
22Santa Claus$553
23Weird Science$364
24Friday the 13th: A New Beginning$297
25The Black Cauldron$273
26A View to a Kill$198
27Ladyhawke$150
28Runaway Train$19
29Rambo: First Blood Part II$0
30The Color Purple$0
31Cocoon$0
32The Jewel of the Nile$0
33Witness$0
34Spies Like Us$0
35Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment$0
36Fletch$0
37National Lampoon's European Vacation$0
38Mask$0
39White Nights$0
40Pale Rider$0
41Brewster's Millions$0
42Jagged Edge$0
43St. Elmo's Fire$0
44One Hundred and One Dalmatians 1985 Re-release$0
45Silverado$0
46Murphy's Romance$0
47A Nightmare on Elm Street Part 2: Freddy's Revenge$0
48Prizzi's Honor$0
49Agnes of God$0
50Summer Rental$0
51The Emerald Forest$0
52The Care Bears Movie$0
53Porky's Revenge$0
54Code of Silence$0
55Volunteers$0
56Young Sherlock Holmes$0
57Year of the Dragon$0
58The Sure Thing$0
59Invasion U.S.A.$0
60The Falcon and the Snowman$0
61Kiss of the Spider Woman$0
62Death Wish 3$0
63King Solomon's Mines$0
64Baby: Secret of the Lost Legend$0
65Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins$0
66Tomboy$0
67One Magic Christmas$0
68Cat's Eye$0
69Vision Quest$0
70Real Genius$0
71Perfect$0
72Compromising Positions$0
73Silver Bullet$0
74Enemy Mine$0
75Lifeforce$0
76Just One of the Guys$0
77Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi 1985 Re-release$0
78Krush Groove$0
79Gotcha!$0
80Missing in Action 2: The Beginning$0
81The Purple Rose of Cairo$0
82Moving Violations$0
83American Ninja$0
84Better Off Dead$0
85Lost in America$0
86Once Bitten$0
87Explorers$0
88The Journey of Natty Gann$0
89Ghostbusters 1985 Re-release$0
90Tuff Turf$0
91Sweet Dreams$0
92Target$0
93Mischief$0
94The Man with One Red Shoe$0
95That Was Then... This Is Now$0
96Secret Admirer$0
97Stick$0
98Twice in a Lifetime$0
99Fantasia 1985 Re-release$0
100D.A.R.Y.L.$0

“Adjusted for inflation” restates each gross in today’s dollars using US CPI-U annual averages. Domestic and international views are re-ranked from the year’s top releases; some early years report domestic-only figures.

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